Nov 01 Last year's U.S. infant mortality rate hit its highest increase in two decades By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier had significant death rate increases. The CDC's report, published Wednesday, also noted larger increases for two of the leading causes of infant deaths — maternal… Continue reading
Oct 31 How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries By Bella Isaacs-Thomas When investigators debunked the real-life existence of these undead monsters, it didn’t kill their appeal. Continue reading
Oct 31 WATCH: Sickle cell gene therapy gets review from FDA advisory committee By Laura Ungar, Associated Press If approved, it would be the first gene therapy on the U.S. market based on CRISPR, the gene editing tool that won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020. Continue reading
Oct 30 Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says By Associated Press The agency says consumers should stop using the products immediately and avoid purchasing any found in pharmacies and other stores. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 5:04 Why pharmacy workers are going on strike amid widespread store closures By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Andrew Corkery Finding a neighborhood pharmacist is becoming more challenging. Over the past two years, CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid have either closed or announced plans to close hundreds of stores. At many of the remaining locations, worsening working conditions have led… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 6:02 Investigation finds Philips hid safety issues with its CPAP machines for years By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery CPAP machines help about 8 million Americans with sleep-related breathing disorders, like sleep apnea, by keeping their airways open while they sleep. But one manufacturer, Philips Respironics, is coming under fire for a critical change it made to millions of… Continue watching
Oct 28 What an FDA advisory panel's finding that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means for cold and flu meds By Lucas A. Berenbrok, Colleen Culley, Karen Steinmetz Pater, The Conversation The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work. Continue reading
Oct 27 Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert calls the numbers “abysmal.”… Continue reading
Oct 27 COVID made health care burnout worse. Here's what those workers need now By Laura Santhanam Nearly half of U.S. health care workers – 46 percent of those surveyed – said they often felt burned out in 2022, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid a rise in harassment and… Continue reading
Oct 25 Survey finds that abortions in the U.S. rose slightly overall after new restrictions started in some states By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press The report found that the numbers fell to nearly zero in states with bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy. But it found the numbers surged elsewhere, particularly in the states near those with bans. Continue reading