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The study stated that the scientific evidence showed that administering a booster dose of Covishield after primary vaccination with Covaxin gives 6 to 10 times higher antibody level as compared to when Covaxin is given as the precaution dose after a gap of six months...

The healthcare system must be prepared for Covid-19 alongside other ailments. Where possible, primary care systems should deal with Covid-19 cases and ensure hospitals have more leeway. There have been nearly 9,000 new Covid-19 cases across the country, with...

A government advisory panel met Tuesday to decide whether to recommend a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts will vote on whether Moderna's vaccine is safe and effective enough to give...

First-time mom Priscilla Koczon, 39, loved being pregnant and expected to feel much thesame way about being a mother. "I fantasized that it would just be really easy, that I wouldinstantly connect with my baby, and my maternal instinct would kick in," says Koczon,...

The World Health Organization will convene next week to decide whether the monkeypoxoutbreak constitutes an international public health emergency, the agency's directorgeneral said during a June 14 press briefing.  "The global outbreak of monkeypox is...

BA.4 and BA.5 — "sister variants" of the original omicron strain — are gaining prevalence inthe U.S. and now account for about 1 in 5 confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide,CDC data shows. BA.5 accounted for 13.3 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the week ending June 11,...

Data has shown that in older children and adults, vaccines protect against hospitalization and death, according to Dr. Matthew Harris.  By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman New York: A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday...

The Only Thermometer Brand Used in Healthcare Available to Consumers   Exergen has long been established as the only accurate thermometer used in a wide spectrum of healthcare settings including home use, so it’s no surprise that it has also been part of the...

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for children under 6 is effective in preventing symptomatic infection without causing worrisome side effects, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday night. Advisers to the F.D.A. are scheduled to meet next week to decide whether...

Amid a surge in Monkeypox infections, director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to identify all cases and contacts to control the outbreak in an address on Wednesday. "Over 1,000 #monkeypox cases have been...

New York Magazine recently asked nearly 50 physicians, nurses, and pharmacists for their recommended medicine cabinet essentials, including thermometers. Topping the list for thermometers in two separate articles was the Exergen TemporalScanner, which was recommended...

Residents wearing face masks queue for nucleic acid testings in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Hubei province, China May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Aly SongLONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - A panel of experts drafted by the World...

"One thing that always annoyed me in working in bedside care was attempting to get the temperature of a patient. An oral thermometer just seemed to take forever and was just incredibly annoying to a patient at that 4 am check. Recently, many facilities have begun to...

This winter’s wave of deaths in older people belied the Omicron variant’s apparent mildness. Despite high levels of vaccination among older people, Covid killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s wave than it did last year. Almost as many Americans 65...

Fever is probably the oldest recognized sign of disease. Its study, description and interpretation dates from the earliest manifestations of civilization (1). And yet, today we lack common criteria to define the border of febrile temperature and its clinical...

The stress and strain of working during the past 14 months has taken its toll on the mental health and wellbeing of nurses, prompting a significant number of them to consider leaving the profession after the pandemic ends. That’s the primary finding of a survey...

Exergen calls on FDA to recall and prevent future sale of non-contact infrared thermometers whose inaccuracy is a danger to the public health The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given public access to its draft guidance entitled “Transition Plan for Medical...

Fever is probably the oldest recognized sign of disease. Its study, description and interpretation dates from the earliest manifestations of civilization. And yet, today we lack common criteria to define the border of febrile temperature and its clinical management ....

We have learned a lot through the COVID19 pandemic. We have also developed a high sensitivity, if not fear, to news related to viral infections. Never before we have shown such a level of concern, vigilance and observation of hygienic and social preventive behaviours...

While the new subvariant is said to be more transmissible, there's no evidence to suggest that it causes more severe disease. The BA.2 omicron subvariant still remains the dominant COVID strain across the U.S., but another subvariant has gained momentum in recent...