(Reuters) -The average number of daily COVID-19 cases in the United States has hit a record high of 258,312 over the past seven days, a Reuters tally on Wednesday showed as U.S. officials weigh the impact of the more transmissible Omicron variant.Slideshow ( 2 images )The previous peak for the seven-day moving average was 250,141 recorded on Jan. 8 of […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly’s biosimilar version of insulin glargine, Rezvoglar KwikPen. The new formulation is the second long-acting glargine “biosimilar,” a designation established by the FDA in March 2020 to regulate insulin and other biologics separately from drugs. The first one, Semglee (Mylan Pharmaceuticals) was approved as a glargine “follow-on” and was given […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Rapid Covid home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. The news comes as the country is facing a massive surge in cases that experts say is being under-captured as a result of a testing crunch, […]

An artificial intelligence (AI) system called “ENDOANGEL” was effective for real-time monitoring of endoscopic “blind spots” and improved detection of early gastric cancer (EGC) during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), according to research published recently. While EGD is widely used to examine lesions found in the upper gastrointestinal tract, there is considerable variability among endoscopists regarding performance, resulting in a substantial miss rate […]

An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the University of Melbourne and Monash University receive $4.2 million to establish a six-month clinical trial lead by Northern Hospital in collaboration with Oxford University. Heparin, a widely used blood-thinning drug to treat or prevent blood clots forms the base of the […]

Sleep is vital for all people but is particularly important for teenagers as their bodies undergo significant development during their formative years. Unfortunately, most teens aren’t getting enough sleep. Data from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that 73% of high school students are getting less than the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep each night. Prior research has […]

It was a white Christmas for Kate Hudson, her fiancé Danny Fujikawa, and their daughter Rani Rose, 3! The actress shared an adorable photo to Instagram today of the family-of-3 all bundled up in the snow in front of a log cabin, where they’ve been celebrating the holidays in Aspen, Colorado. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYB8wHlrrwX/ A post shared by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) The […]

The great mask debate is back. With the highly contagious omicron variant driving a surge in infections around the globe this winter, many people are trying to figure out how to best protect themselves—without returning to the isolation of the pandemic’s early days. In addition to vaccines, masks have been touted as an important tool to shield ourselves from spreading […]

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Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew recovered from the virus earlier this year, as have his eight children and wife. But a combination of lethargy and procrastination has prevented him from following through and getting inoculated. “It isn’t something pressing. I’m not opposed to it. It’s just laziness,” he said. Levy […]