By Newswise More than 70 percent of breastfeeding women take some form of medication, but 90 percent of those medications are not appropriately labeled for pregnant or lactating women. This […]

By Newswise Individuals with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the virus to close contacts two days before the onset of symptoms to three days after symptoms appear, and the risk […]

Lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines are allowing the population to feel optimistic again, after more than a year of anxiety and tragedy. But vaccines are only one side of the coin – people […]

As the highly transmissible Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 surges in the United States and around the world, rapid and accessible COVID-19 testing and increased vaccination are […]

By SDCN Editor San Ysidro, CA–Southwestern College Monday will collaborate with San Ysidro Health to provide students with free COVID-19 vaccines and other essential health services.  San Ysidro Health will […]

Washington, D.C.–Twenty-eight people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from eight states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Eleven people across the states […]

By Newswise A licensed drug normally used to treat abnormal levels of fatty substances in the blood could reduce infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 70 percent, […]

By Newswise The majority of individuals who experience mild or moderate COVID-19 infection also experience long COVID, or persistent symptoms more than 30 days after they test positive, according to […]

By Newswise Remdesivir is an antiviral drug originally discovered as part of a program to develop antiviral agents with activity against novel emerging viruses. In the first months of the […]

By Newswise Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, in collaboration with national and international researchers, have identified a genetic mutation in a small number of children with a rare type of inflammatory […]