Biden FDA warns judge against reversing abortion drug’s approval
President Joe Biden’s administration is urging a judge to reject a request by abortion opponents for a court order withdrawing federal approval for the drug used in medication…
Care about your heart? Try getting better sleep, new study suggests
A group of researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the American Heart Association’s recently expanded metric — which now includes sleep as it relates…
Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid in short supply in China
When Li’s 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious about finding a treatment for COVID-19 in case…
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say
New York City health officials are warning residents that the infectious omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be more likely to infect people who have already been vaccinated or infected…
Remember the fear about flu flare-ups over the holidays? Didn’t happen, says CDC
Ahead of the holidays, there was fear in certain medical circles that holiday gatherings among millions and millions of families across America would spark a dangerous surge in…
CDC identifies possible ‘safety concern’ for certain people receiving COVID vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates…
COVID XBB.1.5 variant now accounts for 43% of all US cases, CDC says
The fast-spreading Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43% of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 14, data from the…
Russia to not impose extra COVID restrictions on travelers arriving from China, sees no danger, agency says
Russia sees no dangers from Beijing’s relaxation of measures to fight COVID-19 and will not impose extra restrictions on people arriving from China, Tass news agency cited a…
Childhood vaccination rates dip for 2021-22 school year
Vaccination rates among kindergarten children against potentially deadly diseases such as polio, measles and diphtheria fell in the 2021-2022 school year, extending the previous year’s slide from pre-pandemic…
First lady Jill Biden has 2 cancerous lesions removed
Surgeons removed all cancerous tissue from a small lesion above first lady Jill Biden’s right eye and one on the left side of her chest. In a memorandum,…