Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines US regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers Reading, writing and learning a language or two can lower your risk of dementia by almost 40%, according to a study that suggests millions of people could prevent or delay the condition. Dementia...
Top US medical body to review vaccine effectiveness as government ‘abdicates’ responsibility
AMA to review safety of respiratory vaccines as health agencies end recommendations based on no new data The largest medical organization in the US will help conduct a review on the safety and effectiveness of respiratory vaccines as federal health agencies and advisers end vaccine recommendations based on no new...
Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events
US’s largest public utility says it now doesn’t want to close two coal-fired plants
The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter
The economy is booming. So why is the job market lagging?
The U.S. economy is on a tear
Gov. Tim Walz says federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end within days
Gov. Tim Walz says the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end soon
Grieving mother demands answers nearly 2 years after Florida deputy fatally shot airman
The mother of a U.S. Air Force airman shot by a Florida deputy nearly two years ago wants people to remember her son
A young cancer patient and his family worry nearly a month into New York City nurses’ strike
A young cancer patient at one of the remaining New York City hospitals where nurses are on strike says he misses his regular caregivers
Man convicted of killing salesman becomes first person executed in Florida this year
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman has become the first person executed in Florida this year