Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US COVID hospital admissions decline, patients less severely ill

U.S. hospital admissions for COVID-19 continue to decline, and patients who do seek medical help have been far less ill than they were earlier in the pandemic due to multiple factors including vaccines and treatments, according ...

Medications

US has capacity to make essential drugs, study finds

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sept. 12 to launch a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, noting the United States relies too heavily on foreign materials and foreign bioproduction. Offshoring ...

Other

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name—and the subject of partisan attacks—during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Monkeypox outbreak can be contained, White House says

The White House said Sunday it was confident authorities could "eliminate" monkeypox from the United States by speeding up the rollout of vaccinations and treatment to combat the virus's spread.

Medications

FDA mulling over-the-counter sale of contraceptive pill

For decades, birth control pills in the United States have only been available with a prescription, but an application filed Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter pill might change all ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID testing requirement lifted for travelers flying to the US

A requirement for all international travelers flying to the United States to take a COVID-19 test within a day of departure will be lifted on Sunday, a senior Biden administration official said Friday.

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