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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
BIDEN SEEKS TO REVIVE VACCINE EFFORT WITH NEW RULES AND INCENTIVES

The president said those refusing to get a coronavirus shot should expect inconveniences as long as they decline a vaccine.
Vaccination, Vaccination and Immunization, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Walensky, Rochelle, United States, Medicine and Health, United States Politics and Government
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
C.D.C. INTERNAL REPORT CALLS DELTA VARIANT AS CONTAGIOUS AS CHICKENPOX

Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document says, and lead more often...
Vaccination, your-feed-science, SARS, Vaccination and Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemics, Provincetown, United States, Coronavirus
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
PURDUE PHARMA'S CREDITORS OVERWHELMINGLY ENDORSE BANKRUPTCY PLAN

If approved by a judge next month, the plan would resolve thousands of lawsuits and set in motion the release of $4.5 billion to help...
Plan, your-feed-science, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Drug Abuse and Traffic, OxyContin, Opioids and Opiates, Drugs, Suits and Litigation, Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family, United States
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
AS VIRUS CASES RISE, ANOTHER CONTAGION SPREADS AMONG THE VACCINATED: ANGER

Frustrated by the prospect of a new surge, many Americans are blaming the unvaccinated. A tougher stance may backfire, some experts...
Vaccination, your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, United States, Disease Rates, Coronavirus, Rumors and Misinformation, Polls and Public Opinion
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
C.D.C. SAYS SOME VACCINATED AMERICANS SHOULD WEAR MASKS AGAIN

In communities with growing caseloads, vaccinated and unvaccinated people should return to wearing masks indoors in public areas, health...
Vaccination, Masks, Disease Rates, Coronavirus, Vaccination and Immunization, States, Deaths, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Walensky, Rochelle, Education, United States Politics and Government, United States, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, your-feed-science
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
CITING NEW DATA, PFIZER OUTLINES CASE FOR BOOSTER SHOTS

Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine may become slightly weaker over time, the company reported. But experts said that most people won't need...
Vaccination, Coronavirus, Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Research, Pfizer Inc, BioNTech SE, Disease Rates, United States, your-feed-science
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
SOME ARE CHASING EXTRA VACCINE SHOTS, WHILE SCIENTISTS DEBATE

Boosters may not be necessary yet, many experts say, and the pursuit of additional shots raises ethical questions.
Vaccination, Coronavirus, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs, Clinical Trials, Ethics and Official Misconduct, AstraZeneca PLC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CVS Caremark Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna Inc, Walgreen Co, Pfizer Inc, World Health Organization, Africa, Great Britain, United States
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
WOMEN SURGEONS AT GREATER RISK OF PREGNANCY LOSS, STUDY FINDS

The demands of the profession appear to clash with the process of starting a family. “There's a health risk in it.”
Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Surgery and Surgeons, Women and Girls, In Vitro Fertilization, JAMA Surgery, your-feed-science, your-feed-health, your-feed-work
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
TRUMP-ERA LIMIT ON NURSING HOMES SAFETY FINES IS LIFTED

The Biden administration has quietly undone a Trump policy that severely restricted penalties imposed on facilities that violated safety...
Lifting, Nursing Homes, Fines, Coronavirus, Deaths, Vaccination and Immunization, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
HOW OFTEN DO THE VACCINATED SPREAD COVID-19?

The C.D.C.'s new masking advice was based in part on data showing that the virus can thrive in the airways of vaccinated people. The...
Vaccination, your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Coronavirus, Immune System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Throat, Walensky, Rochelle
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
FAUCI WANTS TO MAKE VACCINES FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC BEFORE IT HITS

If funded, a government program costing several billion dollars could develop “prototype” vaccines to protect against 20 families of...
Vaccination, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus, Research, Science and Technology, your-feed-science, Fauci, Anthony S
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SPREADER OF CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION ONLINE

Researchers and regulators say Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, creates and profits from misleading claims about Covid-19....
Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Books and Literature, Computers and the Internet, Vaccination and Immunization, Social Media, Coronavirus, Rumors and Misinformation, Mercola, Joseph M, Vitamins, Erin Elizabeth
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
FOR OLDER ADULTS, HOME CARE HAS BECOME HARDER TO FIND

Staffing shortages have long plagued the home care industry. But the pandemic has intensified the problem.
your-feed-science, Home Health Care, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Labor and Jobs, Nursing Homes, Elderly, Alzheimer's Disease, Coronavirus, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
THEY WAITED, THEY WORRIED, THEY STALLED. THIS WEEK, THEY GOT THE SHOT

The U.S. vaccine rollout has plateaued and the course of the coronavirus pandemic in this country may depend on how many people are...
Vaccination, Coronavirus, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, United States
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
BIDEN OFFICIALS NOW EXPECT VULNERABLE AMERICANS TO NEED BOOSTER SHOTS

The growing consensus that at least some Americans will need a booster is partly tied to research suggesting that Pfizer's vaccine...
Vaccination, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus, Clinical Trials, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc, Moderna Inc, Johnson & Johnson, Offit, Paul A
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
C.D.C. WARNS OF SUPERBUG FUNGUS OUTBREAKS IN 2 CITIES

For the first time, the C.D.C. identified several cases of Candida auris that were resistant to all drugs, in two health facilities...
Fungus, Drugs, Candida Auris, Drug Resistance, Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas, Washington
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
PURNELL CHOPPIN, 91, DIES; RESEARCHER LAID GROUNDWORK FOR PANDEMIC FIGHT

He explored how viruses multiply. An accomplished administrator, he also turned the Howard Hughes Medical Institute into a global biomedical...
Choppin, Purnell, Coronavirus, Deaths, Philanthropy, Medicine and Health, Hughes, Howard Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, Research
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
ISRAELI DATA SUGGESTS POSSIBLE WANING IN EFFECTIVENESS OF PFIZER VACCINE

The new numbers still show overwhelmingly strong protection against severe disease but diminished effectiveness against infection.
Vaccination, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus, Research, Preventive Medicine, Pfizer Inc, BioNTech SE, Israel, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Disease Rates, Clalit Health Services
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
WHEN EUPHEMISMS ATTACK

Plus, orphaned grizzlies, baby deer in the shower, hoot-owl restrictions and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.
Baby, Sharks, Extraterrestrial Life, Young Men and Fire, A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire, your-feed-science, your-feed-animals
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By NY Times - Sep 26, 2021
TESTING BRITNEY SPEARS: RESTORING RIGHTS CAN BE RARE AND DIFFICULT

To get out of conservatorship, the pop star will likely have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, an uneasy melding of legal standards...
Decisions and Verdicts, Wills and Estates, Mental Health and Disorders, Psychology and Psychologists, Spears, Britney, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
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BIDEN SEEKS TO REVIVE VACCINE EFFORT WITH NEW RULES AND INCENTIVES

The president said those refusing to get a coronavirus shot should expect inconveniences as long as they decline a vaccine.

C.D.C. INTERNAL REPORT CALLS DELTA VARIANT AS CONTAGIOUS AS CHICKENPOX

Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document says, and lead more often...

PURDUE PHARMA'S CREDITORS OVERWHELMINGLY ENDORSE BANKRUPTCY PLAN

If approved by a judge next month, the plan would resolve thousands of lawsuits and set in motion the release of $4.5 billion to help...

AS VIRUS CASES RISE, ANOTHER CONTAGION SPREADS AMONG THE VACCINATED: ANGER

Frustrated by the prospect of a new surge, many Americans are blaming the unvaccinated. A tougher stance may backfire, some experts...

C.D.C. SAYS SOME VACCINATED AMERICANS SHOULD WEAR MASKS AGAIN

In communities with growing caseloads, vaccinated and unvaccinated people should return to wearing masks indoors in public areas, health...

CITING NEW DATA, PFIZER OUTLINES CASE FOR BOOSTER SHOTS

Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine may become slightly weaker over time, the company reported. But experts said that most people won't need...

SOME ARE CHASING EXTRA VACCINE SHOTS, WHILE SCIENTISTS DEBATE

Boosters may not be necessary yet, many experts say, and the pursuit of additional shots raises ethical questions.

WOMEN SURGEONS AT GREATER RISK OF PREGNANCY LOSS, STUDY FINDS

The demands of the profession appear to clash with the process of starting a family. “There's a health risk in it.”

TRUMP-ERA LIMIT ON NURSING HOMES SAFETY FINES IS LIFTED

The Biden administration has quietly undone a Trump policy that severely restricted penalties imposed on facilities that violated safety...

HOW OFTEN DO THE VACCINATED SPREAD COVID-19?

The C.D.C.'s new masking advice was based in part on data showing that the virus can thrive in the airways of vaccinated people. The...

FAUCI WANTS TO MAKE VACCINES FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC BEFORE IT HITS

If funded, a government program costing several billion dollars could develop “prototype” vaccines to protect against 20 families of...

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SPREADER OF CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION ONLINE

Researchers and regulators say Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, creates and profits from misleading claims about Covid-19....

FOR OLDER ADULTS, HOME CARE HAS BECOME HARDER TO FIND

Staffing shortages have long plagued the home care industry. But the pandemic has intensified the problem.

THEY WAITED, THEY WORRIED, THEY STALLED. THIS WEEK, THEY GOT THE SHOT

The U.S. vaccine rollout has plateaued and the course of the coronavirus pandemic in this country may depend on how many people are...

BIDEN OFFICIALS NOW EXPECT VULNERABLE AMERICANS TO NEED BOOSTER SHOTS

The growing consensus that at least some Americans will need a booster is partly tied to research suggesting that Pfizer's vaccine...

C.D.C. WARNS OF SUPERBUG FUNGUS OUTBREAKS IN 2 CITIES

For the first time, the C.D.C. identified several cases of Candida auris that were resistant to all drugs, in two health facilities...

PURNELL CHOPPIN, 91, DIES; RESEARCHER LAID GROUNDWORK FOR PANDEMIC FIGHT

He explored how viruses multiply. An accomplished administrator, he also turned the Howard Hughes Medical Institute into a global biomedical...

ISRAELI DATA SUGGESTS POSSIBLE WANING IN EFFECTIVENESS OF PFIZER VACCINE

The new numbers still show overwhelmingly strong protection against severe disease but diminished effectiveness against infection.

WHEN EUPHEMISMS ATTACK

Plus, orphaned grizzlies, baby deer in the shower, hoot-owl restrictions and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.

TESTING BRITNEY SPEARS: RESTORING RIGHTS CAN BE RARE AND DIFFICULT

To get out of conservatorship, the pop star will likely have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, an uneasy melding of legal standards...

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FDA approves selexipag for IV use in adults with PAH

The FDA has approved selexipag for IV use in adults with WHO functional class II to III pulmonary arterial hypertension who are temporarily unable to take oral...

Obesity does not increase risk for serious infection in biologic-treated IBD

Obesity was not associated with an increased risk for serious infection among patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with biologics, according to research published...

Many women with gestational diabetes do not receive type 2 diabetes...

Women in the United Kingdom who had gestational diabetes were not often screened for type 2 diabetes in accordance with national guidelines, a recent analysis showed. According...

Influenza vaccine may provide additional protection from COVID-19

Influenza vaccination may reduce the risk for stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis in patients with COVID-19, data presented at the ECCMID virtual meeting...

Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake from Trader Joe's PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Lab...

Does the Chantilly Cream Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cake from Trader Joe's have any indication of PFAS contamination in the food packaging? This is what you've been asking us to...

FDA approves Shingrix for prevention of shingles in immunocompromised adults

The FDA this week approved Shingrix for the prevention of shingles in immunocompromised adults, GlaxoSmithKline announced. Shingrix , is a nonlive, recombinant sub-unit...

FDA approves Twyneo cream for acne vulgaris

Twyneo cream, a fixed-dose combination of tretinoin and benzoyl peroxide, has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of acne vulgaris, Sol-Gel Technologies announced in a...

FDA OKs emergency use of baricitinib alone for COVID-19

The FDA has authorized emergency use of baricitinib alone for the treatment of patients aged 2 years and older who are hospitalized with COVID-19. The authorization applies to...

VIDEO: Bausch + Lomb pipeline includes NOV03 for dry eye disease

LAS VEGAS - In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Yolande Barnard, vice president and general manager, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, Bausch + Lomb, offers updates on...

Low vision patients not routinely tested for dry eye disease despite high risk

Results from a retrospective chart review on dry eye disease and low vision showed low vision patients are at risk for dry eye disease, but low numbers of dry eye disease tests...