FDA databases that physicians and public health experts rely on for key drug safety and manufacturing information have been neglected due to DOGE-directed layoffs, leaving health professionals flying blind on basic questions about certain drugs they're prescribing.
Researchers have estimated approximately 8% of Americas have ever experienced long COVID, or lasting symptoms, following an acute COVID-19 infection. Now two recent international studies suggest that the percentage is much higher among healthcare workers and dental professionals.
Emergency rooms at two Delaware County hospitals stopped accepting patients on Wednesday. It's all part of the expedited shutdown of the hospital system owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. A judge approved the closure plan on Tuesday. Taylor Hospital is set to close on Monday, while the last day for Crozer-Chester Medical Center is set for May 2. Already, nearby hospitals within the Main Line Health Network, like Riddle and Lankenau hospitals, are seeing an increase in patients with the bulk at Riddle.
Long COVID can result in increased risk for a variety of serious health problems for young people, including those affecting the kidney, gut, and cardiovascular system, according to a group of new studies led by investigators at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stanford Medicine researchers have created a liquid biopsy test capable of detecting cancers, molecular mechanisms of resistance to treatment and tissue injury.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is urging the passing of statewide legislation to minimize purported incidents of doctors rejecting patients due to being unvaccinated. Newsweek reached out to the Florida Department of Health for comment. Lapado and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged Florida lawmakers to pass legislation making it illegal for businesses and government entities to fire or refuse to hire employees based on their vaccination status, as well as to implement a permanent ban on mRNA vaccine mandates in Florida—which Ladapo compared to the 'horrific things' doctors did to Jewish people in Nazi concentration camps.