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SAMHSA released the results of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which shows how people living in the United States reported their experience with mental health conditions, substance use and pursuit of treatment.
A meta-analysis and systematic review compared the efficacy of corticosteroids (CS) alone against CS combined with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) or CS combined with plasmapheresis (PP) in patients with steroid-resistant optic neuritis.
In a Phase III, double-blind, three-way crossover trial, sebetralstat given on-demand for treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks was shown to result in faster times to the start of symptom relief, reduction in attack severity and complete attack resolution than placebo treatment.
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have developed a simple nasal spray, made of harmless ingredients, that can protect people against flu, colds and COVID-19 with near-100 percent success, and it costs just $25.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval of Dupixent to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The first influenza nasal spray vaccine that can be self-administered has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S.
A study has found measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and albumin are potentially predictive markers for disease severity in children hospitalized with COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2.
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates next-generation vaccines that target a virus’s points of entry — the nose and mouth — may be able to contain the spread of respiratory infections and prevent transmission.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded label for Grifols’ XEMBIFY (20% subcutaneous immune globulin [SCIG]) to include treatment-naïve patients with primary humoral immunodeficiencies (PI).
Octapharma USA’s Fibryga (fibrinogen [human] lyophilized powder for reconstitution) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an additional indication: fibrinogen replacement in bleeding patients with acquired fibrinogen deficiency (AFD).