The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended for the first time that pregnant people get the RSV vaccine to protect their babies from severe disease but a recent report found concerns about vaccinations during pregnancy.
Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance is available for Louisiana, which is working to slow a mass inflow of salt water creeping up the Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in the southern part of the state.