WHO experts advise against hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent infection in people who do not have the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to...
Read MoreFDA issues emergency authorization for Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Photo Cred: Thirdman/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued late last week an emergency use authorization for the third novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination, the Janssen...
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Committing to diversity and inclusion in integrative care
Photo Cred: Fauxels/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Racism and discrimination exist prominently in healthcare. Racial disparities in medicine are not only the result of individual actions, but of deeply engrained structural...
Read MorePresident Biden says 300 million vaccinated by July
Photo Cred: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The United States will have enough supply of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination to cover 300 million Americans by the end of...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson requests emergency authorization from FDA
Photo Cred: CDC/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Johnson and Johnson submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, requesting emergency use authorization for its single-dose novel...
Read MoreScreening asymptomatic healthcare workers for COVID-19 not recommended, experts say
Photo Cred: Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Routine screening of asymptomatic healthcare personnel in the absence of confirmed exposures to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is not a recommended strategy for preventing...
Read MoreCDC issues guidance on new COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury As the global number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpasses 101,000 worldwide, multiple variants are circulating globally. While information about the characteristics of...
Read MoreIntegrative Health Policy Consortium issues letter to President Joe Biden
Photo Cred: Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC), a nonprofit advocacy organization representing integrative healthcare professionals in the United States, issued a letter to then...
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