Who benefits most from COVID boosters? New study gives answers
COVID-19 booster shots appear to benefit folks 50 and older but less so for younger people, a new study suggests.
Feb 13, 2023
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COVID-19 booster shots appear to benefit folks 50 and older but less so for younger people, a new study suggests.
Feb 13, 2023
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On the same day that British Columbia began a new era in drug policy with the decriminalization of simple possession of some drugs, the province's chief coroner provided a devastating update about the number of lives lost ...
Feb 7, 2023
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A majority of adults in the United States support policies that prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and all tobacco products according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Feb 6, 2023
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Texans overwhelmingly support proposals to ease state restrictions on both the medical and recreational use of marijuana, with 82% supportive of legislation that would legalize marijuana for a wide range of medical treatments.
Feb 3, 2023
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When it comes to tobacco control, some states do a far better job than others of preventing and reducing smoking.
Jan 25, 2023
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A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign legal scholar argues that the state of California's proposal to manufacture and distribute insulin at cost could be a game-changer for curbing out-of-control ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Manufacturers, through a loophole in the law, can use an unsafe medical device as a basis for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization to sell the device, a new Yale-led study finds.
Jan 20, 2023
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Since 2016, more than 32,000 Canadians have died from drug overdoses. In response to this overdose epidemic, several provinces have established Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), which provide people who use drugs with a ...
Jan 17, 2023
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A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) found that DOACs are both more medically effective and cost-effective than LMWH when treating cancer-associated ...
Dec 26, 2022
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On February 6, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of many flavored e-cigarettes, with some important exceptions. According to a survey conducted by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers, ...
Nov 30, 2022
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