Fox News Flash top headlines for December 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. While British authorities look into a new mutated coronavirus strain, many unanswered questions remain, according to the World Health Organization. Mutations don’t necessarily imply something for the better or worse; it simply means a change. An organism, in this […]
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Lilly’s antibody IV infusions for coronavirus patients to present ‘unique challenges,’ top officials say
‘Disturbing’ for Cuomo to be ‘shaking confidence’ in coronavirus vaccine: Siegel Fox News Medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel discusses combatting the coronavirus and reacts to Gov. Cuomo’s remarks on Pfizer vaccine. While Eli Lilly’s investigational monoclonal antibody drug, bamlanivimab, just received FDA emergency approval to treat mild coronavirus patients, top officials voiced concerns over its […]
Coronavirus outbreak at North Carolina hair salon tied to at least 1 death: officials
Fox News Flash top headlines for October 7 At least one person has died following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a hair salon in North Carolina, officials announced this week. Haywood County Health and Human Services in a news release on Tuesday announced that the person died on Oct. 1 at a local […]
US coronavirus death toll tops 200K as officials quarrel over vaccine timeline
Will at-home coronavirus tests be reliable? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat reacts. The United States hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus epidemic on Tuesday when the death toll surpassed 200,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The country leads the world by far in both the number of deaths and […]
Pakistani officials say outbreak of dengue fever kills 20
Pakistani health officials are battling an outbreak of dengue fever in the South Asian nation, confirming over 10,000 cases and 20 deaths in recent months. More patients with symptoms of dengue fever were arriving Tuesday at hospitals in all major cities, putting a strain on the country’s poor health system. Zafar Mirza, a government adviser […]
US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes
U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online. The new guidelines, first proposed in November, are the latest government effort to reverse what health officials call an epidemic of underage vaping. E-cigarettes […]
Forecasting infectious diseases can help public health officials fight epidemics
Whooping cough in Texas. Measles in New York. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Around the world, public health officials are increasingly relying on disease forecasts to predict and fight outbreaks. But there’s a limit to how accurate these forecasts can be, says Samuel Scarpino, an assistant professor in the Network Science Institute at […]
New York resident develops bacterial infection after drinking raw milk from Pennsylvania farm: officials
The New York resident who was infected has not been identified. (iStock) A New York resident has developed a bacterial infection after drinking raw milk that likely came from a farm in Pennsylvania, the New York Department of Health announced this week. The resident, who has not been identified, was infected with RB51 — a […]
Parents urge officials to approve a life-saving drug for their son
Parents beg officials to approve the life-saving £450,000 drug which can treat the rare condition crippling their five-year-old son Finley Newell, from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, has spinal muscular atrophy A drug already exists which could improve his life but the NHS can’t buy it In August regulators said the £450,000 drug was not value for money […]
Officials seize thousands of faulty STI and HIV test kits
Officials seize thousands of faulty STI and HIV home-testing kits amid fears they gave false NEGATIVE results The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency seized 10,000 tests Officials today warned the unsafe kits may lead to a rise in cases of chlamydia A false negative result is when the test shows negative but the person […]