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HIV Meds Help Slash Infection Risk to Nearly Zero: Study
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 – People taking antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV who have low but detectable virus levels have almost zero risk of transmitting the virus to others, according to a new...
European Man May Be 6th Person to Be 'Cured' of HIV
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 – It’s rare for someone with HIV to go into remission and be considered "cured," but a European man may be the sixth to do so. First diagnosed with HIV in 1990, the man had b...
Could Your Genes Guard You From the Symptoms of COVID Infection?
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 – In the world of COVID-19 infections, the majority of patients develop symptoms, while about one-fifth mysteriously don’t develop a cough, sore throat or other tell-tale s...
Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 – While nursing home residents are at high risk for bad outcomes if they get COVID-19, use of antiviral treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies, was low through most of 2021...
COVID-19 May Have Spread Between Humans, Deer
WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2023 – New research shows that humans and deer passed the coronavirus back and forth in late 2021 and early 2022, raising concerns that this animal reservoir could become a...
U.S. Livestock, Pet Industries Pose Disease Threat to People
FRIDAY, July 7, 2023 – American industry engages in some of the same high-risk practices as other countries in keeping and selling commercial animals that have the potential for triggering outbreaks...
Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 – For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have told patients who get a negative result after taking a rapid antigen test at home to test again 48 hours later. A new study...
More Than Three-Quarters of Americans 16 and Older Have Been Infected With COVID: CDC
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 – While a little more than half of American adults think they’ve had COVID-19, the reality is about 77.5% have been infected at least once, new government data shows. The U.S. ...
Gilead Halts Remdesivir Access for COVID-19 Amid Other U.S. Drug Shortages
Gilead Halts Remdesivir Access for COVID-19 Amid Other U.S. Drug Shortages March 23, 2020 - Leigh Ann Anderson, PharmD In a jarring headline on Sunday, Gilead Sciences Inc. announced a temporary...
FDA Approves Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Influenza
October 24, 2018 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of age and older...
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