Medical

A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna sits on a table top.

US expected to authorize mix-and-match COVID booster shots

10/19/2021 11:57 AM

Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus.

Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success

In this Oct. 1, 2021, file photo, commuters wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk in a passageway during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo. Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Case numbers are way down, but experts worry that without knowing how exactly it cut cases so drastically, the nation may be in store for another devastating wave like during the summer.

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FDA grapples with timing of booster for J&J COVID-19 vaccine

In this April 30, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist fills a syringe from a vial of the Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium.

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2014 file photo shows the nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box in Washington. Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out target sodium levels for dozens of foods including condiments, french fries and potato chips.

FDA spells out lower sodium goals for food industry

Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out long-awaited guidelines aimed at reducing sodium levels in dozens of foods including condiments, cereals, french fries and potato chips.

FDA authorizes first e-cigarettes, cites benefit for smokers

FILE - This Wednesday, June 18, 2014 file photo shows VUSE Digital Vapor Cigarette packaging during a launch event held by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, heath officials authorized the first electronic cigarettes in the U.S., saying R.J. Reynolds vaping products can benefit adult smokers.

Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks

This Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 photo shows a bottle of aspirin in the Brooklyn borough of New York. According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's preliminary updated advice released on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

This undated image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. said Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

Deadline Friday for U of M students to submit proof of vaccination, request exemption

In this photo provided by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky receives her flu shot on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 in Atlanta. The U.S. is gearing up in case of a bad flu season on top of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, with a plea Thursday for Americans to get vaccinated against both.

US health experts urge flu shots to avoid 'twindemic'

The U.S. is gearing up in case of a bad flu season on top of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, with a plea Thursday for Americans to get vaccinated against both.

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

Abortion rights supporters gather to protest Texas SB 8 in front of Edinburg City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Edinburg, Texas.

Demand for Twin Cities hospital intervention program grows amid violent year

UN endorses world's 1st malaria vaccine as 'historic moment'

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, health officials prepare to vaccine residents of the Malawi village of Tomali, where young children become test subjects for the world's first vaccine against malaria. The World Health Organization recommended that the world’s first malaria vaccine be given to children across Africa, in a move officials hope will spur the stalled progress against efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease.

Concordia University in St. Paul launches new program to help fill nursing shortage

Children's Minnesota to open inpatient mental health center in 2022

Sharon Grover holds a photograph of her daughter, Rachael, over the gravesite at Fairview Cemetery, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Mesopotamia, Ohio. Grover believes her daughter started using prescription painkillers around 2013 but missed any signs of her addiction as her daughter, the oldest of five children, remained distanced.

Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis

Drugmaker Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19

Big drop in US teen vaping seen with COVID school closures

U.S. health officials urged caution in interpreting the numbers, which were collected using an online questionnaire for the first time. But outside experts said the big decrease in electronic cigarette use is likely real and makes sense given that young people often vape socially.

In this April 16, 2019 file photo, a researcher holds vape pens in a laboratory in Portland, Ore.

Every second counts: 2 lives saved this month thanks to citizens knowing CPR

According to the American Heart Association, about 90% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die. Because people knew what to do, two people at two different high school football games this month were part of the 10%.

Doctors alarmed as surge in respiratory disease leads to more children in hospital beds

Minnesota hospitals are overrun with pediatric patients as out-of-season respiratory illnesses surge across the state.

Politics

Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.

In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters in New York.

Business

St. Paul police plan extra patrols after recent violence; businesses on West 7th optimistic as Wild fans return

The St. Paul Police Department plans to have three times the normal officer staffing levels in the neighborhoods surrounding Xcel Energy Center for the Minnesota Wild's home opener Tuesday night in light of recent violence on West Seventh Street.

Patrons sit at Seventh Street Truck Park in St. Paul on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. The bar was open for the first time since an Oct. 10 mass shooting there killed a 27-year-old woman and injured 14 others.

Technology

Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches

The world is gripped by an energy crunch — a fierce squeeze on some of the key markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels that keep the global economy running and the lights and heat on in homes.

In this Sept. 27, 2021 file photo, steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. The world's facing an energy crunch. Europe is feeling it worst as natural gas prices skyrocket to five times normal, forcing some factories to hold back production. Reserves depleted last winter haven't been made up, and chief supplier Russia has held back on supplying extra. Meanwhile, the new Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline won't start operating in time to help if the weather is cold, and there's talk Europe could wind up rationing electricity. China is feeling it too, seeing power outages in some towns.

Inside Your Health With Dr. Georgiou

Inside Your Health: Aspirin doses

New advice from federal health experts suggests that the risks outweigh the benefits of taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke for people without heart disease. But that doesn't mean you should stop taking the medication altogether.

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