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Two LA universities quarantine hundreds of students and staff in measles outbreak Hundreds of students, staff and faculty at two Los Angeles universities will be quarantined after being exposed to measles, according to Los Angeles County health officials, the latest development in a resurgence of the highly contagious disease that was ...
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Amid Measles Outbreak, Quarantine Is Ordered at UCLA and California State-Los Angeles More than 200 university students and employees in Los Angeles were given quarantine orders on Wednesday and Thursday, just days after a measles outbreak was declared in Los Angeles County. U.C.L.A. and California State University, Los Angeles, ...
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Hundreds Of People At 2 LA Universities Quarantined Due To Measles Exposure Hundreds of students and faculty at two universities in Los Angeles have been asked to stay home unless they can prove that they've been vaccinated against measles. The LA campuses of the University of California and California State University imposed ...
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Trump urges measles vaccinations despite his past views of a link to autism President Trump on Friday urged parents to vaccinate their children in the midst of a measles outbreak, offering the advice despite voicing repeated concerns in the past that child vaccinations can lead to autism. "They have to get the shots. The vaccinations ...
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A Polio Vaccinator Was Shot and Killed in Pakistan ISLAMABAD — Two gunmen on motorcycle shot and killed a polio vaccinator in the southwestern Pakistani city of Chaman on Thursday, bringing the death toll among vaccinators working in the country's anti-polio drive to at least three this week, officials said.
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Amid measles fears, more than 300 students and staff at LA universities are quarantined Amid a measles outbreak in Los Angeles, health officials announced Thursday that more than 300 students and staff members at UCLA and Cal State L.A. who have been exposed to measles will be quarantined for at least a day. A UCLA student diagnosed ...
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A new skirmish in the California vaccination wars breaks out. Science will prevail I thought the vaccination wars in California pretty much fizzled out in 2015 after we outlawed religious and "personal belief" exemptions for children whose parents don't want to immunize them against diseases like pertussis, measles and mumps. Silly me.
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Pakistan's anti-vaccination movement leads to string of deadly attacks Islamabad (CNN) A string of deadly attacks in Pakistan targeting healthcare workers has sparked fears that the spread of misinformation is fueling a resurgence of violence against those attempting to rid the country of polio. Attacks were reported on Monday in ...
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Many drivers who test positive for marijuana have a child in the car, survey finds Nearly one in seven Washington state drivers traveling with kids tested positive for THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, researchers reported Thursday. Based on a roadside survey, the researchers determined that 14.1 percent of drivers with ...
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Amid measles fears, more than 200 students and staff at LA universities are quarantined Trying to stop a measles outbreak from spreading, health officials announced Thursday that more than 200 students and staff members at UCLA and Cal State L.A. who have been exposed to measles are being asked to stay home. The five people diagnosed ...
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California measles cases reach 38, with outbreaks expected to keep growing California health officials announced Thursday that 38 people had been infected with measles so far this year, a tally expected to rise in the coming weeks as outbreaks grow in the state. The nation is grappling with a surge in measles cases, with 695 in 22 ...
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Mass. General Hospital receives record $200 million gift to endow vaccine-research center When Phillip "Terry'' Ragon, a wealthy Cambridge entrepreneur, agreed to accompany Dr. Bruce Walker to South Africa 12 years ago, Ragon tried to lower expectations. During the long flight, he told Walker, a prominent AIDS researcher at Massachusetts ...
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The Latest: Measles quarantine orders at 2 LA universities LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a measles outbreak (all times local):. 2:30 p.m.. A quarantine order has been issued for students and staff at two Los Angeles universities who may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or can't ...
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Is Peanut Allergy 'Immunotherapy' Causing More Harm Than Good? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The idea behind immunotherapy for peanut allergy is appealing in its simplicity: Ask a patient to eat tiny amounts of peanut every day, and over time ...
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Dr. Marc Siegel: Protect against measles with safe and effective MMR vaccine Measles continues to spread in the U.S. It has already infected 695 people in 22 states so far this year – the highest number in 19 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. This is a serious disease that should not be increasing in our ...
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Is 'Sugar Rush' All In Our Heads? New Study Raises Doubts About Sugar's Effect on Mood Though most people have probably reached for a candy bar or a pint of ice cream to boost their mood, or a can of soda for some energy, a new study suggests that this apparently natural inclination may be useless, or worse. The meta-analysis from University ...
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Peanut allergy treatment may increase risk of anaphylaxis, study finds Even when oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy appears to work when tested in the doctor's office, it may significantly increase allergic and anaphylactic reactions outside the clinic, a new study finds. After pooling the results of 12 clinical trials that included ...
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More Exercise, Less Screen Time for Under Fives, Says WHO GLASGOW, Scotland — Children under 5 years need to be physically active and get good quality sleep, as well as spend as little time as possible restrained in prams or seats, and sat in front of screens, if they are to grow up healthy, say guidelines by the ...
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Experimental treatment for peanut allergy increases anaphylaxis risk, study finds (CNN) An experimental treatment for peanut allergy may actually multiply someone's risk for serious allergic reactions -- much like the ones it aims to prevent, according to a new analysis. The paper, published Thursday in the Lancet, found that people taking ...
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Global malaria spending $2 billion short of WHO target, stifling progress A first-of-its-kind study reveals malaria spending in 2016 totaled $4.3 billion globally, far short of the annual funding target of $6.6 billion set by the World Health Organization. "A persistent challenge remains as funds are stagnating," said Dr. Joseph Dieleman, ...
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Strategies for Preventing Dormant Cancer Cells from Being Reactivated Scientists say they have uncovered the unique set of genes that keeps some cancer cells dormant. The research may reveal new therapeutic targets for multiple myeloma and other cancers which spread, or metastasize, to bone such as breast and prostate ...
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Too Many US Women Still Drinking in Pregnancy By E.J. Mundell. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Even though the harms to babies are well known, one in nine pregnant women in the United States drinks alcohol, new research shows. In one-third of those cases, ...
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WHO: 'Notable escalation' of violence in DRC Ebola outbreak April has brought worsening conditions to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the latest disease outbreak news update from the World Health Organization (WHO), as cases continue to ...
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How the Measles Outbreak Started Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher. The number of measles cases in the United States has risen to nearly 700 — the highest annual number recorded since 2000, when the disease ...
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Taking HIV drug PrEP 'doesn't mean you're promiscuous' "Just because you're using PrEP, it doesn't mean you're putting it about." For thousands of people like Chris Hicks, a 35-year-old DJ from Cardiff, HIV-prevention drug Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has diminished the fear around sex. New studies are ...
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The WHO's new screen time limits aren't really about screens Much has been made of the World Health Organization's new recommendations that caregivers restrict the amount of time young kids stare at screens. But the guidelines are less about the risks of screen time itself, and more about the advantages of spending ...
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Scientists get one step closer to decoding thoughts into speech Stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other medical conditions can rob people of their ability to speak. Their communication is limited to the speed at which they can move a cursor with their eyes (just eight to 10 words per minute), in contrast with the ...
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Dangerous 'Kissing' Bug Marches North in US April 26, 2019 -- The CDC's recent report about a "kissing bug" identified in Delaware for the first time has sparked concerns as the potentially deadly bug marches its way north from Latin America through the Carolinas and beyond. Kissing bugs carry a ...
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Docs Fall Short in Following Opioid Prescribing Guidance Physicians do not consistently follow the 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opioid prescribing guideline, potentially jeopardizing patient health and safety, experts say. Although the medical community has largely embraced the advice ...
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What Is Secondary Infertility? Explaining Why It Can Sometimes Be Difficult to Have Another Baby On Today, Dylan Dreyer admitted she "didn't know secondary infertility was a thing" until her experience, and that IVF is her next step for baby No. 2. By. Jen Juneau. April 25, 2019 02:10 PM. "Infertility" is a term that many women who have experienced it will ...
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UN: Malawi Is First Country to Vaccinate Children against Malaria No media source currently available. 0:00 0:05:51 0:00. Direct link. 128 kbps | MP3 · 64 kbps | MP3. Pop-out player. The World Health Organization announced this week that Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria.
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Doctors In Congo Threaten To Strike If Ebola Attacks Continue Health care workers in the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo say if the government doesn't improve their security in one week, they will walk off the job. Transcript. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Health care workers in the center of ...
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Peanut OIT Anaphylaxis Risk Higher Than Placebo, Avoidance Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) in clinical trials involving children was associated with substantially greater risk for anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions, compared to placebo or peanut avoidance, a systematic review found. With data pooled from 12 ...
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Could unvaccinated children be banned from school in the UK? Children who have not been given the MMR vaccine could be banned from school, the Health Secretary has hinted. Matt Hancock refused to "rule out" the possibility that children who have skipped their immunisations would be sent home from lessons.
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After inmate dies of Legionnaires', Stockton prison works to kill bacteria California state officials have initiated a chlorine water treatment to clear out deadly bacteria that are the source of Legionnaires' disease from several facilities in the Central Valley. The measure is part of a larger investigation into the source of two confirmed ...
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Yet another lot of blood pressure medication recalled — this time for a possible carcinogen Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging will recall one more lot of the heart and blood pressure drug losartan sent to Kroger Co. pharmacies because the drug contained a possible carcinogen. Legacy packages bulk pharmaceuticals from drug manufacturers and ...
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Many Driving on Pot, Even With Kids in the Car By Amy Norton. HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many people may drive with marijuana in their system -- even when they have kids in the car. That's the upshot of a new study of drivers in Washington state, where ...
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Parents cautious of new FDA-approved device for kids with ADHD The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the first medical device of its kind to treat ADHD in children between the ages of 7 and 12 years-old is being met with "cautious optimism" by parents and advocates. The new device known as the Monarch ...
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Stealth Killer Kissing Bug Now In Delaware Unless you are from Texas or Latin America, you may never have heard of the deadly Triatomine insect, known as the "kissing" bug, which transmits Chagas disease. The bug visits people while they sleep, often crawling on their face. The bug can infect ...
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Are you protected from measles? It may depend on when you were born Nearly two decades after measles was declared eliminated in the United States, 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 ...
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Study: Antibiotics in older women may increase heart disease risk Taking antibiotics for long periods after the age of 40 may be linked to increased risk of heart attack or stroke in older women, according to the results of a study published yesterday in the European Heart Journal. The results are the latest observations to be ...
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Long-Term Antibiotic Use May Up Women's Odds for Heart Trouble THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics can be lifesaving, but using them over a long period might raise the odds of heart disease and stroke in older women, a new study suggests. Researchers tracked the health of nearly 36,500 U.S. ...
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Coweta County student diagnosed with possible mumps A Coweta County middle school is on alert after a student was diagnosed with suspected mumps this week, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The student attends Lee Middle School in Sharpsburg, and the health department is instructing ...
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Legacy Pharmaceutical Expands Losartan Recall Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging LLC is adding one additional lot to its consumer-level recall of three repackaged lots of losartan potassium USP 50 mg. The affected tablets were packaged in 30-count bottles bearing the NDC number 68645-494-54 and ...
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3 New Cases Of Measles Reported In GA, Doctors Urge Vaccination Doctors urge Georgia residents to get vaccinated as more cases of the measles were reported in the state on April 25. By Deb Belt, Patch National Staff | Apr 25, 2019 5:52 pm ET. Reply. 0. Measles cases this year, including those in Georgia, have surpassed ...
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Soaring US measles cases near 700, set record A nation priding itself on medical advances has taken a major step backward. US measles cases, which have accelerated in recent weeks, have now reached a new post-elimination high, at 695 infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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First Adult Case Of Measles Reported In Suffolk County: Officials SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Suffolk County officials reported the first confirmed case of measles in an adult on Thursday. The Suffolk County Department of Health Services said it had been notified of a laboratory confirmed case of measles in an adult who ...
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Tick season is here: Five things to know about ticks in the Carolinas There are ticks in the Carolinas all year, but they really come out when the weather starts to warm in April, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ticks are found across North and South Carolina and they all can transmit disease.
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GSK's HIV drug wins European panel thumbs-up (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's two-drug treatment for HIV infections won marketing approval from a European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel on Friday, after the British drugmaker received a nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this ...
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Clark County, Washington, to declare measles outbreak over On Monday, officials in Clark County in southwestern Washington state are expected to declare the measles outbreak there over, NBC News has confirmed. It has been 42 days since the last confirmed measles case in the county, and public health officials are ...
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