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MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An intervention that involves preoperative patient education and smaller prescription quantity successfully reduces opioid use while maintaining pain control following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The most popular COVID-19 vaccines are safe to use in pregnancy, a large, new Canadian study has concluded.
CHARLOTTE — U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., announced on Sunday that she's tested positive for COVID-19.
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have a good safety profile in pregnancy, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay) -- As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the supply.
FDA authorizes smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine to stretch supply. The new two-dose regimen will administer one-fifth of the dose just beneath the skin. One trial showed it produces an immune response that's similar to what's seen with a full-dose injection. Read more
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TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The presence of hypertension is associated with an increased risk for hospitalization for omicron infection among individuals who received at least three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to a research letter published online July 20 in Hypertension.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A next-generation antimalarial monoclonal antibody, L9LS, administered intravenously or subcutaneously, shows protective efficacy against controlled malaria infection, without evident safety concerns, according to a study published in the Aug. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Daily insulin dose is associated with cancer risk among individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a research letter published online July 28 in JAMA Oncology.
SUNDAY, July 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sometimes it's difficult for parents to get their child to take necessary medication.
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FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans could be getting updated COVID-19 booster shots that can battle the newest omicron variants as soon as mid-September.
Forsyth County remains without a confirmed case of monkeypox, the county’s health director said Thursday. At least 46 confirmed cases have bee…