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Moderna files patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

August 22, 2022 6:55 AM CNN

By Amanda Sealy and Brenda Goodman, CNN Moderna on Friday filed patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech “for infringing patents central to (its) mRNA technology platform,” the company said in a news release Friday. “Moderna believes that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering Moderna’s foundational

For the first time, monkeypox has been reported in a minor in New York state

August 21, 2022 1:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Beech and Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN A minor in New York state has reportedly contracted monkeypox — a first among children in the state and at least the third reported case of the disease among children in the US. The child lives in New York but not in New York City, according to

Is losing weight an important health goal?

August 21, 2022 5:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Accepting your body as it is and stopping all the dieting may sound great, but would doing so hurt your health? Advertisements, pop culture and even doctors can talk about health and weight as if they are one and the same: smaller bodies are healthier, and larger bodies must be unhealthy.

Lengthening a woman’s fertility may extend her life as well, research finds

August 20, 2022 9:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN One organ in a woman’s body ages more than twice as fast as all other tissues, wreaking havoc with both fertility and long-term health. “Ovaries are very strange, very odd in terms of the rest of the human body. We can think about them like an accelerated model for human aging,”

Wendy’s restaurants associated with E. coli outbreak that sickened 84 people in 4 states, CDC says

August 20, 2022 8:23 AM CNN Newsource

By John Bonifield, CNN Wendy’s restaurants have been associated with an E. coli outbreak reported in four states, with 84 people infected and 38 hospitalized, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. No deaths have been reported. A specific food has not been confirmed as the source of the outbreak, according to

My mother’s walk through life with polio

August 20, 2022 4:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Andrea Kane, CNN My mother never got to buy shoes. At least not in that obsessive, stereotypically female way we see in shows like Sex and the City. She contracted polio in her native Argentina in 1941 when she was two years old, more than a decade before the polio vaccine was invented by

FDA authorizes Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in ages 12-17

August 19, 2022 7:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine on Friday for emergency use in adolescents. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States and, unlike the others, it uses a protein-based technology. The vaccine was authorized for adults in July. With the latest emergency use authorization,

Monkeypox cancels LGBTQ event, but what is the risk?

August 19, 2022 5:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN At first it was Covid. Now it’s monkeypox. Organizers of a free concert at an upcoming LGBTQ festival known as Southern Decadence in New Orleans have canceled the concert due to the threat of monkeypox. The larger six-day festival September 1-5 will continue as planned, as it always has since 1973

First US death due to monkeypox confirmed in Los Angeles County

August 19, 2022 5:44 PM CNN

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A Los Angeles County resident’s death has been attributed to monkeypox, the county Department of Public Health said Monday, the first known death from the virus in the US. The department and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the link and said the person had a severely weakened

CDC confirms Nebraska child who died after swimming was infected with the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri

August 19, 2022 4:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a Nebraska child who died after swimming was infected with the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, an epidemiologist for the state, Dr. Matthew Donahue, told CNN. The amoeba is typically found in freshwater lakes and rivers. The

How to ease the symptoms of sciatica

August 19, 2022 10:26 AM CNN

By Dana Santas, CNN Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt — and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your body. Each sciatic nerve runs bilaterally from the base of your spine through the

How to ease the symptoms of sciatica

August 19, 2022 10:26 AM CNN

By Dana Santas, CNN Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt — and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your body. Each sciatic nerve runs bilaterally from the base of your spine through the

How to ease the symptoms of sciatica

August 19, 2022 10:26 AM CNN

By Dana Santas, CNN Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt — and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your body. Each sciatic nerve runs bilaterally from the base of your spine through the

How to ease the symptoms of sciatica

August 19, 2022 10:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Dana Santas, CNN Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt — and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your body. Each sciatic nerve runs bilaterally from the base of your spine through the

Increased alcohol use linked with higher risk of cancer in new study

August 19, 2022 10:25 AM CNN

By Naomi Thomas, CNN People who increased the amount of alcohol they drank also had an increased risk of cancer, according to the results of a large study in Korea published on Wednesday in JAMA Network Open. The study found that people who increased the amount they drank had a higher risk of all cancers,

Plenty of sleep, healthy meals and exercise are part of your routine. What’s missing?

August 19, 2022 5:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Villano, CNN Dr. Stuart Brown is an expert in having fun. For more than 60 years, the 89-year-old psychiatrist and clinical researcher has studied the importance of play — in young and adult humans, as well as animals of all kinds. Play is important for all of us on an instinctual level, his

More kids to get access to mental and physical health treatment under new Biden plan

August 18, 2022 8:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration announced new plans Thursday that should make it a lot easier for millions of kids to get access to mental and physical health services at school. The announcement specifically impacts the tens of millions of children who get their health care through Medicaid, but all school age children

Almost half of cancer deaths globally are attributable to preventable risk factors, new study suggests

August 18, 2022 5:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Globally, nearly half of deaths due to cancer can be attributable to preventable risk factors, including the three leading risks of: smoking, drinking too much alcohol or having a high body mass index, a new paper suggests. The research, published Thursday in the journal The Lancet, finds that 44.4% of all

Report shows ‘troubling’ rise in colorectal cancer among US adults younger than 55

August 18, 2022 5:32 PM CNN

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Adults across the United States are being diagnosed with colon and rectal cancers at younger ages, and now 1 in 5 new cases are among those in their early 50s or younger, according to the American Cancer Society’s latest colorectal cancer report. The report says that the proportion of colorectal cancer

Long Covid risk extends two years after infection. Here’s how to assess your risk

August 18, 2022 1:25 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Getting sick from Covid-19 is bad enough. What if you’re one of the unlucky people who experience what is called long Covid? It’s a medley of symptoms that can occur months — and even years — after recovering from Covid, according to a new study of more 1 million people from

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