Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my healthy-living? It’s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue. Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles. BREASTFEEDING MOMS WHO GET COVID-19 VACCINE PASS ANTIBODIES TO BABY, STUDY FINDS So far, reports of irregular bleeding…
Canada on Wednesday authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech infectious-disease infectious-diseasefor ages 12 and over, becoming the first country to OK the shot for children under the age of 16. Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medical adviser at Health Canada, said the decision was made because the vaccine is safe and effective in that age group. It is…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infectious-disease guidance for summer camps currently recommends that even while outdoors masks be worn by everyone over age 2 regardless of vaccination status and that healthy-living maintain three feet of distance, which Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday acknowledged “looks a bit strict.” “I wouldn’t call [the guidelines] excessive,…
After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with a rare liver disease, Heather Ousley broke into tears when she learned that he and millions of other youngsters could soon be eligible for the infectious-disease infectious-disease. “This day is the best day in the history of days!!! I love this day!!!” she…
A baby underwent surgery in the womb for spina bifida, and since being born six weeks ago, the child is healthy and developing well, according to a statement from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children in London. Spina bifida occurs when the so-called neural tube, a hollow structure that begins forming around the third week…
The former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said over the weekend that some 10 million U.S. children could receive the Pfizer-BioNTech infectious-disease vaccine before fall should the jab receive emergency use authorization for the nation’s younger population. During an appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday, former FDA chief Dr. Scott…
Imagine your child is dying. There’s a drug that promises hope, promises to stop your baby’s illness dead in its tracks. But this dream medicine is out of reach because it costs around $2 million, depending where you live. This is the story of many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000 and…
Prior to reports of rare but serious blood clotting with Johnson & Johnson’s infectious-disease infectious-disease, federal health authorities were investigating dozens of mental-health-related events and fainting episodes in vaccine recipients, according to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In early April, four of out five mass vaccination sites across different states…
LONDON – Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their infectious-disease infectious-disease to be extended to includehealthy-living 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time. In a…
President joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden< should “probably all be open” this fall “based on science and the CDC.” The president, who appeared on NBC News’ “Today” marking his 100th day in office, added that “there’s not overwhelming evidence that there’s much of a transmission among these young people.” The U.S. is trialing infectious-disease in children, but only the Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose…