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Moderna seeks authorization of coronavirus vaccine for youngest children Politico reported last week that the agency may not make a decision on the vaccine until June and was leaning toward reviewing the Moderna shot for children younger than 6 alongside a three-dose regimen from Pfizer and German partner BioNTech.
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Child Hepatitis Cases Detected in Illinois, Canada, Japan Last week, the CDC issued a nationwide alert, encouraging doctors to look for symptoms of pediatric hepatitis that could be linked to the cold virus. The CDC recommended that doctors consider adenovirus testing in children with hepatitis when the cause is ...
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Coronavirus cases climb in California. Will hospitalizations follow? California is now reporting an average of about 5,000 new coronavirus infections a day, up nearly 85% from last month. Advertisement. Statewide, the coronavirus case ...
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Schizophrenia Raises Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease The prevalence of IBD, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder, is increasing around the world, and the exact etiology of the disorder remains unclear. Schizophrenia, a chronic and severe psychiatric disorder, affects nearly 1% of the global population.
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Implant May Alleviate Sleep Apnea in Teens With Down Syndrome Upper airway hypoglossal nerve stimulation is safe and effective in adolescents with Down syndrome and severe persistent obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurring after adenotonsillectomy, and who couldn't tolerate positive airway pressure, ...
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AHA News: Uncontrolled Blood Pressure, Diabetes May Be Common Among People With Heart Failure While just 8% of 1,423 people diagnosed with heart failure had poor glycemic control, defined in the study as a hemoglobin A1C level of 8% or higher, 21% of those being treated for diabetes failed to meet blood glucose goals. This did not vary by race or ...
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Here's Who Should Get a Second COVID Booster Then, last September, data from Israel suggested that a third dose of mRNA vaccine could further enhance protection against severe disease in older adults. So the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended booster shots— ...
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US Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, ...
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Hepatitis Cases in Children Have Parents Asking, 'Should We Worry?' By contrast, severe hepatitis in children is normally rare. The illness can cause flu-like symptoms, including fever, fatigue, abdominal pain and, in rare cases, liver failure. What are the ...
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Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer. Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a ...
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Measles outbreaks possible amid 'perfect storm' of conditions, WHO and UNICEF warn Brewing humanitarian crises have inflamed the issue. "With millions of people being displaced due to conflicts and crises, including in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Somalia and Afghanistan, disruptions in routine immunization and COVID-19 ...
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Climate Change May Increase Risk of New Infectious Diseases Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and it's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, especially in Africa and Asia, according to a new study.
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Patient-Personalized Multi Organ Chip Recapitulates Interdependent Organ Functions A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Irving Medical Center has developed a multi-organ chip consisting of engineered human heart, bone, liver, and skin that are linked by vascular flow with circulating immune cells, ...
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Aspirin No Longer Recommended to Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke What's more, people ages 40-59 should take daily aspirin only if they have a high risk of cardiovascular disease and have talked with their doctor about whether to start taking aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke.
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Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children In a study involving about 6,700 children, the company said two-doses of the vaccine administered 28 days apart to children ages 6 months to less than 6 years triggered levels of antibodies equivalent to what has protected older children and adults.
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Contributor: Helping Women of Color Achieve a Healthier Future To achieve health equity, experts from CVS Health discuss why we must invest in programs that improve access to health care for historically marginalized communities, address social determinants, boost health education, increase representation in all ...
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Climate Change Will Make Pandemics Like COVID More Likely: Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Planet Earth is growing hotter, forcing different animal species to migrate to new areas and interact with other unfamiliar creatures at an increasing rate ...
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Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers Young children across the world are inexplicably coming down with the liver illness, putting parents and doctors on alert.
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RSV vaccination during pregnancy protects newborns, too, study suggests By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. Pregnant women who received an experimental vaccine from Pfizer for a respiratory virus called RSV passed their protective antibodies on to their newborns, according to research published Wednesday ...
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AHA News: Hybrid Work Can Be Healthy at Home and the Office By By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office.
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This HIV drug could help end the epidemic, but access in Michigan is limited In this file photo, literature for PrEP is shown in Ohio. The medication is highly effective at preventing HIV, but too few providers prescribe it, HIV prevention authorities said.
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Measles, Other Outbreaks Possible Amid 'Perfect Storm' for Spread of Disease A decrease in routine vaccinations among children during the pandemic poses a risk to global mitigation of vaccine-preventable diseases, the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned. By Kaia Hubbard. |. April 28, 2022. By Kaia Hubbard.
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Lupus Causing Mutation Identified in Humans A study published in Nature on April 27, 2022, provides evidence indicating that the currently incurable chronic autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is caused by gain-of-function mutations in a gene called TLR7 that increases its ...
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LA County schools see COVID uptick following spring break "As individuals return from Spring Break and celebrating Spring holidays, the highly infectious BA.2 subvariant is contributing to case and outbreak increases across the County," L.A. County Health director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement.
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Aspirin might prevent heart attack, but is it worth risk of internal bleeding? For some, no. "You do prevent heart attacks and strokes but you also cause many more significant bleeding, sometimes even fatal bleeding that it probably outweighs that benefit," Dr. Akshay Khandelwal, an interventional cardiologist with Henry Ford Health, based in ...
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Alaska wild bird advocates and chicken owners wary as avian flu outbreak sweeps through Lower 48 A bald eagle looks out from a nest in South Anchorage on Wednesday. Wildlife officials say both domesticated and wild birds are at risk for avian influenza, which has already spread in the Lower 48. (Marc Lester / ADN). Normally, Laura Atwood feels joy ...
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Race skews experimental Alzheimer's blood test results Three experimental blood tests used to identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease perform differently in Black people, according to a new study. A fourth blood test, the PrecivityAD test, is equally effective at detecting early ...
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SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Up From Dec. 2021 to Feb. 2022 By February 2022, seroprevalence reached 75.2 percent among children aged 0 to 11 years, 74.2 percent for teens aged 12 to 17 years. microbiologist with a tube of blood analyzed under a microscope and contaminated by Coronavirus with label. Adobe Stock.
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Fifth COVID Shot Recommended for Patients With Cancer A fifth shot of an mRNA vaccine represents a second booster, the group explained, because the primary mRNA immunization series for immunocompromised individuals involves three doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The update, ...
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Antibodies fighting original virus may be weaker against omicron New research may explain why so many vaccinated and boosted individuals experienced breakthrough coronavirus infections caused by the omicron variant. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...
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Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval of COVID-19 Boosters for Children Ages 5 to 11 WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 years. The application hinges on a study of 140 ...
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China reports first human infected with H3N8 bird flu strain Though experts said the risk of large-scale transmission is low, infections in humans can lead to viral mutations adaptive mutations that increase the risk of rapid spreading. Erik Karlsson, deputy head of the virology ...
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Language that belittles or blames patients is overdue for change Caitríona Cox and Zoë Fritz at the University of Cambridge draw on existing research to describe how such language, while often taken for granted, can insidiously affect the therapeutic relationship by altering the attitudes of both patients and physicians ...
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Urgent vaccine campaign begins in Congo after second Ebola death Health workers have launched an urgent vaccination campaign as they race to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where two people have died in a new outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever. The World Health Organization ...
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Treating Parkinson's Disease Treating Parkinson's Disease ... GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)– April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. Nearly one million Americans are living with the disease. Sixty-thousand people are diagnosed each year, and there is no cure yet.
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Bird flu discovered in Saginaw County poultry flock SAGINAW, MI — In Saginaw County, state officials this week reported the latest case of bird flu detected in Michigan. It marks the sixth time the bird flu — less colloquially known as highly pathogenic avian influenza — was discovered in Michigan this ...
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COVID third leading cause of death in US in 2021, CDC reports Published: Apr. 28, 2022, 7:40 a.m.. coronavirus illustration. The coronavirus is shown in a CDC illustration. CDC images Keywords: ...
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Support for Black families impacted by autism We now know the earlier the diagnosis, the better. However for Black children, that diagnosis is often significantly delayed. It's why one mother and advocate in Indianapolis is on a mission to help ...
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US task force no longer recommending daily aspirin routine for older adults (WXYZ) — An aspirin a day is no longer recommended to prevent heart disease and stroke for most older adults. Research shows no net benefit for people aged 60 and up, according to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force. First, low dose aspirin has been ...
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Revealed: The perfect amount of sleep for middle-aged brains Researchers examined data from nearly half a million British adults, aged between 38 and 73 years, who took part in the UK Biobank project – a study that monitored sleeping patterns, mental health and wellbeing, as well as cognitive performance.
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China reports first human infected with H3N8 bird flu strain (The Hill) – Chinese officials have reported the first human infected with the H3N8 bird flu strain, which has been detected in horses, dogs, and even seals. In a statement on Tuesday, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said the flu variant was ...
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RSV Vaccine Holds Promise for Pregnant Women A bivalent protein-based vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) administered during pregnancy was safe and led to higher neutralizing antibody responses in mothers, as well as evidence of protection in their infants, an interim analysis of a ...
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The future of health care: What to expect The last couple of years have seen a seismic evolution in the health care industry. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led not just to technological advances such as mRNA vaccines — out of necessity it also triggered a quantum leap in how medical ...
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Bebtelovimab potently neutralizes all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern New variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue to emerge, posing formidable challenges to vaccine efficacy and the end of the pandemic. Selective immune and vaccine pressures have guided the emergence of the ...
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Climate change will spread thousands of new diseases among animals, study suggests Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.
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When Is Allergy Season? Allergies are an immune system reaction caused by allergens, which can include pollen, pet dander, dust, and other foreign substances. When a person is sensitive to certain irritants, their immune system responds to that trigger with the production of ...
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How climate change could drive animal movements — and threaten more viral spillovers Climate change will force animals to migrate, and in turn, some species — and the pathogens they harbor — will come into contact for the first time. In a new modeling study, scientists forecast that there could be more than 4,000 new cross-species ...
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Genetic cause of lupus identified An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA, as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, with the finding paving the way for the development of new treatments. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease ...
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WHO chief says we are 'increasingly blind' on COVID transmission GENEVA/LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was "blind" to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates.
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Genome of girl with severe lupus pins down genetic target for treatments At least 200,000 people in the United States have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of the autoimmune disease. Patients can develop skin rashes, joint pain, fatigue, blood clots, kidney failure, heart disease, and psychiatric ...
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