For children who live in colder parts of the world, physical activity fell by as much as 37%, the JAMA Pediatrics study found.
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FDA Considers Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pills Amid Sudden Fears Of Restrictions
The drug would be the first birth control pill to be made available over-the-counter in the U.S. if it’s approved.
Here’s How A Mississippi Case Could Keep Medication Abortion Legal Even In States That Have Banned It
A company that markets and sells abortion pills is arguing that banning them violates federal law.
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.
Pharmacists Can Prescribe Pfizer’s Covid Antiviral Paxlovid, FDA Says
The move comes as the White House pushes to make Covid-19 antiviral pills more widely available.
Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise
The BA.5 strain—a subvariant of omicron—accounted for more than half of all U.S. coronavirus cases last week, as federal regulators encourage drugmakers to retool their vaccines to target new virus strains this fall.
‘All-In-One’ Vaccine Could Protect Against Future Covid-19 Variants, Researchers Say
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology say the “mosaic-8” vaccine could protect people from other coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS.
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.
Biden: Senate Should Break Filibuster To Codify Abortion Rights Into Law
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law and the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden said.
