Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Global COVID cases up 80% as new subvariant rises

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest".

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

U.S. COVID hospitalizations reach record low

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States fell below 9,000 in the past week, the first time that milestone has been reached since tracking began in the summer of 2020.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 is no longer an official emergency: Is that the right call?

The COVID-19 emergency is over. After three years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the virus "no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern." Many countries have decided the same.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency

The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading globally.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO declares COVID global emergency over

More than three years after the coronavirus began ravaging the planet, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that the pandemic is no longer a public emergency.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mayo Clinic expert talks about the new omicron variant

While COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low and are declining, The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant. The omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as "Arcturus," has been listed by the ...

Medications

Expert discusses FDA approval of OTC naloxone

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a recommendation that naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug commonly known as Narcan, be made available over the counter without a prescription.

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