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Schools stock Naloxone as student drug overdoses surge
ABC News (BUDA, Texas) — Bandages, ice packs, aspirin and epinephrine have long been staples of nurse Dawn Baker’s public high school medical clinic in Texas. Now, she also stocks Naloxone to treat drug overdoses [Read More…]
Woman said she went into sepsis before she could get life-saving abortion care in Texas
Kevin Le (NEW YORK) — A Texas woman said she had to wait until she developed sepsis before physicians could provide her with life-saving abortion care. Texas has several abortion bans in place that prohibit [Read More…]
Tori Spelling says ‘extreme mold’ in family home put kids in months-long ‘spiral of sickness’
torispelling/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Actress Tori Spelling is sharing a warning with other parents about mold in their home after experiencing a “spiral of sickness” with her own children. Spelling, who shares five children with [Read More…]
A skin patch could help treat peanut allergies in kids, trial finds
LauriPatterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A patch that sits on a person’s skin could help reduce the risk of severe allergic reactions in toddlers with peanut allergies, according to the newly published results of a [Read More…]
FDA drops blood donation restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and [Read More…]
FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of allowing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Medical and scientific experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. The vote could [Read More…]
American Psychological Association issues advisory for teens and social media
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the first guidance of its kind, the American Psychological Association (APA) has issued sweeping recommendations intended to help teenagers use social media safely. The guidance is primarily directed [Read More…]
FDA advisors vote unanimously in favor of allowing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Medical and scientific experts advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have voted in favor of allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. “The large [Read More…]
Cyberattacks on hospitals are growing threats to patient safety, experts say
ABC News (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Jes Kraus was supposed to be going to the University of Vermont Medical Center every day for aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatments to fight stage three colorectal cancer, for which [Read More…]
Suicide attempt survivor shares what he wants other teens to know about mental health
Courtesy Jonah Barrow (NEW YORK) — Nine months ago, near the end of August, Jonah Barrow, a high school senior, attempted to take his own life. Now, the 18-year-old from Katy, Texas, is speaking out [Read More…]
New draft guidance drops breast cancer screening age from 50 to 40 for women with average risk
MicroStockHub/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Most women with average risk should start screening for breast cancer at age 40, and they should get screened every other year through age 74, according to new draft guidance [Read More…]
FDA advisory committees meeting to discuss over-the-counter birth control
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Advisory committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday to review the first-ever application for an over-the-counter birth control pill. At a joint meeting, [Read More…]
Angelina Jolie urges women to ‘go for mammograms and blood tests’
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie paid tribute to her late mother this week, 15 years after her death from cancer, and encouraged other women to “go for mammograms and blood tests [Read More…]
What do the changes in COVID data sharing mean for the US?
Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As the U.S. moves into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the public health emergency ending May 11, it also signals the end of some COVID [Read More…]
CDC won’t track COVID transmission levels anymore in major shift
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it is changing the way it does surveillance of COVID-19 in the United States as the emergencies related to the virus come [Read More…]
WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it’s no longer public health emergency
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (GENEVA) — The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency. The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to [Read More…]
CDC changing COVID-19 surveillance when public health emergency ends
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it is changing the way it does surveillance of COVID-19 in the United States as the emergencies related to the virus [Read More…]
Public health leaders warn dwindling COVID data risks less preparation for ‘the next outbreak’
TAMI CHAPPELL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While COVID-19 ebbs — and many of the pandemic-era policies on surveillance data and funding wind down with it — the nation’s public health leaders warned senators [Read More…]
FDA considers whether a birth control pill could be sold over the counter
Courtesy of Angela Maske (WASHINGTON) — Angela Maske was a college freshman in Washington, D.C., when she first had trouble getting a prescription for birth control pills. Her Catholic-affiliated university wouldn’t prescribe the medication to [Read More…]
COVID vaccine effectiveness against omicron fell to 20% after six months but protection against severe disease still strong: Study
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against omicron infection fell to less than 20% after six months, according to a new analysis published Wednesday. Researchers from Italy and the [Read More…]