by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
The Host The conventions are over, and the general-election campaign is officially on. While reproductive health is sure to play a key role in the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, it’s less clear what role other health...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
The first drug shown to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease will not be available on the NHS after a decision by the medicine’s regulator.The decision on funding lecanemab has caused upset and disappointment from those hoping the drug could...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
A 67-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to try what doctors hope will be a revolutionary new treatment for lung cancer – a vaccine that tells the body how to fight and kill the disease. It uses the same mRNA technology as some Covid jabs to give...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Garret Frey refuses to be sidelined. Frey has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than 37 of his 42 years. He has spent decades rejecting the government’s excuses when he and others with disabilities are denied the support they need to live...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.” — Former President Donald Trump at a July 24 campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina Former President Donald...
by News Feed Editor | Aug 23, 2024 | Health
BBCThe parents of a young woman who died after being given an AstraZeneca Covid jab have accused the NHS of failing to pass on known safety warnings about the vaccine.Marina Waldron, 21, visited hospital with excruciating headaches three times in the week before her...
