Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster shots
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its…
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Vaccines may have prevented a quarter-million Covid-19 cases and 39,000 deaths among seniors
CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of…
Continue ReadingVaccines may have prevented a quarter-million Covid-19 cases and 39,000 deaths among seniors
By Jen Christensen, CNN Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior…
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Pandemic proofing your life is not what you think
CNN By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent I have bad news for you: We’re stuck with this novel coronavirus in our environment…
Continue ReadingDr. Sanjay Gupta: Pandemic proofing your life is not what you think
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent I have bad news for you: We’re stuck with this novel coronavirus in our environment…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson asks FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster shots
By Maggie Fox, CNN Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots for its…
Continue ReadingHow to rebuild trust in your relationships
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Since trust is fundamental to relationships, trying to restore the feeling once it’s lost might seem impossible. But if…
Continue Reading Los Angeles to require proof of vaccination for indoor restaurants, gyms and theaters
CNN By Madeline Holcombe and Stella Chan, CNN The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to require patrons at indoor spaces such as restaurants,…
Continue ReadingUS child Covid-19 deaths are an ’embarrassment,’ FDA vaccines head says
By Madeline Holcombe and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Child deaths from a preventable illness like Covid-19, no matter how few, are motivation for…
Continue ReadingDr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Tuesday that he plans…
Continue ReadingDr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Tuesday that he plans to…
Continue ReadingStudy confirms pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos harder than Whites
By Maggie Fox, CNN A study published Monday confirms that the pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos far harder than Whites early…
Continue ReadingStudy confirms pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos harder than Whites
CNN, ABC By Maggie Fox, CNN A study published Monday confirms that the pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos far harder than…
Continue ReadingHigh blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain sizes and dementia, a study finds
By Megan Marples, CNN High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain size and increased risk of dementia, a new study has found.…
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Bend women help spread word of the importance of mammograms
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NewsChannel 21 spoke with two women in Bend on two different journeys to…
Continue ReadingBrain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient
By Maggie Fox, CNN After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain…
Continue ReadingEurope’s drug regulator advises Covid-19 booster shots for the immunocompromised
By James Frater, Lindsay Isaac and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that a booster shot of the…
Continue ReadingFull FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers…
Continue ReadingFull FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, KY GOVERNOR, WXIA, GOV. JIM JUSTICE By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Despite hopes that full approval of…
Continue ReadingHow chili peppers helped Nobel Prize winners understand how we feel heat
By Ivana Kottasová and Katie Hunt, CNN The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for…
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