Aug. 18, 2022 – Acknowledging the seriousness of the monkeypox outbreak within the United States, the White House introduced right this moment that 1.8 million extra vaccine doses might be obtainable to order by native and state jurisdictions which are operating low on provide beginning subsequent week. At the identical time, U.S. officers will ship […]
Aug. 4, 2022 – The White House declared monkeypox a public well being emergency on Thursday. There have been over 6,600 reported circumstances of the illness within the United States, up from lower than 5,000 circumstances reported final week. “This public health emergency will allow us to explore additional strategies to get vaccines and treatments […]
July 12, 2022 – The BA.5 Omicron subvariant is dominating now and accounts for 65% – or about two-thirds – of the virus inflicting COVID-19 within the United States, federal officers stated on Tuesday. Although no proof but factors to BA.5 inflicting extra extreme illness, hospitalization numbers are up prior to now few months and […]
June 9, 2022 — Parents anxiously awaiting official phrase that they’ll vaccinate their kids beneath 5 years of age in opposition to COVID-19 might discover aid as early because the week of June 20, U.S. officers introduced in the present day. It all depends upon whether or not the FDA decides to grant emergency use […]
May 13, 2022 — The U.S. will turn into more and more susceptible to the coronavirus within the fall and winter this yr if Congress doesn’t approve new funding for extra vaccines and coverings, Ashish Jha, MD, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, stated Thursday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Jha stated booster […]
April 5, 2022 – The Biden administration introduced Tuesday an enormous federal effort to raised perceive, diagnose, and deal with the crippling results of lengthy COVID. The National Research Action Plan on Long COVID will collect consultants from varied companies, together with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, to develop current […]
March 10, 2022 The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to resume the Violence Against Women Act, a lapsed regulation designed to cut back home violence and sexual assault, The New York Times reported. The VAWA gives funding for applications that assist victims of home violence and sexual assault, akin to rape disaster facilities, in […]
Feb. 9, 2022 The Vermont legislature has permitted a constitutional modification that, if permitted by voters, would assure a lady’s reproductive rights, together with the appropriate to an abortion. Other states have handed legal guidelines guaranteeing a lady’s proper to an abortion, however Vermont can be the primary to place that proper within the state […]
The COVID-19 pandemic strained well being care methods all over the world — and it additionally challenged medical organizations that assist youngsters with severe medical circumstances and their households. Many of those nationwide and worldwide teams pleasure themselves on offering assist companies and memorable experiences for kids who face severe and/or life-threatening sicknesses — which […]
Oct. 20, 2021 — Bring on the playdates and birthday events. The White House says it has bought sufficient of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to immunize all 28 million youngsters within the United States who’re between the ages of 5 and 12. States have been allowed to start preordering the pictures this week. But they’ll’t be […]