New research showing it can reduce the risk of Hospitalization And Death by up to 85 . It gives the antibodies they dont have and allows them to fight off the infection. The treatment was still experimental when it was given to thenpresident donald trump. Now the fda has authorized the use of regeneron in Emergency Use in adults and children over the age of 12. Texas Government Greg Abbott recently had the treatment after a covid diagnosis. You also have to have some sort of a risk factor. Perhaps theyre over 65 or have diabetes. Theres a whole list that they can talk you through. Reporter timing is essential. Why in. Because the earlier we can get the monoclonal treatment, the better theyll do. Ideally we want it within the first four or five days. Thats why we say before the cough gets worse and the fever gets higher. Lets try to get these Fighter Cells in you so you can fight the infection off yourself. The treatment worked well for Peggy And Michael alexander, who were among the fi
Compensation over serious errors after the Hillsborough Disaster as two Police Forces agree to pay damages. Good evening. The number of people who had Covid 19 in england went up by around three quarters in one week, new official figures suggest. The Office For National Statistics estimates that around 1 in 640 people in private households had the virus in the week to May 29 thats up from 1 in 1,120 the previous week. The North West of england had the highest proportion of positive cases, and in terms of age group, numbers went up among the over 35s and in Secondary School children. It came as the Uk Medicines regulator approved the use of the Pfizer Biontech Vaccine in children aged 12 15, although the vaccines committee, thejcvi, has still to decide whether children should get the jab. For our first report tonight, heres our Health Editor, hugh pym. Come on in. Thank you very much. Come on in, that is the message being stressed yet again by nhs leaders in gloucester and across the co
president biden during all of this is a period of people getting ready to travel for the holidays. he s appealing directly to people who have not yet gotten the vaccine. for unvaccinated, we are look at a winter of severe illness and death for unvaccinated, for themselves, their family and the hospital they ll soon overwhelm. but there is good news. if you re vaccinated, you have your booster shot, you re protected from severe illness and death. period. joining us now is dr. ali khan from the university of nebraska college of public health. we re seeing lines around the block here in new york city to get tested this morning already before they were even open. we have seen the positivity rate shoot up in this city. we saw testing lines in miami as well. these case numbers, the case numbers, i understand that s not hospitalizations and deaths, but the case numbers really seem to be shooting up. what s going on here? so thank you, john. what s going on is more of delta. so
will be over the age of 65. that means more people requiring more frequent and advanced medical care, which often means more pills. but there s a growing movement in the medical and the scientific community that s urging less pills and more plants. they look at marijuana as a potential life changer for those suffering from age-related conditions like chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, even alzheimer s disease. but does cannabis really work for seniors and is it safe? over the next hour, cnn s dr. sanjay gupta takes us around the world as he speaks to skeptics and advocates who are studying cannabis. sanjay also meets with older users who say their quality of life has quill proved because of marijuana. april 2023. it s a picture perfect spring morning near the southern california coastline. then we ll hear from senior-friendly brands with recommendations and introductioned for you about it. reporter: a scene is unfolding that i can hardly believe. we made our way to lagu
will win the war. here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our brave ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russ