TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that a final analysis shows its experimental antiviral pill Paxlovid sharply reduced hospitalizations and deaths among people at high risk for severe illness. The latest results, which reinforce an earlier analysis released in November, Pfizer’s drug cut hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90 … Read more
Sept. 10, 2021 — President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday night with his new “Path Out of the Pandemic” plan, a six-point agenda to put the country on course to defeat COVID-19, mainly through more vaccine mandates, increased testing, and masking requirements. Through the new plan, vaccination will be required for … Read more
People should be “confident” those attending large-scale events are “less likely to be carriers” of the coronavirus, the Cabinet Office minister has said. Speaking on a visit to Glasgow, Michael Gove spoke of the Westminster and Holyrood governments looking at some kind of passporting systems at events, such as top flight football matches. He said: … Read more
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Dec. 9, 2020 — For patients with heavily-pretreated multiple myeloma, the strong responses seen with the new (CAR T-cell treatment ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) have also been prolonged, according to investigators in the CARTITUDE-1 trial. Among 97 patients with multiple myeloma whose cancer got worse while on three or more prior types of treatment or … Read more
Juniper has contracted with CVS, which is requiring that every resident and staff member fill out consent forms in triplicate before being inoculated. When written consent can’t be obtained directly, verbal consent, confirmed independently, may substitute. Walgreens has similar requirements. For residents with memory impairment, two Juniper nurses will reach out by phone to … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The more symptoms of depression people have, the higher their risk of stroke, researchers say. “There are a number of well-known risk factors for stroke, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease; but we are beginning to understand … Read more