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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine 90.4% effective in clinical trial, company says
Novavax CEO says COVID-19 vaccine will roll out 'very quickly'Novavax President and CEO Stanley Erck on its' vaccine being 90.4% effective in a clinical trial and and why the booster shot will be its' 'biggest market' in the U.S.Novavax…
Genetic Therapies for Brain Diseases
Susan was still a child when she first suspected something might be wrong with her mother. A cup or plate would often crash to the floor by accident when her mother was serving dinner or washing up dishes. “She was, she would…
Vaccinated Los Angeles doctor diagnosed with COVID-19, warns about breakthrough cases: report
Doctors urge COVID vaccinations as Delta variant spreadsFox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses the COVID-19 Delta variant and vaccine side-effects in adolescentsLOS ANGELES-- Dr. Eugene Choi, a Los Angeles-based…
Landmark Alzheimer’s Drug Approval Confounds Research Community
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval yesterday of the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in 18 years was welcomed by some patients looking for hope against an intractable condition. But for many…
Fauci pushes for expanded COVID-19 vaccination among adolescents
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 11Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.As coronavirus vaccines have become more widely available, officials are looking to expand COVID-19 vaccination coverage…
Teen girls drove increase in suspected suicide attempts during pandemic, CDC report finds
Parents address losing children to suicide during the pandemic'The Story' host Martha MacCallum takes a look at the mental health crisis plaguing teens amid COVID pandemicTeen girls drove significant increases in emergency department (ED)…
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
Debate over the idea that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged from a laboratory has escalated over the past few weeks, coinciding with the annual World Health Assembly, at which the World Health Organization (WHO) and officials from…
New Mexico warns on wound botulism among drug users after several suspected cases
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 11Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Health officials in New Mexico are investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism in residents with reported…
Why We Don’t Know the Animal Origins of the Coronavirus
Over the past century, many notable viruses have emerged from animals to cause widespread illness and death in people. The list includes the pathogens behind pandemic influenza, Ebola, Zika, West Nile fever, SARS, and now COVID,…
Moderna seeks COVID-19 vaccine authorization for teens
Moderna seeking approval to expand vaccine to teens Moderna announced on Thursday that it had requested the FDA grant emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents. Currently, the two-dose vaccine is authorized for use…
Why India’s Second COVID Surge Is So Much Worse Than the First
India’s relatively mild first wave of COVID last year intrigued scientists and led the country’s leadership to declare what turned out to be a very premature victory over the novel coronavirus. The current surge has been…
Some unused Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines set to expire this month
'Delta' COVID variant has health officials urging Americans to get vaccinatedFox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to the push to get more Americans vaccinated as a delta coronavirus variant spreads across the U.K.With the…
A Tool Doctors Use Every Day Can Perpetuate Medical Racism
COVID-19 exacerbated various preexisting racial health disparities, which ushered in a racial reckoning in the medical field. As a result, many medical institutions attempted to implement meaningful changes to dismantle systemic…
Who should take new Alzheimer’s drug? Expert weighs in
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 8Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.After the Food and Drug Administration granted approval to the first Alzheimer’s drug in nearly two decades, Biogen's…
Coronavirus News Roundup: May 22–June 4
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Both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech now have applied…
What is ‘dry scooping’? Latest TikTok trend could be dangerous for your heart
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 7Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.TikTok is chock-full of so-called "life hacks" and fitness trends, but one alleged tip involving "dry scooping"…
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 22 to June 4
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Both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech now have applied…
California county cuts COVID-19 death toll by 25% after finding some deaths ‘clearly…
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 6Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.A California county cut its COVID-19 death toll by around 25% after determining that some deaths were not a "direct…
A New Mental Health Crisis Is Raging in Gaza
“Have you ever seen a six-month old baby with exaggerated startle response?” One of my colleagues who works on our telephone counseling service was calling me for advice on how to respond to several distraught mothers…
Most dental offices’ patient volume nearing normal, data suggests
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 4Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.A San Francisco-based oral surgeon is seeing patient volume return to near normal after pandemic-related closures…