LOS ANGELES — A week of fast-moving developments has left some with questions about access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

While experts and officials say the new federal guidance surrounding COVID vaccine authorization could make it more difficult for many people to be inoculated, there are still unresolved questions and wrinkles yet to emerge.

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AstraZeneca Plc said its experimental hypertension pill reduced blood pressure by more than twice as much as standard treatment in a large late-stage study, bolstering its chances of competing in a crowded field.

The highest dose of the daily baxdrostat pill cut blood pressure by an average 15.7 mm Hg, or millimeters of mercury, when added to ...Read more

The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Democratic-led states and select blue-leaning cities fought back in court and saw money for public health...Read more

Dr. Rana Alissa hears it daily in the clinic.

“It’s better for my kid to get the virus than get the vaccine.”

“The more you [doctors] vaccinate, the more money you get.”

“I did not vaccinate any of my kids, and I’m not going to vaccinate this one. So, please, don’t waste your time.”

The Jacksonville, Florida, pediatrician ...Read more

NEW YORK — The current outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease — the second largest in New York City history — may have its origins in two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital, sources familiar with the matter tell the Daily News.

The outbreak, which killed its seventh victim on Thursday, has been traced to the two buildings in ...Read more

Researchers at Endeavor Health and Northwestern University have created an artificial intelligence-based tool to help doctors recognize an underdiagnosed, often fatal respiratory syndrome found in critically ill hospital patients. The tool has already identified historical cases with 93% accuracy, and it will soon be piloted for patients in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- With colorful heart, bow, and flower patterns, the backpacks designed by a Philadelphia cancer philanthropy look from the outside just like the dozens of others filling store shelves as a new school year approaches.

But these backpacks have a special mission: They are designed to hold an infusion pump, IV bag, and tubing for ...Read more

No matter what grade your child is entering this fall, there's probably a lot to do as school starts. Here's why a thorough health checkup and sports physical should be on your back-to-school checklist.

Seeing the doctor at least once a year helps create an accurate, up-to-date record of your child's growth and development. For some healthy ...Read more

At 8:05 a.m. a student ran into my classroom with tears in their eyes. We talked together until the bell rang, after which they headed to their first-period class no longer wanting to go home and certainly more prepared to learn.

So it began, my first student interaction on my first day of a new job, all before school started.

This is why I am...Read more

A Kentucky lawmaker wants to revisit a previously abandoned idea for the state to fund research of an illegal psychedelic drug for its potential to treat drug addiction.

Calling addiction a “scourge” in Kentucky, Nicholasville Republican state Sen. Donald Douglas told the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services Aug. 27 in Frankfort, “...Read more

ATLANTA — The demographics of lung cancer change every day. The disease, which directly affects the respiratory system, has long been associated with smokers — but that is rapidly changing.

“Before it was rare, but now it’s more and more,” Dr. Ioana Bonta told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Bonta, an oncologist at Northside ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — New federal guidance surrounding COVID vaccine authorization could make it more difficult for many people to be inoculated against the circulating — and, now, seasonally spiking — coronavirus.

Under the approval for the updated COVID-19 vaccines that was issued Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, adults younger ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- By many measures, the coronavirus is a thing of the past.

Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu.

Then, each summer, we get a rude reminder.

The season of travel and fun continues to bring a spike in...Read more

DENVER -- The toxic gas eyed as a possible culprit in the deaths of six dairy workers in Weld County last week is an infrequent but potentially dangerous feature of this type of agricultural work, while experts say the number of victims has little precedent in modern American history.

First responders reported the fatalities at the Prospect ...Read more

“My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years old. I reached out to you because I wanted to know why my son’s hearing tests weren’t covered by our insurance and why we needed to pay for it.�...Read more

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott were together in Austin on Aug. 27, cheering a healthier Texas as the governor ceremonially signed bills dealing with food stamps, school lunches, food labeling and health education.

The signing fell on the same day the Texas House approved legislation ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been detected in the city for the first time this year, officials said.

The Santa Clara County Mosquito and Vector Control District will begin spraying treatments to control the population of adult mosquitoes that carry the virus, according to a press release. Officials did not ...Read more

U.S. regulators have approved updated versions of the COVID vaccine, though a much smaller group of people will be eligible to receive them this fall after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at the shots earlier this year.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared COVID shots that target strains ...Read more

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved COVID-19 vaccines under a more limited framework after rescinding the emergency use authorizations previously in place.

According to the manufacturers, the FDA approved the vaccines for everyone 65 and older, but limited their use to high-risk populations of a certain age for non-elderly ...Read more