MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen) vaccination is associated with an increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), but no similar increased risk was seen for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in JAMA Network Open.
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A central Ohio measles outbreak among children who were not fully vaccinated is now over, public health officials announced Saturday.
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A central Ohio measles outbreak among children who were not fully vaccinated is now over, public health officials announced Saturday.
The Vaccines for Children program, which buys more than half the pediatric vaccines in the U.S., may not cover the RSV shot for babies because it’s not technically a vaccine.
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Complete vaccination with the four-component, protein-based meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) is effective for preventing invasive meningococcal disease in children younger than 5 years, according to a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In an article published online Jan. 26 in Emerging Infectious Disease, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, factors associated with long COVID are explored in a sample of COVID-19 cases among university members.
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The pandemic has reached a “transition point,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.
Covid-19 remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, but it acknowledged the pandemic is at a "transition point."
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend that the agency phase out original versions of COVID-19 vaccines for use in the unvaccinated, in favor of updated bivalent booster shots, NBC News reported.
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children’s amped-up immune systems allow them to beat back COVID-19 easily, producing a strong initial response that quickly slaps away the virus.
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend that the agency phase out original versions of COVID vaccines for use in the unvaccinated, in favor of updated bivalent booster shots.
A single booster seems to prevent death and hospitalization in most people, but protection from the current vaccines wanes within months. FDA experts say they need to know more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide the best long-term strategy.
The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus.
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that suggests the updated bivalent COVID booster shots are worth getting, new government data shows they cut the chances of infection with the new XBB variant by nearly half.
Experts say the Florida governor's conclusion could not be drawn from the study he cited, adding that the research focused on health care workers, who are likelier to be exposed to covid and more likely to be vaccinated. Those findings should not be applied to the general public.
As respiratory viruses ticked upward in late November, health officials braced for what they called a "tripledemic" of RSV, flu and COVID-19 cases leading to widespread infection. That winter surge represented a respiratory virus peak, and experts say cases are now declining.
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For immunocompromised adults, adherence to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mRNA monovalent COVID-19 booster dose recommendations is low, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday asked its vaccine advisory panel to weigh a proposal to turn COVID-19 vaccines into an annual shot for most Americans.
A vaccine for bees may evoke images of teeny hypodermic needles, but this product works in a sophisticated way that reflects the social structure of honeybee colonies.
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday asked its vaccine advisory panel to weigh a proposal to turn COVID vaccines into an annual shot for most Americans.
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 Omicron variant caused fewer cases of a rare but sometimes deadly complication for children than the earlier Delta variant did, new research shows.
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another setback for the future of HIV prevention, the only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial has failed, study leaders announced Wednesday.
Hormonal therapies are boosting the mental health of trans youth. A new study found hormonal therapy dampened anxiety and depression for many trans teens. It also boosted life satisfaction. Read more
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A web-based system is efficacious for the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Neurology.