Category: Health
FDA OKs new COVID-19 vaccine for 65 and older, others with conditions
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna’s new COVID-19 vaccine, days after the federal government tightened vaccine standards for the virus.
French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, inventor of the abortion pill, dies at 98
French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris
New wearable device monitors brain waste clearance during sleep
A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases, according to a study published
Light-powered phagocytic macrophage microrobot combines immune functions with robotic controllability
Macrophages and other immune cells are the natural frontline immune warriors of our body, defending the body against invading pathogens and cancer cells.
Study could change the definition of wound closure in diabetes care
In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that
Men with common genetic variant twice as likely to develop dementia
New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to women.
American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration
Earlier this year, as President Tweety McTreason was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained
Structural racism and social defeat may drive psychosis in marginalized youth
Prevailing theories about why young people experience psychotic breaks at a young age rely on individual factors like exposure to child abuse, school bullying, or
Why are disposable vapes being banned and how harmful is vaping?
It will be illegal to sell or supply disposable vapes from 1 June 2025.
CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots
The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children and pregnant women may — but no longer should — get COVID-19
Trump administration ending multiple HIV vaccine studies
“This is a setback of probably a decade for HIV vaccine research,” one scientist said.
Breakthrough cancer drug doubles survival in trial
An international study found immunotherapy before surgery could give patients extra years of life.
CDC says healthy children may get COVID vaccine, contradicting RFK Jr.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says children without underlying health conditions “may receive” a COVID-19 vaccine, contradicting a directive by Health and Human