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Dr. Fauci faces increasing questions on Wuhan lab, gain-of-function research Fox News' Greg Palkot on Dr. Fauci's Senate testimony, new questions about COVID origins. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/idUDEGW

Pfizer COVID-19 pill could cut severe illness by 89%, company says Pfizer Inc. announced Friday that its pill to treat novel COVID-19 was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% among high-risk adult patients in a clinical trial. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/9wITC75

Dr. Siegel reacts to Pfizer pill to treat COVID awaiting FDA approval Fox News medical contributor, Dr. Marc Siegel enthusiastic about Pfizer pill to treat COVID-19. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/LInD2Sq

Biden admin to fine businesses for unvaccinated employees Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., on Biden administration pushing workplace vaccine mandates. Garcia also addresses U.S. allies and citizens still trapped in Afghanistan. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/MzftYyh

Biden administration gives vaccination deadline for Border Patrol Victor Manjarrez Jr., former El Paso Border Patrol chief, responds to vaccine mandate for Border Patrol agents illegal crossings is at a historic high. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/L4Te0Gg

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Hy4dcpm via IFTTT your-feed-science, Monkeypox, Epidemics, Vaccination and Immunization Containing the outbreak, scientists say, will depend on better understanding the virus’s transmission and how well available tools work.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6mut7ln via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Opioids and Opiates, Liability for Products, your-feed-healthcare If finalized, the agreement, along with a companion deal reached by Teva earlier this week, would send as much as $6.6 billion to communities harmed by the opioid epidemic.

Health By BY OLIVER WHANG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yQnFNwP via IFTTT Doctors, Sports Injuries, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Emergency Medical Treatment, Parkinson's Disease As combat sports grow in popularity, ringside physicians grapple with the precarious ethics of their role.

Health By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7nkrqwy via IFTTT Monkeypox, States (US), Vaccination and Immunization, Federal-State Relations (US), United States Politics and Government, Epidemics The suggestion that states need to do more seemed to startle state and local officials, who said in interviews that they are generally satisfied with the federal government’s response.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lGsjcrq via IFTTT Teenagers and Adolescence, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Transgender and Transsexuals, Gender, Youth, your-feed-healthcare The National Health Service is closing England’s sole youth gender clinic, which had been criticized for long wait times and inadequate services.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/P0bhMZp via IFTTT Deaths (Fatalities), Rural Areas, Whites, Race and Ethnicity, Black People, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, your-feed-healthcare At the peak of the Omicron wave, Covid killed Black Americans in rural areas at a rate roughly 34 percent higher than it did white people.

Health By BY MCKENNA OXENDEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7oFxQn6 via IFTTT Bacteria, Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) The bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found along the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi. Previously, it had been detected in parts of Asia and Australia.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8dniSLK via IFTTT your-feed-science, Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Epidemics, Factories and Manufacturing, Stockpiling, Preventive Medicine The doses were withheld pending an F.D.A. review, which has now been completed.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7GBb6vJ via IFTTT Smoking and Tobacco, E-Cigarettes, Medicine and Health, Conflicts of Interest, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The agency official headed an office that plays a key role in deciding whether to approve e-cigarettes and other products aimed at reducing smoking.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/P5rG07s via IFTTT Vitamin D, Osteoporosis, Bones, Bone Fractures, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Trials, Research The vitamin pills do not prevent bone fractures in most people or protect against many other diseases, adding to questions about medical guidance many now take for granted.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EF1RHmq via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Third World and Developing Countries, Youth, Discrimination More than 1.5 million people worldwide, many of them young girls, were infected amid pandemic disruptions in 2021.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2FQ0YOE via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Pain-Relieving Drugs, Opioids and Opiates, Generic Brands and Products, Attorneys General, Drug Abuse and Traffic The deal would end thousands of lawsuits against one of the largest producers of opioid painkillers during the height of the opioid epidemic.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rpEtQhN via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Hepatitis, Liver, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Viruses, Research, Genetics and Heredity, your-feed-healthcare Some of the children were infected with adeno-associated virus 2 and shared a relatively uncommon gene variant, according to two small studies.

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/ArX9gJU

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CW3kHxa via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Children and Childhood, Vaccination and Immunization, Polls and Public Opinion, Parenting, your-feed-healthcare In a new survey, 43 percent of parents of children ages 6 months through 4 years said they would refuse the shots for their kids. An additional 27 percent were uncertain.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4mvy7CT via IFTTT Drug Abuse and Traffic, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Fentanyl, Heroin, Opioids and Opiates A city on the forefront of harm reduction has taken the concept to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Chmpuqx via IFTTT your-feed-science, Epidemics, Disasters and Emergencies, Monkeypox, Viruses, Vaccination and Immunization There have been more than 16,000 cases outside Africa, and the virus has reached 75 countries and territories.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zGhHS9o via IFTTT Pregnancy and Childbirth, Abortion, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Urgent questions arise about how care of pregnant women with cancer will change in states where women are unable to terminate pregnancies

Health By BY APRIL RUBIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4sFx8t3 via IFTTT Marburg Virus, Disease Rates, Bats Two people infected with the virus died in Ghana last month, though no other cases were found, experts said. The disease’s fatality rate is high.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/irQkFDL via IFTTT As of early June, four times as many Americans aged 75 to 84 were dying each week from the virus, compared with people two decades younger.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/W2LuH06 via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Disease Rates The Omicron variant is evolving in ways that make it better able to evade the body’s immune defenses. But booster shots still help prevent severe illness.

Health By BY MCKENNA OXENDEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/390yAm8 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Radiation, Bacteria The agency recommended that consumers avoid using the disinfection products because of high levels of radiation that could damage skin or eyes.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EumU82A via IFTTT Infant Formulas, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food, Nicotine, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Politics and Government, Bacteria, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The agency’s commissioner asked an external foundation to examine its operations in the wake of the baby formula and vaping crises.

Health By BY ADEEL HASSAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mVCy6qw via IFTTT

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/jQPcgzU

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3XOTKVv via IFTTT your-feed-science, Black People, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Race and Ethnicity, Whites, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Native Americans, Deaths (Fatalities), Alaska Natives, your-feed-healthcare A new federal report found that fatal overdoses jumped 44 percent among Black people, twice the increase among white people, from 2019 to the end of 2020.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/97lCJqt via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization The F.D.A. last week authorized the vaccine as a primary immunization for adults. The C.D.C.’s full approval is the shot’s last regulatory hurdle.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1BN3h9X via IFTTT Pregnancy and Childbirth, Fistulas, Women and Girls, Abortion, Teenage Pregnancy, Bladder, Teenagers and Adolescence An Ohio 10-year-old’s recent abortion has generated fierce debate. Doctors in countries where pregnancy is common in adolescents say the toll of childbirth on young bodies is brutal.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QMClJtU via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Miscarriages, Abortion, Law and Legislation, Hospitals, Abortion Drugs, Women and Girls, Gynecology and Gynecologists, States (US), Stillbirth, your-feed-healthcare Surgical procedures and medication for miscarriages are identical to those for abortion, and some patients report delayed or denied miscarriage care because doctors and pharmacists fear running afoul of abortion bans.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rFwsNnx via IFTTT Mammography, Tests (Medical), Preventive Medicine, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Research, Elderly, Age, Chronological Studies found that centers provided incomplete or unbalanced information, which could lead to unnecessary screenings and health complications in older adults.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9VIARSh via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Vaccination and Immunization, Monkeypox, Men and Boys The United States has ordered nearly seven million doses in total, but most of them will not arrive for months.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lf5xBiL via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Immune System “Booster doses should be obtained immediately when persons become eligible,” the C.D.C. scientists wrote.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rcgQGwW via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Children and Childhood, Measles, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Diphtheria, Medicine and Health, Third World and Developing Countries Pandemic lockdowns, misinformation campaigns, conflicts, climate crises and other problems diverted resources and contributed to the largest backslide in routine immunization in 30 years.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/UOLEpyn via IFTTT Heart, Chromosomes, Men and Boys, Genetics and Heredity, Deaths (Fatalities), Mice, Research A study of mice might explain why.

Health By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EK5I6Wt via IFTTT Abortion, Discrimination, Women and Girls, Pregnancy and Childbirth, United States Politics and Government, Abortion Drugs, Mifeprex (RU-486), Methotrexate (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) New Biden administration guidance warned that failing to dispense such drugs “may be discriminating” on the basis of sex or disability, citing other conditions that they can treat.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WG2EKcw via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Hepatitis, Children and Childhood, Liver Two new papers add to the circumstantial evidence that a common childhood virus might be involved in the rare hepatitis cases, but many questions remain.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/R4kW1ra via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Factories and Manufacturing, your-feed-healthcare The vaccine was authorized as a primary immunization series for adults, rather than a booster, which may limit its market at first.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SBsWZe5 via IFTTT Antibiotics, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drug Resistance (Microbial), Candida Auris (Fungus), Hospitals, Medicine and Health, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Infections, Deaths (Fatalities), your-feed-healthcare A new report says the havoc wrought by the coronavirus reversed gains made by health care facilities to combat deadly pathogens.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/v9glqEO via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Factories and Manufacturing, your-feed-healthcare The vaccine was authorized as a primary immunization series for adults, rather than a booster, which may limit its market at first.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TyRQgtE via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Disease Rates, Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Longstanding weaknesses in the public health system are giving the virus a chance to become entrenched.

Health By BY ALEX WILLIAMS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uFSBs9P via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Medicine and Health, Women and Girls, Doctors, Discrimination In Illinois, she was the first woman to head a state public health department. She went on to become dean of the School of Public Health at Berkeley.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DSuBfMR via IFTTT E-Cigarettes, Recalls and Bans of Products, Smoking and Tobacco, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The F.D.A. has suspended its order to stop the company from selling its vaping products.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ply0xnR via IFTTT Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Deaths (Fatalities), your-feed-healthcare A new study found that sabizabulin reduced the risk of death by 55 percent, but some experts were cautious about overinterpreting the results.

Health By BY MAHAM JAVAID from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RXOSrMn via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Polls and Public Opinion In the survey, 54 percent of adults said their lives are somewhat the same.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QbwdlBE via IFTTT Opioids and Opiates, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Decisions and Verdicts, your-feed-healthcare Often described as ground zero for the epidemic, the communities of Cabell County and Huntington, W. Va., had opted out of a settlement and lost their case at trial.