Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
Kids who are around people who use marijuana may be at risk for more colds and respiratory infections due to secondhand smoke, according to a new study.
August 3, 2021
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AHA News: Misguided Masculinity Keeps Many Men From Visiting the Doctor
It's a cliché that men don't like to visit the doctor. But unlike tropes about refusing to ask for directions or put away their laundry, this one has serious health ramifications.
June 16, 2021
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Abbott Receives EUA for PCR Assay That Detects, Differentiates SARS-CoV-2, Flu, RSV in One Test
Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the company's Alinity™ m Resp-4-Plex molecular assay to detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...
March 11, 2021
by americanpharmaceuticalreview
FDA Authorizes COVID-19, Flu Combination Test with Home-Collected Samples
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first diagnostic test for at home collection of patient samples to detect both COVID-19 and influenza A and B (flu).
December 24, 2020
by americanpharmaceuticalreview
FDA Expands Approval of Influenza Treatment to Post-Exposure Prevention
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approved indication for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) to include post-exposure prevention of influenza (flu) for patients 12 years of age and older after contact with an individual who has the flu.
December 9, 2020
by americanpharmaceuticalreview
GENETWORx Labs Launches New All-In-One Test that Detects COVID-19/Flu/RSV
TCA/GENETWORx Labs unveiled a new breakthrough diagnostic Flu A-B/COVID-19/RSV combination test that provides patients with early detection of all three separate respiratory viruses with just one test sample.
December 2, 2020
by prnewswire
Cytokine storms play a limited role in moderate-to-severe COVID-19
Rather than life-threatening hyperinflammation, most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed viral immune response when compared to adults with another viral respiratory infection, influenza. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and ...
November 17, 2020
by worldpharmanews
Pathnostics Launches Single Test to Detect COVID-19, Flu and RSV
Pathnostics announced that it has launched a multiplex polymerise chain reaction (PCR) test that simultaneously detects multiple respiratory infections, including COVID-19, influenzas A/B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
October 29, 2020
by prnewswire
FDA Authorizes Additional COVID-19 Combination Test Ahead of Flu Season
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) further assisted health care providers around the country prepare for the upcoming flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic by issuing an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third diagnostic test for ...
July 15, 2020
by americanpharmaceuticalreview
Cepheid Announces Development of Combination Test for SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B, RSV
Cepheid announced the development of a next-generation test to assist global efforts in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 during the upcoming respiratory virus season.
June 18, 2020
by americanpharmaceuticalreview
Oral polio vaccine can be effective against coronavirus: HIV co-discoverer
The vaccine has been documented to provide protection against a number of viral and bacterial infections other than poliomyelitis, including flu, said Dr Robert Gallo.
April 27, 2020
by expresspharma
Pharmacists to maintain common flu, symptoms medicines record
The step is taken to keep tabs on patients/ persons having influenza-like fever, cold, throat infection, flu and similar symptoms who may be affected with COVID-19 but have eluded testing.
April 22, 2020
by expresspharma