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• Medicare Part B Premium Dips on Alzheimer's Drug Setback "That one drug resulted in an increase in Medicare premiums is a warning that we should pay attention to."
  WebMD Health News, September 29, 2022
• CDC: Masking No Longer Required in Healthcare Settings It's a 'major departure' from the CDC's previous recommendation of universal masking to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, September 29, 2022
• COVID Vaccine Linked to Temporary Change in Menstrual Cycle Vaccinated people had an adjusted increase in menstrual cycle length of less than 1 day with both the first and second vaccine doses.
  WebMD Health News, September 28, 2022
• Long COVID Could Cost the Economy Trillions, Experts Predict Data show that of the 40% of American adults who contracted COVID-19, nearly 1 in 5 still have long COVID symptoms. That works out to 1 in 13, or 7.5%, of the overall US adult population.
  WebMD Health News, September 28, 2022
• Moderna, Pfizer Seek Authorization for Children's Boosters "If authorized by FDA, CDC anticipates a recommendation for bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as a booster for pediatric age groups in early to mid-October."
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Pfizer CEO Tests Positive for COVID a Second Time Albert Bourla, CEO of COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer, has tested positive for the coronavirus but is showing no symptoms.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Flying Blind: Tracking COVID Harder Now With Limited Data Groups that many have relied on as the best sources for updated data on the coronavirus pandemic have had to scale back their reporting because the lack of reliable information.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Reusable Contact Lenses Increase Risk of Rare Eye Infection: Study People who wear reusable contact lenses are about four times more likely to get the sight-threatening eye infection acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than people who wear daily disposable lenses. RELATED ARTICLES:
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Under 2% of Eligible Have Gotten Newest Booster Shot “I would expect a much higher proportion of Americans to have gotten the booster by this point,” said Scott Roberts, MD, a Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Breakthrough COVID Infections Increase Immunity, Study Says 'Even if you're older, your chances of having a severe illness if you're re-infected down the line appear to be much lower than it was at the start of the pandemic.'
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2022
• Desperate Long COVID Patients Turn to Unproven Therapies With few evidence-based treatments for long COVID, patients with debilitating symptoms can be tempted by unproven options.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2022
• Is the Pandemic Over? If Only It Were That Simple President Biden's claim has caused the debate over COVID-19 to explode yet again. It has roiled the already divided public, fueled extensive coverage on television news, and led pundits to take sides.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2022
• When Voters Legalize Cannabis, Big Pharma Stands to Lose Billions Voters in seven states and and a dozen municipalities will consider cannabis legalization and decriminalization measures this November.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2022
• Sources: Canada Close to Dropping COVID-19 Vaccination Entry Rule Like the United States, Canada requires foreigners to be vaccinated ― but the rule in Canada will likely go by the wayside by September 30.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2022
• FDA Warns Against Cooking Chicken in NyQuil This isn't the first time that social media challenges involving medicine have gone viral.
  WebMD Health News, September 21, 2022
• Have Long COVID? Here's Where to Go for Care There aren't yet clear evidence-based clinical guidelines or best practices to point patients -- or their doctors -- in the right direction.
  WebMD Health News, September 20, 2022
• 80% of US Maternal Deaths Are Preventable: Study 'It's significant. It's staggering. It's heartbreaking,' Allison Bryant, MD, a high-risk pregnancy specialist and senior medical director for health equity at Massachusetts General Hospital.
  WebMD Health News, September 20, 2022
• Sound Sick? New AI Technology Might Tell If It's COVID Researchers are developing AI speech analysis that could detect SARS-CoV-2 infections better than a rapid test. It's the latest innovation in a growing field exploring voice as a diagnostic tool.
  WebMD Health News, September 19, 2022
• Experts Debate Infant Chiropractic Care on TikTok 'The only thing that you might possibly cause is harm,' said Dr Sean Tabaie, an orthopedic surgeon at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, commenting about chiropractic treatment in infants.
  WebMD Health News, September 19, 2022
• Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over' "We still have a problem with COVID," Biden said. "We're still doing a lot of work on it … but the pandemic is over."
  WebMD Health News, September 19, 2022