Cognitive ability influenced by factors throughout lifetime
Aug 03, 2022
“Cognitive ability is subject to factors throughout our lifetime, and taking part in an intellectually, socially and physically active lifestyle may help ward off cognitive decline and dementia,”...
U.S. COVID-19 cases now top 40 million
Sep 08, 2021
COVID-19 has roared back during a summer that began with Americans hopeful that the worst was behind them.
FDA: Common diabetes drug Januvia may contain traces of carcinogen
Aug 12, 2022
Nitroso-STG-19 has been found in some samples of the drug.
FDA may limit use of two COVID-19 antibody treatments
Jan 24, 2022
Treatments made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly performed well against earlier variants but not against omicron.
AI model may predict COVID-19 outcomes for critically ill
Jan 19, 2022
The machine learning model incorporates data from 14 proteins derived from a single blood sample to predict survival in patients with COVID-19.
White House may soon offer ‘high-quality’ masks to Americans
Jan 13, 2022
One option being discussed is to distribute the masks at community sites.
Report highlights characteristics of omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in U.S.
Dec 14, 2021
Fourteen of the first 43 cases reported international travel during the 14 days preceding symptom onset or a positive test result.
New cancer diagnosis may up risk for cardiovascular death, morbidity
Mar 15, 2022
The highest cardiovascular risk was seen for patients with genitourinary, gastrointestinal, thoracic, nervous system and hematologic malignancies.
Vaccination ups infection-acquired immunity against SARS-CoV-2
Mar 01, 2022
Two doses of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine were linked to high short-term protection against infection, which wanes after six months.
Children, adults can transmit SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts
Feb 28, 2022
Secondary infection risks were lower for primary cases aged 12 to 17 years compared with those aged 18 to 49 years.