The Biden administration is expected to release new CDC guidelines for reopening schools today. CBS News has obtained a draft summary of the recommendations. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes
Food and Drug Administration approved the first new flu medication in nearly two decades last year. The CDC last month signaled the start of the flu season (click https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/flu-activity-elevated.htm), saying that 24 states and Guam were reporting widespr...
The US Food and Drug Administration approved PrEP with oral antiretroviral medication forHIVprevention in 2012. When taken daily, it can reduce the risk for HIV acquired through sexual contact by more than 90%, and the risk for HIV acquired throughinjection drug useby more than 70%. "PrEP is...
The new guidelines are tied to the 2012approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a combo drug called Truvadafor use as PrEP, along with safe sex practices. "While a vaccine or cure may one day end the HIV epidemic, PrEP is a powerful tool that has the potential to alter ...
Veterans Health Administration patients with chronic pain receiving opioid therapy, 2004-2009 Unintentional fatal opioid overdose 24% of controls had dosages >50 MME/d, but 59% of cases had dosages above this level. Bohnert et al, 2011a Case-cohort study examining the association between prescri...
"As allergists, we want to encourage vaccination by reassuring the public that both [Food and Drug Administration]-approved COVID-19 vaccines are safe," Banerji said in a hospital news release. "Our guidelines are built upon the recommendations of U.S. regulatory agencies and provide clear step...
This study evaluates the prevalence of difficulty accessing medical care and cost-related medication non-adherence (CRMNA) among women and specifically among those with ASCVD. We also examine the interrelationship of gender with age, race/ethnicity, and ASCVD status to identify subgroups of women who...
Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pushed a false “safe and effective” COVID vaccine narrative by underreporting adverse events. The mRNA shots “never should have been ...
program include support for the peri- natal HIV implementation monitoring sys- tem, evaluation of a system for analyzing out- comes in infants, and two training programs to support the PMTCT program, in the con- text of evolving guidelines and the needs of health care workers and program ...
(Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio or SAAR) to assess and inform ASP interventions. Hospitals not yet able to submit data to the NHSN AU Option should determine days of therapy (DOT) or defined daily dose (DDD) based on pharmacy and medication administration records. DOT and DDD ...