Month: January 2023

“Granny flats” are popping up in backyards across the country, affording Americans a new housing option. Some communities are not happy about it. View original article Contributor: Paula Span

One bride talks about how the desire to lose weight quickly spiraled out of control. View original article Contributor: Kelsey Herbers

Americans aren’t exercising enough. Less than a third of U.S. adults meet suggested benchmarks for aerobic and muscle-building activities set out by health officials, according to a new study released on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends healthy adults spend at least 150 minutes per week—roughly 20 minutes a day—doing moderate-intensity … Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is moving to further ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that typically face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced draft guidelines that would do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex … Read more

AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID antibody drug is no longer authorized for use in the U.S., regulators said Thursday, as it’s unlikely to work against strains of the virus that are now dominant across the country. Astra’s drug, called Evusheld, was authorized in December 2021 to prevent COVID infection in high-risk people, but has been rendered less … Read more

The Food and Drug Administration drafted guidelines for blood donations that do away with some long-standing disqualifications for gay and bisexual men. View original article Contributor: Teddy Amenabar

Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships could donate blood without abstaining from sex under an FDA proposal, ending a vestige of the earliest days of the AIDS crisis. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

The White House will decide whether to adopt the panel’s recommendations on so-called gain of function experiments. View original article Contributor: Benjamin Mueller and Carl Zimmer

We are changing the way we present COVID-19 death statistics on the GOV.UK COVID-19 Dashboard. “Deaths with COVID-19 on the death registration” will replace “deaths within 28 days of a positive test” as the primary reported COVID-19 death statistic.  This blog explains why we are making changes to how we present data on COVID-19 deaths.  … Read more