HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCental) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and South Texas Health System and STHS clinics do a program called South Texas Healthy Living on NBC 23, once a month. According to Tom Castañeda, System Director of Marketing & Public Relations for STHS said, "This month, a lot of people always think about []
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is telling people not to use COVID-19 tests that were manufactured by a California-based health care company.
However, the FDA issued a warning letter to the company last week after an inspection revealed that Cue Health had made some changes to the tests and reduced their reliability.
The recommendation for increased doses of the experimental COVID shot comes as Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program has only paid out 138 of 2,233 claims made.
Most batteries used in technology like smartwatches and electric cars are made with lithium that travels across the world before even getting to manufacturers. But what if nearly half of the lithium used in the U.S. could come from Pennsylvania wastewater? A new analysis using compliance data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection suggests […]
Sanofi and Novavax announce co-exclusive licensing agreement to co-commercialize COVID-19 vaccine and develop novel flu-COVID-19 combination vaccines Agreement provides patients with broader access to a protein-based non-mRNA adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine through combined commercial strength, from 2025 onwards Accelerates potential for development of a novel flu-COVID-19 combination product based on authorized vaccines with demonstrated efficacy and tolerability, potentially offering patients...
BATON ROUGE — U.K.-based drug manufacturer Astrazeneca is pulling its COVID-19 vaccine globally. They cited low demand.The company said the vaccine has not generated revenue since April 2023. Astrazeneca's vaccine has been one of the main vaccines for COVID-19, with more than three billion doses supplied since it began to roll out in 2021.But the company now says the availability of new shots has led to a decline in demand. Experts have pointed out that other vaccines have higher...
One cup of black tea every morning can work wonders to alleviate the COVID-19 virus, according to a new study. The data, published in the medical journal Food and Environmental Virology shows that tea may be a useful prevention tool due to its ability to inactivate the virus in the mouth. Even though the virus enters your body through the respiratory tract, your mouth is another entry point where it can reproduce in the oral glands and mucosa before affecting other parts of the gastrointestinal...
AI will help health care organizations simplify paperwork and enable workers to reach more patients in less time—if it's properly deployed.
EXCLUSIVE: Claudia Fletcher, 19, started rapidly losing weight in September 2022 while working in a warehouse to raise money to go travelling.
FORT JOHNSON, La. — May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, providers from a variety of disciplines take a holistic approach to mental health, bringing awareness to how nutrition, stress, exercise, environmental exposures and more can have a profound effect. According to the Defense Health Agency, mental health is health; protecting, optimizing, and defending your mental health is vital to the well-being of everyone and to readiness at the Joint...
DELMARVA – Is the future blind? Taking care of your eyes is a priority, just like eating healthy and physical activity. Some citizens in Delmarva suffer from vision impairments, but not everyone can afford to address those issues. In honor of Healthy Vision Month, the CDC is teaming up with the National Eye Institute to prioritize eye health. They say