Amazon is shutting down Amazon Care telehealth service

Amazon is shutting down its telehealth service, Amazon Care, marking a major retreat by the retail behemoth in its efforts to break into the health care space. Amazon will shutter the service after Dec. 31, Amazon Health Services lead Neil Lindsay announced Wednesday in a company email. The e-commerce giant decided to make the move …

scientists fear virus might infect animals

Monkeypox virus illustration. Tom Leach | Science Photo Library | Getty Images In 2003, 47 people across six Midwestern states caught monkeypox from pet prairie dogs that were infected after they were housed with rodents imported from Ghana, Africa. Today’s outbreak, which has already infected more than 14,100 people in the US and more than …

CDC cautiously optimistic outbreak is likely to be slowing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is cautiously optimistic that the US is slowing the spread of monkeypox as new cases fall in several major cities. “We’re watching this with cautious optimism, and really hopeful that many of our harm-reduction messages and our vaccines are getting out there and working,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle …

Indian well being advisory for uncommon virus infecting kids

Tomato flu — so called due to the painful red blisters it produces — has so far been detected in more than 100 children across three states since the first case was reported on May 6. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images The emergence of a rare, new viral infection affecting young children …

Elizabeth Holmes knew machines weren’t working, says ex-lab director

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A former lab director at Theranos acknowledged on Friday that he had plenty of opportunities to address his concerns about the company’s technology with former CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Adam Rosendorff joined Theranos as a lab director in 2013. He testified that he felt the healthcare start-up would become the next Apple. …

California to require Covid vaccination for Ok-12 schoolchildren after full FDA approval

California will require students attending school in person to get vaccinated for Covid-19 after the Food and Drug Administration grants full approval for their age group, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Newsom’s latest order, the first of its kind nationwide, will roll out in two phases for students learning in person. The mandate will first …

FDA critiques Merck Covid therapy “as quickly as doable”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Senior Medical Advisor to the White House, said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration will review the data on Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ new oral antiviral drug “as soon as possible” in hopes of emergency clearance To give. The companies said their antiviral treatment, molnupiravir, reduced the risk of hospitalization or …

Merck oral Covid therapy reduces danger of hospitalization, demise by half for some sufferers

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday they’ve developed a drug that reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by around 50% for patients with mild or moderate cases of Covid. The companies plan to seek emergency authorization for the antiviral Covid treatment after the medicine showed “compelling results” in clinical trials. The drug, molnupiravir, is …

Rising circumstances, deaths check Singapore’s linchpin to deal with Covid as endemic

SINGAPORE – Rising Covid-19 infections and deaths test Singapore’s long-term strategy to treat coronavirus as endemic. Around 82% of the city-state’s population was fully vaccinated, data from the Ministry of Health showed. However, a surge in Covid cases – the vast majority of which have no or mild symptoms – prompted the government to tighten …