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Moderna launches clinical trial for HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology
Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Moderna announced Thursday that it's launched early-stage clinical trials of an HIV mRNA vaccine. The biotechnology company has teamed up with the nonprofit ...
Jan 27, 2022
With young people getting colon cancer at high rates, doctors highlight importance of screening
SCIEPRO/Getty Images(DENVER) -- A major new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection ...
Jan 27, 2022
California bill would allow kids 12 and up to get vaccines without parents
EFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A new bill in California would allow children to get vaccinated against diseases including COVID-19 without their parents' consent. Currently, ...
Jan 27, 2022
As experts warn of 'unfinished learning' due to COVID-19, here are tips to help kids cope
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the coronavirus pandemic upends a third consecutive school year, Adam Solovoy, of Chicago, said learning loss due to the pandemic is something he has witn...
Jan 27, 2022
Boston hospital denies heart transplant to man who hasn't gotten COVID-19 vaccine
Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) -- The family of a Boston man is speaking out after they say their 31-year-old son was struck from a waitlist for a heart transplant because he was not vaccinated...
Jan 26, 2022
As new variants emerge, US government turns attention to a universal coronavirus vaccine
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine makers raced to design a shot that perfectly matched the new virus's genetic code. Their efforts were successfu...
Jan 26, 2022
Scientists monitoring new omicron subvariant BA.2
Win McNamee/Getty Images(GENEVA) -- Even as the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to sweep the globe, scientists are now monitoring a new mutation of omicron, dubbed BA.2. The World Health Organizati...
Jan 26, 2022
'Don't Weigh Me' cards designed to empower people to skip the scale at the doctor's office
Ginny Jones(OMAHA, Neb.) -- Dani Donovan, a 30-year-old woman from Omaha, Nebraska, said she spent the better part of a decade going to different doctors to seek help for chronic pain. At each visit, ...
Jan 26, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines do not affect fertility for women or men, study finds
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study adds to the growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for both pregnant people and people hoping to become pregnant. The study, which lo...
Jan 25, 2022
Hospitals in Seattle are at their breaking point amid COVID crush of patients
iStock/peterspiro(SEATTLE) -- Seattle doctors say hospitals are reaching their breaking points as they deal with a crush of COVID-19 patients amid the latest surge fueled by the omicron variant. Betwe...
Jan 24, 2022