Category: Health News

Evidence in Late 2020 Indicated Vaccinated Could Get COVID-19: Birx

There was evidence as early as the last month of 2020 that people who had received COVID-19 vaccines could still get COVID-19, Dr. Deborah Birx said on June 23. “We knew early on in January of 2021, in late December of 2020, that reinfection was occurring after natural infection,” Birx, the White House COVID-19 response…


FDA Bans JUUL E-Cigarettes

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) banned all of JUUL Labs Inc’s products on June 23 from the market, delivering a blow to the popular e-cigarette company. “Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public…


Australian University Invents New Tech Helping People With Aphasia Write Their Stories

Scientists from Australia’s Monash University have worked out a new technology to help people with aphasia to communicate. Teaming up with Monash Health speech pathologists and their patients, students from the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) and Monash Young Medtech Innovators (MYMI) have designed Project QWERTY, a free website that offers a high-tech but…


FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Acadia’s Antipsychotic for Alzheimer’s

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against the approval of Acadia Pharmaceutical’s drug for hallucinations and delusions associated with Alzheimer’s disease psychosis on Friday. The advisory voted 3 to 9 with no abstention after eight hours of discussion. The panel concluded that the studies were not enough to support the efficacy of…


Doctors’ Group Urges Biden Administration to End Quarantine, Vaccine Recommendations for Children

A group of doctors is urging top government officials to quickly reverse recommendations that have left children in isolation for days and advice that virtually every child get a COVID-19 vaccine. “We strongly urge you to revise the CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines with regards to testing, isolation, and vaccine recommendations for children to ensure that public…


Reactivation of Chickenpox Virus Following COVID-19 Injections on the Rise

News Analysis Doctors and scientists are seeing an increase in the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, known as varicella-zoster virus (VZV), following the COVID-19 injections. The chickenpox virus is one of the eight herpes viruses known to infect humans. After a person contracts and recovers from chickenpox, the virus never leaves the body but lies…


Biden Administration Wants to Remove Most Nicotine From Cigarettes

President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed removing most nicotine from cigarettes in an effort to make the products less addictive. The proposal, outlined in a brief agenda by the Department of Health and Human Services, would establish a lower ceiling for nicotine levels in cigarettes and some similar products. “Because tobacco-related harms primarily result from addiction…


Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Detected in London Sewage Samples

The UK’s health authorities on Wednesday called on parents to have their children updated on polio vaccines as they investigate a possible outbreak of the disease. The UK Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) said several closely-related polioviruses were found in sewage samples taken between February and May from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, which serves around…


Gay Men With Multiple Partners Top Priority in UK’s Monkeypox Vaccination Campaign

Gay men, especially those with multiple partners or who have participated in group sex, will be the main target in the UK’s monkeypox vaccination campaign, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. In a vaccination strategy published on Tuesday, the agency said although anyone can contract monkeypox, the current outbreak is “primarily in gay, bisexual, and…


Experts Call for Action to Curtail Vaping Among Adolescents, Lower Potential Long-Term Risks

The American Heart Association has called for action to reduce e-cigarette use amongst adolescents after a study found adverse health effects from e-cigarette consumption can accrue over time. The latest available scientific evidence suggests the accumulated use of e-cigarettes leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, the association said in a scientific…