FDA blocks sale of 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration blocked the sale of more 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products Thursday, its first ban…
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Pandemic surge causes major shortage of a drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis and severe Covid-19
CNN, WDRB, WDIV By Jen Christensen, CNN Renée Melendez is frustrated with the unvaccinated for more reasons than just the renewed spread of…
Continue Reading CDC warns against use of anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for Covid-19, as calls to poison control centers increase
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a health advisory Thursday warning doctors and the public about the…
Continue Reading Food stamp benefits don’t cover hygiene supplies, so this dad is handing them out by the millions
CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Food insecurity and homelessness are widely known issues, with thousands of food banks and shelters across the United States…
Continue Reading Food stamp benefits don’t cover hygiene supplies, so this dad is handing them out by the millions
By Meg Dunn, CNN Food insecurity and homelessness are widely known issues, with thousands of food banks and shelters across the United States working…
Continue Reading The benefits of owning a dog — and the surprising science behind it
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you have a dog and tell them it’s National Dog Day, I suspect they will reply: “I thought everyday was dog day!…
Continue Reading Respiratory infections other than Covid-19 are filling up pediatric wards
By Maggie Fox, CNN Texas Children’s Hospital is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases — nearly all of them caused by the Delta variant. Not…
Continue Reading Respiratory infections other than Covid-19 are filling up pediatric wards
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Texas Children’s Hospital is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases — nearly all of them caused by the Delta variant.…
Continue Reading Among children, older teens are seeing the highest Covid-19 case rates
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Coronavirus infections continue to surge among children across the United States, and older teens, ages 16 and 17, are…
Continue Reading It’s summertime and the food freezing is easy. Here’s how
CNN, KTUU By Susan Puckett, CNN Whether you’re a home gardener, a CSA-er or a farmers’ market regular, it’s easy to wind up with…
Continue Reading It’s summertime and the food freezing is easy. Here’s how
By Susan Puckett, CNN Whether you’re a home gardener, a CSA-er or a farmers’ market regular, it’s easy to wind up with more…
Continue Reading America’s ongoing school nurses shortage turns dire: ‘I don’t know what the school year is going to bring’
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As she held up her cell phone to take back-to-school selfies with the new school resource officers last week, the…
Continue Reading With more than 100,000 people in the hospital with Covid-19 in the US, this August is worse than last, expert says
By Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN More than 100,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the US — the first time that level has…
Continue Reading Covid vaccine much safer than catching the virus, study in Israel finds
By Maggie Fox, CNN A large study involving close to 2 million people in Israel shows the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine slightly raises the risk…
Continue Reading Deli meats linked to multi-state salmonella sicknesses
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A dozen people have been hospitalized with salmonella and two dozen sickened as of August 24 in multistate outbreaks of two…
Continue Reading Moderna completes submission for full FDA approval of Covid-19 vaccine; Pfizer seeks approval for booster dose
CNN, STANFORD MEDICINE By Jamie Gumbrecht and Jen Christensen, CNN Moderna announced on Wednesday it has completed its submission to the US Food and…
Continue Reading Moderna completes submission for full FDA approval of Covid-19 vaccine; Pfizer seeks approval for booster dose
By Jamie Gumbrecht and Jen Christensen, CNN Moderna announced on Wednesday it has completed its submission to the US Food and Drug Administration for…
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson booster shot prompts large increase in immune response, company says
By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine generated a big spike in antibodies, the frontline…
Continue Reading What does it mean for the Pfizer vaccine to have full FDA approval? Our medical expert weighs in
By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval this week for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years…
Continue Reading US Covid-19 cases among children are surging. Experts warn it may get worse
CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Last week, the number of Covid-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with…
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