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Are you protected from measles? It may depend on when you were born (CNN) Nearly two decades after measles was declared eliminated in the US, the country and the globe have seen an upsurge of cases -- including adults who thought they were protected by the vaccine. Now, some are questioning whether they are properly ...
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Brooklyn Judge Upholds Mandatory Vaccinations, As New York City Closes More Schools A Brooklyn judge has sided with New York City health officials to uphold a mandatory measles vaccinations order, dismissing a lawsuit from a group of parents who claimed the city had overstepped its authority. Judge Lawrence Knipel on Thursday refused ...
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Have you had your measles shot? Learn if you need the measles vaccine or booster The number of measles cases in the U.S. keeps growing. There are at least 555 confirmed cases in 20 states — the second worst year for measles since 2000, when the disease was eliminated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A Promising Anti-HIV Drug Poses A Dilemma If you live in a wealthy country, you have choices about your medical care. Let's say you're a young woman who is HIV positive and find out there's a new treatment that's much better for your long-term health. But there's a potential problem: If you get pregnant, ...
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A measles outbreak is dividing families in this orthodox Jewish community. Passover could make it worse New York (CNN) As one of the holiest Jewish celebrations of the year arrives, families in the Hasidic section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, face a dilemma. "Say you have six kids that want to come to the Seder, with all the grandchildren," said Eli Banash, 32, ...
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Airline Warns of Measles After Flight Attendant Falls Ill A flight attendant for El Al, the Israeli national airline, is comatose after becoming ill with the measles on a flight from New York City to Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. The woman, 43, is suffering from the measles-related complication of ...
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Passover holiday brings matzah -- and more measles vaccine fears NEW YORK – In the days leading up to Passover, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families maneuvered strollers through kosher markets in Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhood to prepare for the holiday by buying unleavened bread and wine for the Seder.
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Washington State Senate Passes Bill Removing Exemption For Measles Vaccine Washington state has moved a step closer toward making it more difficult for parents to receive exemptions from having their children receive a required immunization. The state senate passed a bill on Wednesday night that removes the personal belief ...
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Parents of 3 NYC children face $1000 penalty for violating measles order New York City health officials issued summonses to parents of three children Thursday for failing to have their children vaccinated against measles, a violation of the city's emergency order mandating immunizations to control a surging outbreak. The adults ...
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HHS launches program to cut opioid overdoses by 40 percent in three years The Trump administration announced an ambitious program Thursday to reduce deaths from opioid overdoses by 40 percent over three years in hard-hit communities across several states. The $353 million effort will test the idea that the best approaches to ...
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Virus identified as a cause of paralyzing condition in Minnesota children A University of Minnesota researcher, working with the Centers for Disease Control, made a breakthrough on the puzzling ailment. Enterovirus-D68 has long been suspected as a cause of a paralyzing condition in children, but its discovery in the spinal fluid of ...
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Judge upholds New York City's mandatory measles vaccination order NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of parents who challenged New York City's recently imposed mandatory measles vaccination order, rejecting their arguments that the city's public health authority exceeded its ...
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This baby got measles because of anti-vaxers (CNN) Fainy Sukenik believes in vaccines, and her four children are up to date on all their shots. That's why she's furious that her baby got measles. Too young to be vaccinated, 8-month-old Shira Goldschmidt developed complications from the virus and had ...
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus D68 in Children, Argentina, 2016 After a 2014 outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 in the United States, sporadic cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported worldwide. We describe a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis cases in Argentina in 2016, adding data to ...
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Even a Little More Exercise Might Help Your Brain Stay Young By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's and dementia are not an inevitable part of normal aging, and a little exercise might help keep them at bay, a new study suggests. The researchers ...
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'Will I get measles?' How to protect yourself, and other questions Measles is back. Advertisement. The United States declared measles eradicated in 2000 as the number of people infected each year fell to zero. But this year, 555 people have already come down with measles nationwide as of April 11. That's 1½ times as ...
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Crowdsourced AI learns to target lung tumors for radiation (Reuters Health) - In many parts of the world there are not enough radiation oncologists to design and deliver radiation treatments for lung cancer patients, but that gap could one day be filled with the help of artificial intelligence, researchers suggest in a new ...
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Rare 'Bubble Boy Disease' Likely Cured with New Gene Therapy Eight infants with a severe immune disorder, sometimes known as "bubble boy disease," appear to be cured of the disease thanks to an experimental gene therapy, according to a new study. The disorder, officially called X-linked severe combined ...
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Watch the birdie: Badminton players at risk for eye injuries (Reuters Health) - Badminton players may be at high risk for serious eye injuries, many of which can bring on permanent vision problems or blindness, according to a study of wounds treated at a Beijing hospital. Whether inflicted by an errant shuttlecock or ...
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Federal Opioid-Fighting Effort to Focus on 4 States Federal health officials Thursday announced that communities in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York have been selected for a targeted effort to reduce the number of overdoses related to opioid misuse and increase access to treatment. As part of ...
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Kentucky gets $87 million federal grant to reduce opioid deaths Kentucky is taking part in a new national effort to combat opioid addiction and overdose deaths, thanks to an $87 million grant from the federal government. The University of Kentucky announced the receipt of the grant — its largest ever — on Thursday.
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The mumps struck Philly. Why no measles? Thank vaccines — and luck With 555 cases of measles in the United States reported so far this year, 2019 is shaping up to be one of the worst years in decades for the highly contagious disease. And it's only April. Related stories ...
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Indiana University mumps outbreak: Why some vaccinated students still got sick On Thursday morning, a 17th mumps case was confirmed at Indiana University. All of the cases are university students, and nine of the cases have been associated with one fraternity, though it is unknown if the newest case is related to the organization.
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This flu season is the longest in a decade, CDC says (CNN) It's official: This year's flu season is a record breaker. There have been 21 weeks of elevated flu activity reported in the United States during the current 2018-19 flu season, based on data from the weekly flu report released Friday by the Centers for ...
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What to know about rising Sober Curious movement A so-called Sober Curious movement that's been gaining in popularity focuses on eliminating alcohol for health, sleep and wellness reasons, and its founder encourages people to participate by asking them to imagine "what it's like to live hangover free.".
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This genetic test can predict your odds for obesity from the day you're born Over the course of the last four decades, obesity worldwide has nearly tripled. Health conditions associated with obesity and high body mass index, like diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers are among the top causes of death in the U.S..
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Washington state pushes to take away vaccination exemptions amid measles outbreak After 74 confirmed cases of measles, Washington state politicians are taking action. The state Senate has passed a bill that, if enacted, would revoke the state's vaccination exemption for those who have a personal or philosophical opposition to vaccines.
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Washington state Senate passes bill to eliminate types of exemptions for measles vaccine The Washington state Senate narrowly passed a measure Wednesday night that would make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children against the measles in response to the state's worst measles outbreak in more than two decades. The bill ...
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Workplace wellness programs barely move the needle, study finds Most large employers offer some type of workplace wellness program — efforts to get workers to lose weight, eat better, stress less and sleep more — with growth fueled by incentives in the federal Affordable Care Act. But no one has been sure that the ...
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Rural areas struggle to treat the spread of syphilis This story is from Kaiser Health News. When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the "dominoes gang" in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing ...
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Scientists Thought This Tiny Knee Bone Had Nearly Vanished Over Human Evolution. It's Back. A tiny bone hidden in the tendon of the knee started to disappear over the course of human evolution ... or so scientists thought. Now, a new study finds that this so-called fabella (Latin for "little bean") is making a comeback. The bone, which is a sesamoid ...
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Rabid fox attacks New Jersey woman, daughter uses ax, shovel to kill it: report A woman was bitten twice by a rabid gray fox in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon, prompting her daughter to use an ax and a shovel to try to kill the animal, according to Animal Control officials. The woman, who lives on a farm in Blairstown, N.J., had gone ...
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Genetic Obesity Risk From Polygenic Score May Help With Disease Prevention NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers have developed a polygenic score that can predict, at birth, someone's genetic risk of becoming obese later. In the US, nearly 40 percent of adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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LAX travelers again warned of measles and urged to get vaccinated, after third case hits airport Public health officials are again warning travelers who flew in and out of Los Angeles International Airport of possible measles exposure after another traveler contracted the disease. Travelers who were at the airport on April 3 could be at risk for developing ...
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The NIH Hopes a New Study in 4 States Can Cut Opioid Deaths by 40%. Here's How The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday announced an ambitious new study that's meant to reduce opioid-related deaths by 40% in communities that have been hardest-hit by the ongoing epidemic. The NIH awarded grants to four research sites ...
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Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats in 4 States By Robert Preidt. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A listeria outbreak that has sickened eight, including one death, has now been linked to deli meats and cheeses sold at stores in four states, the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
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Parkinson's disease patients find their voices again with help from speech therapists in Los Alamitos The patients gathered around tables at Los Alamitos Medical Center speak clearly and strongly. It's no coincidence. The power of their individual voices is threatened by their shared diagnoses. They are living with Parkinson's disease, a progressive, ...
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System restores some pig brain function hours after death Researchers restored circulation and cellular activity in a pig's brain four hours after its death, the team reports. The finding challenges long-held assumptions about the timing and irreversible nature of the cessation of some brain functions after death.
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Broadly Neutralizing HIV Antibody Shows Promise in Small Study Therapy with a single broadly neutralizing antibody maintained virologic suppression in people living with HIV up to 16 weeks following discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), a small, non-randomized trial found. Of the 29 enrolled participants, none ...
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No 'One-Size-Fits-All' Diet for Diabetics, Expert Panel Says By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is no one right diet for people with diabetes, and patients should instead have personalized nutrition plans, a new American Diabetes Association ...
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Light Physical Activity Tied to Brain Volume Incremental physical activity, even at a light intensity, was tied to larger brain volume, an analysis of middle-age adults in the Framingham Heart Study showed. Each additional hour of light-intensity physical activity per day was associated with higher cerebral ...
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Genetic Basis of Obesity Carries Weight There are, undoubtedly, many factors that go into a person's weight. A new report from the lab of Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, documents a clear biologic basis for the predisposition of ...
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LAX travelers warned about possible measles exposure again Travelers who passed through LAX were again warned of possible measles exposure after a confirmed case was reported on April 3. The infected passenger was around LAX Arrival Gate 70A, Terminal 7, between 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and in the vicinity ...
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Malaria vaccine, 30 years in the making, to be tested this month in Africa After more than three decades of work and almost $1 billion of investment, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and its partners are ready to deploy a vaccine for malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills almost half a million people each year. The vaccine, developed ...
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Skipping breakfast and eating a late dinner could be a killer Rise and dine — and give yourself time to digest before bed. That's the bottom line from a new study published Thursday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, which found that people who skip breakfast and eat a late dinner have much worse ...
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'Hibernating' research studies on standby to tackle next flu pandemic The University of Liverpool is improving the UK's preparedness for another influenza pandemic through its involvement in an innovative network of research studies 'hibernating' on standby ready to be activated if an outbreak strikes, according to a newly ...
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Texas baby born without skin in critical condition San Antonio – Doctors are working toward a diagnosis and care plan for a baby boy who has spent the first three months of his life in hospitals after he was born without skin. Ja'bari Gray has been hospitalized since his birth on Jan. 1 at Methodist Hospital in ...
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Microbes in Diabetic Foot Ulcers May Help Predict Treatment Success THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Some strains of Staph bacteria may slow the healing of diabetic foot ulcers, while other types of bacteria may promote healing, according to a new study. The results suggest that monitoring the bacterial ...
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1 dead after attack on hospital in Ebola outbreak, UN says JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization's director-general says "a dear colleague" is dead after an attack on a hospital at the epicenter of a deadly Ebola outbreak. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a Twitter post on Friday that "some people" ...
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Indiana University is dealing with a mumps outbreak -- and most cases are linked to a fraternity (CNN) While the US grapples with a measles outbreak unlike any we've seen in decades, Indiana University has a different problem on its hands: mumps. At least 16 cases have been reported at the Bloomington campus since February 12, IU spokesman ...
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