Nuevas vacunas contra la covid en EE. UU.: lo que hay que saber
Las nuevas formulaciones puede ayudar a combatir mejor el más reciente grupo de subvariantes que circulan en Estados Unidos.
A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Is Ineffective. Here’s What to Use Instead.
Here’s what you can use instead.
Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work, Panel Says
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration agreed unanimously on Tuesday that a common decongestant ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold medicines is ineffective. The panel’s vote tees up a likely decision by the agency on whether to essentially ban the ingredient, phenylephrine, which would result in pulling hundreds of products containing it…
Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood. Doctors told her the pregnancy was not viable and that it could threaten her life if an abortion was not performed soon, she said. But…
C.D.C. Advisers to Decide Who Should Receive New Covid Vaccines
Americans may be able to receive the next Covid shots as early as Wednesday, the last of a trifecta of vaccines intended to prevent respiratory infections this fall and winter. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized updated Covid vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna. A scientific advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control…
Can You Offset the Risks of Alcohol? What Experts Say
There’s no magic antidote, but experts say certain lifestyle choices can help.
Washington University Stops Offering Gender Medications to Minors
The News Washington University in St. Louis will stop prescribing gender medications to minors, the school said on Monday, citing “unacceptable” legal liability under a new Missouri law banning such treatments. The change comes seven months after a former employee of the university’s youth gender clinic claimed that doctors there were hastily prescribing the treatments,…
New Covid Vaccine: What to Know About the Monovalent Booster
The updated vaccines could become available within a few days.
Red Cross Blames Climate Disasters for Blood Shortage
The blood supply in the United States has dropped to critically low levels, in part because of “back-to-back months of worsening climate-related disasters,” the American Red Cross said on Monday. The national supply has fallen nearly 25 percent since early August, and Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida late last month, caused more than…
Covid Vaccines May Roll Out Within Days
The latest Covid boosters are expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as early as Monday, arriving alongside the seasonal flu vaccine and shots to protect infants and older adults from R.S.V., a potentially lethal respiratory virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to follow up on Tuesday with…