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Why some parents are skeptical about covid vaccines for young children Jennifer Reich is professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Denver and author of "Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines." June 17, 2022 at 8: ...
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FDA authorizes Covid-19 vaccines for younger children (CNN) The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are now authorized for emergency use in young children. The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the authorizations for the vaccines Friday to include children as young as 6 months.
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Avian Flu's Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts Knowing which migratory species carry the pathogen, for example, can help predict when and where it might arrive based on migration routes. After the migrating gull came ashore, the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also ...
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Omicron poses about half the risk of long COVID as delta, new research finds But almost 5% of people who catch omicron still experience fatigue, brain fog, headaches, heart problems or other health issues at least a month after getting infected, the study found. While some researchers ...
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Moneypox Virus DNA Found In Semen Of 5 Men, WHO Investigating Further Three of them had had syphilis. Three had had viral hepatitis. Two had tested positive for HIV and received antiretroviral therapy, and the other two were on antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) while testing negative for HIV.
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A Better Way to Measure Immunity in Children Some scientists believe that a clearer picture of Covid vaccine efficacy could have emerged sooner if investigators had tracked certain immune cells, not just antibodies. Send any friend a story.
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New Treatment Reduces Risk of Anal Cancer in People With HIV It's still featured on their study's website, with this further explanation: "You get your viral load checked, your T-cell count checked, but what about your anus? Did you know that half of HIV+ men have cell changes in their anus caused by HPV?".
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Maryland health officials report possible monkeypox case in DC region Health officials reported the first presumed case of monkeypox in a Maryland adult from the National Capital Region on Thursday. The individual experienced mild symptoms but did not require hospitalization and is recovering in isolation, ...
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Researchers are studying long COVID in kids -- here's what they know so far A child is treated for the coronavirus disease at the Children's Hospital of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15, 2022. Hannah Beier/Reuters, FILE.
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DNA evidence reveals where the Black Death began Today, he is known only by the inscription on his burial stone: "This is the tomb of the believer Sanmaq. [He] died of pestilence." That brief detail provided a tantalizing clue for historian Philip Slavin, an associate professor at the University of ...
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Beer Might Do a Man's 'Microbiome' Good In a clinical trial of 19 healthy men, researchers found that a daily bottle of beer — alcoholic or non-alcoholic — changed the composition of the men's gut bacteria over four weeks. Specifically, either type of beer boosted the diversity in their gut ...
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NJ reports 16 COVID deaths, 2519 cases. 7 counties now under high transmission risk. Cases, transmission rates, and hospitalizations have been declining in recent weeks. There were 789 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state's 71 hospitals as ...
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A Possible Biomarker for COVID-19 Cognitive Impairment Mild cognitive decline is associated with kynurenine pathway (KP) activation, suggesting KP metabolites are a potential biomarker and therapeutic target. Why This Matters. This study is the ...
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What to know about COVID-19 reinfections Health officials are worried that reinfections of COVID-19 could become more common, especially within a few weeks or months of a prior infection. Some studies suggest that omicron is changing in a way that previous infections aren't as protective ...
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Trends are shifting, but COVID-19 and its effects are still not equitable Over the past few months, two unique trends have emerged: For the first time in the pandemic, COVID-19 case rates in the United States are higher among Asian people, and death rates are higher among white people than any other racial or ethnic group.
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Menopause is not a disease. Experts call for new narrative for this natural stage of a woman's life A now-common treatment offered to relieve these symptoms is hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which uses medication to replace the hormones lost during menopause and, in turn, ease these symptoms. Many studies have ...
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Sixth and seventh presumptive monkeypox cases identified in Sacramento County, unrelated to previous 5 A sixth and seventh probable case of monkeypox have been identified in Sacramento County, health officials said on Thursday. However, these two additional cases are unrelated to the five initial cases in the county and also are related to travel in the ...
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Qatar Omicron-wave study shows slow decline of natural immunity A recent Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-vaccine booster provided good but temporary protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. In the study, published June 15 in the ...
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Natural Disaster Exposure Adds Up on Mental Health Toll Over Time Natural disasters accumulate post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and functional impairment in individuals whether impacted directly, indirectly due to concern for friends or family, or even through media coverage, a survey-based analysis of two ...
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Brain Symptoms Persist in Long COVID Most people who had neurologic long COVID symptoms continued to have them for at least 6 months, pilot data from a prospective study showed. Of 27 people with neurologic post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) in the NeuCOVID cohort, ...
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Race-Free eGFR Equation Based on Creatinine, Cystatin C Preferable Among equations for estimating glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) developed by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI), the 2021 race-free eGFR equation including both creatinine and cystatin C (eGFRcr-cys) is preferable to the ...
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Franklin County baby is Ohio's first measles case this year, first in state since 2019 The infected child is from Franklin County, under Columbus Department of Health's jurisdiction, and recently traveled to a country with confirmed measles cases. The state is currently not disclosing additional information about the infected individual.
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Care Sequence Model With Follow-Up Improves Advance Directive Completion Rates in Breast Cancer AD is an important aspect of care planning but there remains a lack of effective tools to improve AD rates among patients undergoing surgery for breast cancer. This quality improvement project implemented the 4R oncology intervention at a ...
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Oregon reports first probable case of monkeypox Monkeypox is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals. It does not usually spread easily among people. But recently cases began emerging in Europe and the ...
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Uric Acid-Lowering Therapy May Increase Risk for CKD Uric acid-lowering therapy is associated with a higher risk for new-onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients with baseline serum uric acid levels of 8 mg/d or less, a new study finds. The therapy did not change the risk among individuals with ...
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Increase the Risk of Dementia They say boosting low vitamin D levels in people may be a preventative measure against dementia. Experts say more study is needed, but they note that vitamin D has many health benefits with few potential side effects ...
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MDH identifies presumed human monkeypox virus infection in Maryland resident MDH said the individual is recovering in isolation and is not hospitalized. The initial testing was conducted at the State Public Health Laboratory. MDH is awaiting confirmatory testing to be conducted at the CDC. According ...
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The 'Big Bang' of Black Death? Ancient teeth found in graves reveal plague's origin, research suggests Researchers say they may have found the origins of the Black Death, 675 years after it killed millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa, European universities are reporting. New DNA analysis suggests it started in North Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia in ...
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No increase seen in pediatric hepatitis in the United States No increase in pediatric hepatitis or adenovirus types 40/41 has been seen recently in the United States, according to research published in the June 14 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality ...
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Ancient origins of the Black Death — bubonic plague — traced to Central Asian lake Scientists in Europe say they have pinpointed the origins of the Black Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out half of the continent's population in the 14th century. The findings counter other theories that the disease — commonly known as bubonic ...
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Monkeypox case confirmed in Cornwall The first case of Monkeypox in a recent UK outbreak of the rare viral disease has been confirmed in Cornwall. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) South West said the case had been confirmed but the person's location would not be revealed to protect ...
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Turning Away Your Face by a Mere 9 Degrees During Short Conversations Reduces Risk of Contracting COVID-19 ... A team of researchers from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), along with collaborators from the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) in Stockholm and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences ...
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Alabama siblings with rare disease among first children to get transplant using new technique Doctors who worked on the new technique are now investigating whether the method could be expanded to other patients, including pediatric transplant patients that have already rejected a donor's kidney.
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UK: 50 new monkeypox cases in biggest epidemic beyond Africa British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of 574 cases. That makes the U.K.'s outbreak the biggest to date beyond Africa. In a statement, Britain's Health Security Agency said most of the ...
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Oregon reports first probable case of monkeypox in the state PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is reporting its first possible human case of monkeypox as other cases of the virus are cropping up across the United States. The Oregon Health Authority reported the probable case of hMPXV in the state Thursday, saying the ...
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Philadelphia health officials say West Nile positive mosquitoes are in the region Additionally, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also announced they have found West Nile virus activity in Bucks, Cumberland, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. West Nile virus is spread by infected mosquitoes that bite humans.
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First potential monkeypox case recorded in Oregon PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – The Oregon Health Authority is reporting the first case of potential case of hMPXV, otherwise known as the human version of the monkeypox virus. The OHA says the person with the virus is an adult male who recently traveled to a ...
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Oregon Reports First Probable Case of Monkeypox He remains isolated and is following recommendations from public health officials and medical providers, authorities said. Testing to confirm the case is being done by federal officials.
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Scientists harness light therapy to target and kill cancer cells in world first Experts believe it is destined to become the world's fifth major cancer treatment after surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy. The light-activated therapy forces cancer cells to glow in the dark, helping surgeons remove ...
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UK Covid infection rate rising, with more than a million cases in England Coronavirus infections are rising in the UK, new figures have revealed, with experts noting the increase is probably down to thethe rise of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on swabs ...
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Male gut health may benefit from beer Nonetheless, the link between alcohol intake and cancer negates the benefits of alcoholic beverages on diabetes and ischemic heart disease. Hence, despite the numerous preclinical and molecular studies demonstrating the health advantages of fermented ...
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Ancient DNA unravels the mystery of the Black Death The Black Death pandemic, associated with the bacterium Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis), was the first wave of the second plague pandemic, which lasted about 500 years and was one of the major infectious disease disasters in the history of the humanity.
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Effectiveness of previous COVID-19 and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection In the present study, researchers assessed the protective immunity conferred by the previous infection with variants other than Omicron, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination, and hybrid immunity against symptomatic BA.1 or BA.2 infection.
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NSP1 found to act as an immune evasion factor in SARS-CoV-2 infections The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a major blip in the health, societal and economic well-being of the whole world for more than two years, following its unexpected emergence in December 2019.
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SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance In a recent case presentation posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers reported on the misclassification of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BA.1 subvariant as the Omicron BA.2 subvariant in an ...
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Scientists explore effectiveness of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant Researchers around the world have explored the development of vaccines and therapies to prevent and treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Various studies are also investigating the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing ...
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Alzheimer's Awareness Month: Huntsville geriatrician answers your questions HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month. You likely know someone with the disease, or maybe even lost a loved one to it. It's a scary diagnosis, but there is hope as doctors work to develop new detection methods and treatments.
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International researchers win funding for Cancer Grand Challenge Pediatric oncologist Anton Henssen and a group of researchers from the US and the UK have won funding for a Cancer Grand Challenge. The international team will receive almost €24 million to research the role that ring-shaped strands of DNA play in the ...
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Omicron may be less likely to cause long Covid than prior variants, study suggests Still, the magnitude of omicron infections means the number of long Covid cases will rise, experts say. A medical worker collects a swab sample for a COVID test. A medical worker collects a swab sample from a man at a Covid-19 testing site on Times ...
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Monkeypox case confirmed in Cornwall The first case of monkeypox in a recent UK outbreak of the rare viral disease has been confirmed in Cornwall. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the patient was self-isolating and the risk to others was low.
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