Month: May 2021

Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds, but the gains are offset by a rise in other tumors caused by the virus. Oral sex is helping fuel more cases of mouth and throat cancers in men. For older women, anal cancer and a rare type of rectal cancer caused by HPV may be more common than cervical cancers by 2025. “A common misperception is the HPV vaccine has solved the problem of HPV-associated cancers. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth,” said Dr. Maura Gillison of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who was not involved in the study. Results were released Wednesday by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ahead of presentation at its annual meeting next month. HPV, o...

A study looking at coronavirus vaccine boosters has launched in the U.K. to test the effects of an extra dose. The trial, hailed by the British government as a world-first for the COVID-19 jab, will assess Oxford/AstraZeneca, BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax, Valneva, Johnson & Johnson and CureVac vaccines as potential booster shots that would be given 10 to 12 weeks after a second dose is given as part of the country’s ongoing vaccination campaign. The booster shot could be a different brand from the one originally used. Drugmakers are already carrying out studies on the response to booster shots but the U.K. trial will specifically examine the immune response of different brands of vaccine side-by-side. The study comes as governments debate how to reopen amid co...

If you upgraded yourself to a window view while setting up your home office, should you be lathering up with sunscreen before you boot up your screen? It’s a question many are wondering as the days get longer and the weather heats up.  And the answer, dermatologists told Fox News, is yes.   "Yes, you should wear SPF indoors if you’re sitting near windows, or in front of a computer screen, as you’re exposing yourself to potentially skin-damaging light," Elizabeth Mullans, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist, told Fox news.  Even if the window is closed, you should use block, Mullans said.  WHAT IS SKIN CANCER? HOW TO SPOT THE SIGNS AND WHEN TO SEEK HELP "It is easy to believe that once we are indoors that we are protected from the sun," Mullans said. "Not all glass is created equal...

Anne Schuchat, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Greg Nash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Wednesday they are expecting data from trials testing Covid-19 vaccines on pregnant women this summer and on children as young as 6 months old by the end of the year. Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat told lawmakers that the CDC has already received "reassuring data" on vaccines given to women in their third trimester. "We'll be expecting this summer to have even more data, particularly about vaccines given earlier in pregnancy," she said at a Senate hearing on the agency's annual bu...