Moderna COVID-19 vaccine granted emergency use authorization
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Friday evening the emergency use authorization of the second vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),...
Read MoreFDA authorizes first over-the-counter test for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday the emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter at-home diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus...
Read MoreNorthwestern Health Sciences University releases policy statement on racial inequities in integrative care
Photo Cred: Life Matters/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Racism causes health disparities, according to a new policy statement from Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU). In response to the social justice movements...
Read MoreAutism research points to potential link between repetitive behaviors, gut issues
Photo Cred: Caleb Woods/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In children with autism, repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected, according to new research published in the journal Autism. Children with...
Read MoreResearch review looks as COVID-19 impacts on central nervous system
Photo Cred: Jesse Orrico/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Biomedical Engineering said that infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may also affect the central nervous system...
Read MoreCOVID-19 in healthcare workers driven by community exposure
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury In a well-resourced health system with adequate personal protection equipment (PPE), healthcare worker risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes the novel...
Read MorePlant-based diet increases post-meal metabolism, study says
Photo Cred: Ella Olsson/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A plant-based diet boosts after-meal calorie burn, leads to weight loss, and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals, according to a new...
Read MoreFDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization for a vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the...
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