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Two Monoclonal Antibody Drugs Are Rendered Useless by Omicron
The FDA has decided to restrict the use of two types of monoclonal antibody treatments. The drugs were previously made ... Read more
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U.S. Covid Cases and Hospitalizations on the Decline but Deaths Continue to Rise
Although the daily number of Covid cases in the United States is still high at around 590.000, that number has ... Read more
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Pig Kidneys Successfully Transplanted in Brain-Dead Man
Several surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig’s kidneys into a 57-year-old man ... Read more
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FDA Plans to Authorize Covid Vaccine for Kids Under Five
According to Anthony Fauci, MD, the FDA will likely authorize Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children under the age of five ... Read more
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Americans Can Get Four Free Covid Tests Per Household
In response to many complaints about long lines at testing sites and low inventories of Covid tests at pharmacies and ... Read more
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Biden Administration to Supply Three N95s to Each American
The Biden administration announced it will hand out 400 million N95 masks to Americans across the country. The move comes ... Read more
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First Successful Pig Heart Transplanted to Human
David Bennett, an American man in his 50s, is the first man to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified ... Read more
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Americans with Private Health Insurance To Receive 8 At-Home Covid Tests Per Month
Special Note: All residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Complete ... Read more
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Some Americans Will Have Medical Debt Wiped From Credit
The three major credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, will no longer include paid medical debt in their credit ... read more
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Natural Gas Used to Heat Homes Contains Some Harmful Chemicals
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that several dangerous cancer-causing chemicals are present ... read more
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Uterine Cancer Claims Many Black Lives
Instances of endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, are on the rise, especially among Black women. Cancer of the ... read more
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Babies and Toddlers Get COVID-19 Shots
The CDC has approved Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for America’s youngest citizens. Children as young as six months will ... read more
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