As part of its goal to bring artificial intelligence into the health community and showcase its feasibility, Google has developed three new projects in a partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One of the most promising is using AI to make ultrasounds more accessible—a development Google claims would cut maternal mortality rate in half. In the […]
The Biden administration announced that it will distribute 144,000 more doses of the Jynneos vaccine across the country to address a recent spike in confirmed cases of monkeypox. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a press release it will begin shipping the vaccines from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) today. This […]
As Insider reports, a meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida has killed at least seven people and sickened 26 more. The CDC is calling this deadly spread “one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in US history.” Health officials are urging people in Florida who may be at risk to go get vaccinated […]
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted to back COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for children under five, bringing shots for America’s youngest children one step closer to a reality. The group ruled in separate 21-0 votes that the benefits of the vaccines greatly outweigh the risks. “This is […]
The US will reportedly no longer require international air travelers to take a COVID test before traveling to the country. According to Reuters, the change will be effective starting Sunday morning, June 12th, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will reevaluate the decision in three months. That means people flying into the US won’t have […]
Last Thursday, the White House announced that the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is expected to become available in the next few weeks. The Biden Administration’s coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, shared in a briefing an estimated timeline for when kids ages 6 months to 4 years old around the country could be […]
Questions about the rare monkeypox virus are on the rise in tandem with reports about new cases of the zoonotic disease. Among them: How worried should you be about the recent outbreak? How does monkeypox spread? And what does a monkeypox rash look like, anyway? The first U.S. case this year was confirmed in Massachusetts […]
Since nicotine is an addictive substance, it can be challenging for individuals to stop smoking. However, the short and long-term benefits of quitting smoking are significant, and quitting improves the health status of those who smoke and who are exposed to secondhand smoke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Quitting smoking: […]
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The final endorsement, from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, came hours after the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 11-1, with one abstention, in favor of giving 5- to 11-year-olds the boosters […]
A third round of Free Covid-19 at-home test kits have been made available for every American household by the Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Department. This news comes as reports of Covid-19 cases are on the rise… again. Which begs the question: when should you take a test? The Centers for Disease Control and […]