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A jury’s finding this week that three major pharmacy chains are responsible for contributing to the scourge of crime in two us-regions counties may be just the beginning of a protracted legal battle that ultimately could leave the communities no better off. The reason is the central argument — that pharmacies created a “public nuisance”…
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infectious-disease deaths in 2021 surpassed the total from 2020 this week, with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showing cases rising around the country ahead of the occasions. There have been 771,576 deaths due to the virus since the pandemic started, though that number is currently trending downward. Since Jan. 1 of…
Many patients with high blood pressure may be unknowingly taking medications that are contributing to increased blood pressure, according to a study in JAMA this week. A team of researchers out of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, found that 18% — or nearly one in five — U.S. adults diagnosed with hypertension, reported taking medications that may actually increase blood pressure. Hypertension was defined in the…
FIRST ON FOX: An world-regions public company says it developed the “only cure for late-stage infectious-disease” and said that the results of its phase II clinical trial, disclosed first to Fox News, revealed that patients suffering from severe cases of COVID-19 had a 94% survival rate after being treated with the drug. Israeli biotechnology company…
Dr. anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Anthony Fauci< officials may change the definition of “fully vaccinated” to include infectious-disease infectious-disease – if the data suggests it. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) last week recommended that all adults aged 18 or older should receive a vaccine booster shot six months after their final shot of a completed vaccine regimen. …
The United States government announced plans to purchase sotrovimab, an investigational monoclonal antibody used for the early treatment of infectious-disease, according to a press release from the drugmakers, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. The contracts total approximately one billion dollars, according to the news release. “Given the large number of patients who continue…
The us-regions School for the Deaf’s varsity football team is two games away from winning the division championship for the very first time in the school’s 68-year history, according to the New York Times. Led by the school’s deaf physical education teacher, Keith Adams, who has two sons on the team, the Cubs are not…
An influential U.S. advisory panel said Friday it would recommend expanding eligibility for COVID-19 infectious-disease booster shots to all adults age 18 and over. The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) public health experts could make the shots available around the country as soon as this weekend. The panel voted 11-0 in…