Hospitals face rising cases of respiratory illnesses

Health 25 August 2023, 6:39 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Novo Nordisk has hired Thermo Fisher as its second contract manufacturer for its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Novo Chief Financial Officer Karsten Munk Knudsen told Reuters in May the company had signed up a second contract manufacturer in the United States, but…

New year kicks off with a rise in respiratory virus infections and hospitalizations – CBS News Watch CBS News Triple threat of respiratory viruses is driving an increase in infections and hospitalizations across the U.S. Dr. Celine Gounder offers tips to stay healthy and advice for what to do if you feel sick. Be the…

Wearing hearing aids could increase life span, a new study has found.  Research by the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California found that people who wear hearing aids regularly had a 24% lower risk of mortality. The study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity earlier this month, evaluated the history of…

Sir Chris laments treatment as he gives evidence to Covid Inquiry on pandemic preparedness.

George Resch, who goes by TankSinatra on social media, recently mentioned that he had an addiction to the over-the-counter nasal spray Afrin. “I have been congested for a year,” he said on the podcast Meme Daddies. How does that happen? Plenty of over-the-counter medications — those that are sold on pharmacy and grocery store shelves…

The inquiry heard that in some countries, children were at the forefront of national concerns. The prime ministers in Norway and New Zealand held TV briefings for children at the start of the pandemic to reassure them and to thank them for all they were doing. “We didn’t have such an event in the UK,…