09/15/2023 New vaccines are now available for flu, RSV, and COVID-19. Credit: Shutterstock This past week, the FDA and CDC recommended new COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for anyone over the age of six months. They’re expected to be in larger pharmacies by the end of the week. It’s welcome news for some, as […]
Scores of tomorrow’s leaders helped save thousands of lives from June 26 to Aug. 15, 2023, by donating blood to the Armed Services Blood Program in a series of drives at Fort Knox, Kentucky. More than 3,500 Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from around the U.S., attending Cadet Summer Training, rolled up their sleeves at […]
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – More than a hundred lives will be saved, thanks to the community’s generosity. Our station recently teamed up with Versiti Blood Center, for several blood drives this week, in memory of 9-11. Fifteen units were collected from the drive at First Robinson Savings Bank, seven units from the drive at […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A case of a rare, brain-destroying infection has been found in an Arkansas resident. According to a press release from the Arkansas Department of Health, the person was killed by the infection, Naegleria fowleri, after likely being exposed at a splash pad. “The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), through an […]
Lupus greatly impacts quality of life for people living with the disease, including physically, mentally, and financially. In a new study, researchers analyzed health-related quality of life (HRQL), fatigue, sleep quality, and anxiety and depression symptoms, in a group of people with lupus with a high cardiovascular risk. This cross-sectional study of 100 people with […]
AHE: Association for the Health Care Environment (Photo used with permission by AHE) The 2023 AHE Exchange Conference in Dallas, Texas, had several important areas of focus for EVS leadership, but certainly a recurring theme involved infection prevention and the essential nature of keeping emerging pathogens and microorganisms from gaining a foothold in our health […]
The Arkansas Department on Health announced that a person has died from a rare infection which targets the brain tissue commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department on Health (ADH) announced on Thursday that an Arkansan has died from a rare infection, which targets the brain tissue. According to […]
While most of these pharmacies are regional, the Costco, Kroger, Walmart and Walgreens LCGPs are available in more than 40 U.S. states. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, meanwhile, is a nationwide program. Also, six LCGPs require membership fees. The researcher also noted that the median 30-day supply of a CVD medicine ranged from […]
Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE, associate professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses triplets that serve as alternatives to standard-of-care approaches with azacitidine (Vidarza) and venetoclax (Venclexta) doublet therapy in select patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). There is significant unmet need for patients with FLT3-ITD […]
Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, interim chair, Department of Oncology, chair, consultant, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, chair, Faculty Development and Recruitment, Mayo Clinic, highlights several emerging therapeutics that have the potential to better harness the immune system in patients with lymphoma subtypes. Immunotherapy continues to revolutionize the treatment of […]