TREATMENT

University Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bryan Alsip, answered some of the most-asked questions about COVID-19 and the new omicron variant, which now accounts for a majority of new cases.

The U.K. is the first country to approve an at-home treatment for the virus. The decision couldn’t be timelier.

One attempt to repair a faulty eye gene had disappointing results, but the technology can be expected to one day treat all sorts of genetic diseases.

Zeldin, a four-term congressman and vocal supporter of former president Donald Trump, is also running for governor of New York.

Scientists say the new treatment can kill most cancer cells and shrink tumors in days.

The agency authorized the treatment for those who are unvaccinated or are immunocompromised and have been exposed to someone who tested positive.

The Brazilian president was treated for continuing complications after a near-fatal 2018 stabbing.

The threat to jail citizens returning from India has been condemned by legal and rights advocates.

Researchers are testing an investigational drug that may lessen the severity of the symptoms caused by COVID-19.

SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 patients in San Antonio are being treated daily at the Freeman Coliseum with antibody therapy. “There’s a small allocation that goes out to the hospitals in the San Antonio area. They all send them to us here at University Health, and we actually mix those products into a solution for IV administration, and those are done at the Freeman Coliseum,” Mandell said. Nonprofit BCFS Health and Human Services’ emergency management division is running the operation at the Freeman Coliseum. Vaccines, therapeutics should still be effective against new coronavirus strand, San Antonio doctor says

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Burning, tearing, blurry vision -- about 16 million people in the U.S. suffer from dry eye disease. If left untreated, dry eye can cause irreversible damage, but a new wearable device is giving dry eye sufferers immediate relief. But he couldn’t find relief for his dry eye disease and it could sometimes make his work environment uncomfortable. Now a new device is helping dry eye suffers find relief when eye drops don’t work. It’s called TearCare and it’s a wearable thermal device that goes over the eye lids.

SAN ANTONIO Help may be on the way for those battling opioid addictions in our community and across Texas. On Thursday, the Texas Attorney General and attorneys representing various Texas counties in a nationwide lawsuit against opioid distributors and manufacturers hashed out how the imminent settlement funds would be split up in the state. Both myself and the folks at the Texas Attorney General's Office expect that this will become a model for other states to use across the United States, he said. The opioids council would be made up of three members appointed by the governor and three members appointed by the Texas attorney general. Watts said companies are ready to settle the lawsuits, and the execution of this distribution plan will mean those funds get to the community quickly.

A medical treatment for gunshot wounds that was developed for combat is now being used by civilians. It’s called the Xstat and the U.S. military has been using it successfully since 2014. DeMarco Morgan has the story.

A new study compares several commonly used drugs for treating infertility to see which is the best option to help women conceive and have a healthy baby. CBS News' Jamie Yuccas reports.

There's a new way to do away with double chins. Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the approval of the first non-surgical treatment designed to melt the fat off.

Days after an earthquake hit Nepal, there are still people who haven't received proper medical treatment. CBS News correspondent Holly Williams went to Kathmandu's airport where people who had been rescued told her about the lack of treatment.

An excerpt of Steve Kroft's September 1993 report on the use of bone marrow transplants as a treatment for women with breast cancer