US Sexually Transmitted Diseases Was A Record High In 2020
After briefly dropping in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) then resurged beyond 2019 levels...
Pfizer Recalls Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix After Finding Carcinogen
Pfizer is recalling batches of its anti-smoking medication Chantix after an increased level of impurities that can cause cancer was found in the drug.
Included...
Switzerland: Suicide Pods Provide A ‘Painless Death’
A 3D-printed "suicide capsule" has passed a legal review in Switzerland, potentially clearing the way for the technology to be put into use in...
President Biden To Reopen Obamacare Enrollment February 15 To May 15 Amid Covid Pandemic
President Joe Biden will sign two executive actions Thursday designed to expand health care coverage amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as removing...
Paralysed Man With Severed Spine Walks Again Thanks To Implants
A man who was paralysed in a motorcycle accident in 2017 has regained the ability to walk after doctors implanted electrodes in his spine...
Syphilis Cases Highest Since 1948. HIVJumped 16% Last Year. CDC Says Situation ‘Out Of...
Sharply rising cases of sexually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health...
AstraZeneca Covid Technology Shows Promise In Animal Studies For Cancer Jab: Human Trials...
Scientists behind the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 shot are using the same technology to try to develop a therapeutic cancer vaccine,...
HIV Vaccine Created With mRNA Technology To Begin Human Trials
Over the past decade, advances in HIV treatment have yielded new drug combinations, once-daily dosing, and, most recently, the introduction of long-acting injectables for...
FDA Approves Cabenuva To Treat HIV In Adolescents 12 Years Of Age Or Older
The FDA has approved an expanded indication for the HIV therapy cabotegravir and rilpivirine (Cabenuva) in adolescents.
The expanded indication is for the treatment of...