Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter Wednesday to Abbott Nutrition accusing the company of employing “abusive legal tactics” to cover up health risks with its powdered infant formula product — safety concerns she said the business has been aware of for decades. In the letter, an early version of which was provided exclusively to The Hill, Warren alleged the […]
The number of maternity care “deserts” across the United States is rising as expectant mothers struggle to have access to health care, according to new research. A report released Wednesday from the March of Dimes, a nonprofit that works to support the health of mothers and babies, states that up to 6.9 million women nationwide have little or no access to […]
Millions of people and their families around the world, are suffering from a little-known devastating neurodegenerative disease that is often misdiagnosed, largely misunderstood and has no approved treatments. This confusing disease, which can masquerade as Parkinson’s disease, or a psychiatric condition, is the largest dementia that you have never heard of, and when correctly diagnosed is called Lewy body dementia […]
The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave. Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, doses modified to target today’s most common and contagious omicron relative. While there wasn’t a big rush, federal health officials are urging that people seek […]
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Las personas que buscan tratamiento médico por problemas de sobrepeso o por un trastorno alimentario, tienen la esperanza de que sus seguros lo paguen, al menos parte. Pero que se cubra o no depende de una medida inventada hace casi 200 años por un matemático belga, que utilizó la estadística para encontrar a la “persona […]
The Biden administration on Tuesday appointed former U.N. ambassador Pamela Hamamoto to lead U.S. negotiations for the proposed global pandemic accord at the World Health Organization (WHO). The announcement highlights how seriously the Biden administration is taking the negotiations over the accord to prevent and respond to future pandemics, which WHO member countries agreed to last December. Hamamoto previously served […]
Rectal bleeding Sometimes one may see blood in the stools passed, streaks of blood around the stool, or even a change in the color of the water in the toilet bowl. This can be alarming and make you rush to the hospital. The blood we see is from the digestive tract, and the color and quantity of blood can tell […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it has amended its emergency authorization of the bivalent COVID-19 boosters to include children between the ages of five and 11. The FDA’s decision grants Moderna’s request for authorization to administer its bivalent booster to children as young as six and grants Pfizer’s request to administer its own booster to children […]