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Pfizer's RSV vaccine candidate over 85% effective in older adults, data shows
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced Thursday that its vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus was more than 85% effective in preventing lower respiratory tract ...
Aug 25, 2022
Three children in Georgia test positive for monkeypox: Officials
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Three children in Georgia have now tested positive for monkeypox, newly updated state data has revealed. The Georgia Department of Health did not immedia...
Aug 25, 2022
Tattoo ink is under-regulated, scientists say
Alvaro Medina Jurado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Researchers are raising concerns about the quality of tattoo ink, saying the ink isn't always properly labeled and, in some instances, could contain poss...
Aug 24, 2022
Some health officials struggling with new monkeypox vaccine injection method
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some states and jurisdictions are hitting early bumps in their rollout of the U.S. government's new approach to ex...
Aug 24, 2022
After COVID and monkeypox, experts say outbreaks anywhere threaten citizens everywhere
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the emergence of COVID-19 and the recent surge in monkeypox cases, scientists and doctors who specialize in infectious disease are issuing increasingly dir...
Aug 24, 2022
Dad of three gets help from Jason Momoa in race to find bone marrow donor
Courtesy Travis Snyder(NEW YORK) -- Travis Snyder is in a fight for his life as he races to find a bone marrow donor in his seven-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that worsens...
Aug 24, 2022
COVID-19 wastewater data signals potential viral plateau after weeks of declines
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of U.S. wastewater sites reporting increases in the presence of COVID-19 in their samples appears to be plateauing after a significant d...
Aug 23, 2022
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine 73% effective in children under 5, updated data shows
Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Pfizer released new data Tuesday showing its vaccine continues to reduce the risk of COVID-19 in children ages six months to 4 years-old. Unlike Modern...
Aug 23, 2022
Marijuana, hallucinogen use reach all-time high among young adults
CasarsaGuru/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults has reached a new high. Use of marijuana and hallucinogens by 19- to 30-year-olds reached their highest levels s...
Aug 23, 2022
Life expectancy dropped in 2020 in every US state, mainly due to COVID: CDC
fzant/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Every state saw a decline in life expectancy during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal data published Tuesday. The report, from the Center...
Aug 23, 2022