How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke during the COVID-19 Pandemic: CDC
Wildfire smoke can irritate your lungs, cause inflammation, affect your immune system, and make you more prone to lung infections, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
【EMS】14 Million U.S. Children will Go Hungary This Week
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically heightened ongoing food insecurity: 14 million U.S. children will go hungry in any given week,...
FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Automated Insulin Delivery and Monitoring System for Use in Young Pediatric...
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the MiniMed 770G System, a hybrid closed loop diabetes management device that is intended to...
Coronavirus Update: FDA Authorizes First Diagnostic Test Where Results Can Be Read Directly From...
Silver Spring, MD -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first antigen test where results can be read...
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising COVID–19 Treatment
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in...
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect COVID-19...
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19...
CDC Expects 2020 Outbreak of Life-Threatening Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Atlanta, GA--The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another peak year for cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM),...
FDA Authorizes First Tests that Estimate a Patient’s Antibodies from Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Washington, DC--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized on July 31 the first two COVID-19 serology tests that display an estimated quantity of antibodies...
Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Red Onions Continues to Grow
Atlanta, GA--CDC, several states, and FDA continue to investigate a rapidly growing outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections. Red onions have been identified as the likely source.
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NIH Delivering New COVID-19 Testing Technologies to Meet U.S. Demand
Washington, DC--The National Institutes of Health is investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address challenges associated with COVID-19 testing (which detects SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus)....
