Today, a Brown University–led team reports in JAMA Network Open that older people are at lower risk of adverse events after receipt of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine than the Pfizer/BioNTech version but emphasizes that the overall risk is very…
A new device created by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can detect SARS-CoV-2 in just one or two breaths and provide results in less than 1 minute. Study results are published in ACS Sensors. The test…
While Pfizer has identified 65 injectable drugs that may be in short supply following extensive tornado damage at its Rocky Mount, North Carolina, plant on July 19, experts say most are available from other suppliers.…
A study today of 2,564 Czech healthcare workers finds that their prevalence of depression increased twice during the pandemic. The study is published in Scientific Reports. The study was based on the results from an online survey…
In the steady stream of new H5N1 avian flu developments, China and Russia reported new H5N1 outbreaks in newly affected parts of their countries, with other countries reporting more detections in mammals, including a cat…
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among staff at a large Philadelphia teaching hospital rose from 86% to 99% after implementation of a mandate, finds a study published late last week in Vaccine. A University of Pennsylvania-led team evaluated COVID-19 vaccine…
According to a study by the University of Eastern Finland, adolescents who participate in active school travel and leisure-time physical exercise outperform their inactive peers at secondary school. Regular leisure-time physical activity, even in little…
Just 4-5 minutes of vigorous activity that makes people huff and puff during daily tasks is associated with a lower risk of some cancers by up to 32 per cent, according to a study. The…
Focusing ambulatory antibiotic stewardship interventions on in-person visits only may miss a substantial proportion of inappropriate prescribing, according to a study published yesterday in PLOS One. The study authors say the findings, which are based on ambulatory antibiotic…
Though the nation's COVID-19 activity is still at very low levels, markers that health officials use to track illnesses activity continued to show small rises for the third week in a row, according to the…
