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It Costs Nearly $20,000 To Have A Baby In The U.S., Study Finds
Pregnant women face almost $3,000 in out-of-pocket expenses compared to women the same age who did not give birth.
Flu Infection Could Help Fight Off Covid, Study Suggests
The findings suggest infection with both Covid and influenza—often dubbed “Flurona”—“does not represent a looming threat for humanity,” said study author Benjamin tenOever, a professor of microbiology at New York University.
Should You Get A Covid Booster? Here’s Who Should—And How.
It makes no sense to wait for an updated booster vaccine in fall and “leave yourself vulnerable” when there is lots of virus circulating, Dr. John Swartzberg, an infectious disease expert at the University of California at Berkeley, told Forbes.
Monkeypox Symptoms Look Different In Recent Cases Than Previous Outbreaks, Doctors Warn
Rashes have been different and more localized in recent monkeypox cases and at least one in six patients studied in London would not have been considered a likely monkeypox case under current guidelines, doctors said.
As Monkeypox Spreads, Here’s Who Should Get A Vaccine—And How
Supplies of monkeypox vaccine are limited and states will receive doses based on the number of cases there are and how many people are at risk of severe disease.
Pfizer Seeks Full FDA Approval For Covid Antiviral Pill Paxlovid
Full approval would allow Pfizer to market the drug to consumers and let it remain on the market when officials declare the Covid emergency over.
A Major Missouri Health Provider Halts Emergency Contraception After Roe—Here’s Why It Could Be The First Of Many
The “ambiguous” wording of Missouri’s abortion ban means it could be interpreted as “criminalizing emergency contraception” and puts clinicians at felony charges, a health system spokesperson said.
Maternal Death Rates Soared During Pandemic—Especially Among Black And Hispanic Women, Study Finds
Maternal death rates jumped by a third after March 2020, researchers found, though among Black and Hispanic people deaths increased at a much higher rate, figures that have emerged as the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will disproport…
Recreational Cannabis Not As Harmless As People Think, Study Suggests
Cannabis users had a “significantly greater” risk of being admitted to hospital or visiting the emergency room compared to people who did not use the drug, researchers found.
WHO Says Monkeypox Isn’t A Global Health Emergency Yet—But Raises ‘Serious Concerns’ About Spread
More than 3,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported since the World Health Organization became aware of cases in the U.K. six weeks ago that were unrelated to travel.
