FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said it would approve new versions of the

Don’t hit snooze on new research about waking up each morning

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Sleep experts recommend against snoozing after a wake-up alarm, but a study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham shows the practice is common, with more than 50% of sleep

Stoke-on-Trent MP Allison Gardner in tears over ‘excruciating’ chronic UTI

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Allison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences in a Westminster Hall debate An MP has described the “debilitating and excruciating” experience

What does it mean for Biden’s prostate cancer to be ‘aggressive’? A urologic surgeon explains

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. But what does it mean for this type of cancer

Technique rapidly measures cells’ density, reflecting health and developmental state

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Measuring the density of a cell can reveal a great deal about the cell’s state. As cells proliferate, differentiate, or undergo cell death, they may gain or lose water and

Attacked West Midlands ambulance paramedics hope for swifter court justice

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Joanne Writtle Health correspondent, BBC Midlands BBC Paramedic Jacob Hoy said he believed many attacks on ambulance workers went unreported Last summer, as people watched England in the Euro 2024

West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images The fragments were found in two samples of Aedes vexans mosquitoes, the health security agency said West Nile virus,

I Kissed A Boy star teams up with mental health hub

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

A new online support group has been created to help gay and bisexual men across Wales. Jake Devline-Reed, who appeared on BBC Three programme I Kissed a Boy, has teamed

Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new research

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

For patients hospitalized with chest pain, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is linked to a greater risk for more heart problems and death within a year. That’s

Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway.

May 21, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my