US COPD Coalition

Month: March 2021

Mar
18

Pandemic has Negatively Impacted Smoking Cessation Efforts

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every facet of life, and efforts to quit smoking appears to be one of the pandemic’s victims. According to a new report by the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC), there was a large drop in the number of calls to the National Cancer Institute-operated portal that connects callers to local … Read more

Mar
2

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Single-Dose Vaccine

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. This marks the third vaccine to be awarded an emergency use authorization by the FDA. “This week marked a devastating milestone of 500,000 deaths from … Read more