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- Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a COVID Shot or Move Down on Waitlistby JoNel Aleccia (Cancer Health RSS - Categories)
A growing number of transplant programs are barring patients who refuse COVID vaccines or giving them lower priority on waiting lists.
- FDA guidance to food industry aims to reduce sodium consumption
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 13, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released new voluntary sodium targets for commercially processed, packaged and prepared foods. The targets, first released in draft form in 2016, are intended to...
- Minutes matter: Policies to improve care for deadliest heart attacks
Statement Highlights: Converting advances in scientific knowledge and innovations in cardiac care into improvements in patient outcomes requires comprehensive cardiac systems of care optimize cardiac care delivery. New recommendations support...
- Minutes matter: Policies to improve care for deadliest heart attacks
Statement Highlights: Converting advances in scientific knowledge and innovations in cardiac care into improvements in patient outcomes requires comprehensive cardiac systems of care optimize cardiac care delivery. New recommendations support...
- Draft USPSTF aspirin recs for primary CVD prevention align with prior AHA guideline
DALLAS, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 – Earlier today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released draft recommendations on aspirin therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. The draft recommendations are posted for...
- FDA orders additional flavored e-cigarettes off the market
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 12, 2021 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued marketing denial orders for 10 flavored e-cigarettes sold by R.J. Reynolds (RJR) Vapor Company under the Vuse Solo brand. The FDA also issued orders allowing RJR to...
- COVID Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanitesby Lauren Weber (Cancer Health RSS - Categories)
High incidence of cases and low vaccination rates don’t fully capture why mortality rates are so much higher in rural areas.
- A pesar de los riesgos, el 60% de los estadounidenses dice que puede posponer la vacuna antigripal o no ponérsela este año
Puntos destacados de la encuesta: Tres de cada cinco (el 60%) estadounidenses dicen que podrían posponer o no ponerse la vacuna antigripal este año. Casi todos los que se vacunaron contra la gripe (el 98%) para la temporada 2020-2021 dicen que...
- Despite risks, 60% of Americans say they may delay or skip the flu shot this year
Survey Highlights: Three in five (60%) Americans say they may delay or skip the flu shot this year. Almost all (98%) of those who got the flu shot for the 2020-21 flu season say they plan to get their flu shot again this year. 57% of Hispanic ...
- Formal plans needed to support teens with Kawasaki disease in transition to adult care
Statement Highlights: Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease that develops in early childhood, creating inflammation in blood vessels, particularly heart arteries. It usually occurs before age 5 and is more common among...