Category: Health & Wellbeing

Merck has taken a step to make its antiviral pill available in poor nations, but many obstacles remain for broad access to coronavirus drugs.Merck has…

View More Will New Covid Treatments Be as Elusive for Poor Countries as Vaccines?

“It causes huge distress to tell a family, ‘We can’t serve you,’” said one state hospice organization director.“It causes huge distress to tell a family,…

View More Short on Staff, Some Hospices Ask New Patients To Wait

Coronavirus testing prices vary widely and can reach into the hundreds of dollars, making it hard for some travelers to budget for the added expense.Coronavirus…

View More Why Getting Tested for Covid-19 Can Include a Headache

But many panel members said J. & J. recipients might also benefit from the option of a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna booster, an action that an…

View More F.D.A. Panel Unanimously Recommends Johnson & Johnson Booster Shots

President Biden expressed optimism in the fight against the coronavirus amid a drop in new cases, while pleading with unvaccinated Americans to get the shots…

View More ‘We Can’t Let Up Now’: Biden Urges Vigilance Against Virus

Those eligible for the extra shot would include adults over 65 and others at high risk — the same groups now eligible for a Pfizer-BioNTech…

View More F.D.A. Panel Recommends Moderna Booster for Certain Groups

A committee of three senior officials would be constituted in the districts for redressal of complaints being received from poor families while getting treatment for…

View More Health services to be made accessible to extremely poor in Haryana: CM Khattar

Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has…

View More A Racial Disparity in Schizophrenia Diagnoses in Nursing Homes