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	health Daily update ⋅ October 27, 2023
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	CIDRAP ECDC: Chicken source suspected in multicountry Salmonella outbreak CIDRAP In early August, Austria reported a cluster of related infections involving another distinct strain, including a report of a patient who had consumed a chicken kebab before he or she got sick. In the following weeks, other European countries reported ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post A deadly fungus is killing bats in their sleep. This vaccine could end the nightmare. The Washington Post MINNETONKA CAVE, IDAHO — It attacks in the dark. Like a vampire, it stalks its victims while they slumber, invading their flesh until they can take no more — and drop dead. A deadly fungus has been menacing hibernating bats across North America, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP CDC vaccine advisers weigh in on new pentavalent meningococcal vaccine CIDRAP Last week, Pfizer announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its new meningococcal vaccine that covers five serogroups, folding protection against the B group in with coverage against groups A,C, W, and Y. meningococcus ... Flag as irrelevant
	EFSA news ECDC: Chicken source suspected in multicountry Salmonella outbreak CIDRAP A multicountry Salmonella enteritidis ST11 outbreak linked to chicken and chicken kebab products since January has sickened at least 335 people from 14 European Union countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the European Centre for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Popular for weight loss, intermittent fasting may help with diabetes too NPR The study included three arms: the controls who made no changes to their diet, those who were instructed to count calories and reduce their intake by about 25%, and the time-restricted eating group. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too The New York Times For biologists, menopause is baffling. If natural selection favors genes that produce more descendants, why don't women remain fertile their entire lives? What's the evolutionary benefit of living for so many years without having more babies? Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Clinics Hawking Bogus Stem Cell Cures for Long COVID Are Everywhere U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dozens of fly-by-night businesses are marketing unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments to people experiencing long COVID, a new study warns ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC advisors vote to recommend routine use of the mpox vaccine to protect people at high risk of infection CNN Men who have sex with men and others who are at high risk of mpox infection should get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine, even now that the recent public health emergency in the United States has passed, according to an independent panel of experts that ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC advisers vote to recommend routine use of the mpox vaccine to protect people at high risk of infection CNN Previously, the CDC had recommended vaccination of high-risk individuals during the outbreak. The recommendations now move to CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, who must sign off. More than 31,000 Americans were ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study finds no signs of ongoing infection, brain damage in long-COVID patients CIDRAP Participants completed symptom questionnaires and underwent lumbar puncture and venipuncture for analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of immune activation, antigens, and neuronal injury. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Have Diabetes? Quitting Metformin Could Take Toll on Your Brain U.S. News & World Report By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people with diabetes take the drug metformin to control their blood sugar levels. Meant to be taken for the long term, new research now suggests ... Flag as irrelevant
	AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Allina Health's Mike Koroscik on Revolutionizing Early Cancer Detection Through Technology AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Through the integration of a population health reimbursement model in 2020, Allina Health Cancer Institute, in Minnesota, was able to implement expanded screening initiatives through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine, ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour COVID made health care burnout worse. Here's what those workers need now PBS NewsHour Health workers have invested years of their lives to become physicians, nurses and specialists, said Dr. Christine Sinsky, vice president for physician well-being for the American Medical Association. If they are willing to abandon those jobs, she added, " ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Ketamine Is Transforming Depression Treatment WebMD Ketamine, a dissociative agent approved by the FDA as an anesthetic, has been gaining popularity as a fast, effective, off-label treatment for depression. Research has found ketamine to be especially helpful in cases of treatment-resistant depression ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News FDA warns about giving probiotics to preterm babies after infant death, other injuries ABC News Federal officials are warning health care providers and the public about injuries and at least one death in premature infants who were given probiotic products in the hospital. ByJONEL ALECCIA AP health writer. October 26, 2023, 12:09 PM. Flag as irrelevant
	KCRA Sacramento COVID shots may increase risk of stroke in older adults, particularly when paired with flu vaccines KCRA Sacramento Vaccines for COVID-19 and influenza may slightly increase the risk of strokes caused by blood clots in the brains of older adults, particularly when the two vaccines are given at the same time and when they are given to adults who are age 85 and older, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study highlights potential role of statin drug in critical COVID-19 cases CIDRAP Simvastatin, the widely available statin drug used to treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels, has a 96% probability of improving outcomes for critically ill COVID-19 patients and a 92% chance of improving survival at 3 months, according to new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Black children more likely to die of sepsis at one hospital Healio Sepsis mortality among children was 1.65% at one hospital, just over half of the rate for Black children alone. Black children who died also had a longer length of hospitalization and longer stays in the ICU. WASHINGTON — Black children were more than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Malaria Protein Discovery Opens Path for New Antimalarial Strategies Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The protein, known as PfAP2-P, was previously identified in a King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)-led study that explored malarial genes and proteins displaying rhythmic 24-hour expression patterns. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Genetic Study deCODE's Rare Variants in Migraine Sufferers Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Migraine is among the most common chronic pain disorders worldwide, with up to 20% of adults affected. Although recent advances have been made in the underlying biology of migraine, research that uncovers novel therapeutic targets ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vigour Times New Vaccine for Meningitis Could Soon Be Available WebMD Oct. 26, 2023 – A new meningococcal vaccine that better protects against the rare but potentially deadly disease will soon be available. Vaccines are already available that protect against the forms of bacteria that can lead to meningitis, ... Flag as irrelevant
	European officials endorse 'roadmap' on antimicrobial resistance CIDRAP Health Ministers and delegates from the 53 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region today endorsed the new European Roadmap on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The roadmap aims to help countries in the region identify, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times COVID, Flu Vaccines Might Raise Risk of Strokes in Older People WebMD "There is no need for panic, and emphatically no need to stop giving COVID and flu shots at the same time to older adults," Peter Chin-Hong, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, told ABC News. Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net AI shows promise in predicting type 2 diabetes but faces hurdles for clinical use News-Medical.net Internal or external validation can be used, with external validation being recommended for a more complete review of the model's generalizability. AI-powered models have emerged as a viable approach for generating prediction models for T2DM, allowing for ... Flag as irrelevant
	CDC Early Detection and Surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.2.86 — Worldwide, July–October 2023 CDC In the following month, eight additional U.S. states detected BA.2.86 across various surveillance systems, including specimens from health care settings, wastewater surveillance, and traveler-based genomic surveillance. As of October 23, 2023, sequences ... Flag as irrelevant
	Imperial College London Malaria parasite gene could be effective drug target to block transmission Imperial College London A newly discovered gene in the malaria parasite could be a good target for future drugs aimed at preventing disease transmission. The gene, discovered by Imperial College London researchers, is crucial for the development of the infectious stage of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	FierceHealthcare Industry Voices—The beginning of the end for Alzheimer's Dementia? FierceHealthcare The approval of Leqembi by the Food and Drug Administration marks an exciting turning point for Alzheimer's disease. For the first time, we have a medication that can change the course of an illness that affects one in every third American 85 years of ... Flag as irrelevant
	KPBS A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter — if they can get it in time KPBS Emily Bendt cradles her two-week-old infant, Willow, at her home near Portland, OR in early October 2023. Bendt, a pediatric nurse, closely followed the recent approval of the RSV monoclonal ... Flag as irrelevant
	American Heart Association First responders who keep us safe need to care for themselves, too American Heart Association As director of Skidmore's First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory, Smith has focused her research primarily on firefighters, the dangers of their work and the development of methods to mitigate those risks. Sudden cardiac death is ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR This largest-ever map of the human brain could change how we study it NPR Science correspondent Jon Hamilton talks to host Regina G. Barber about the findings from this new map, a product of the NIH's BRAIN initiative. Plus, what the heck splatter neurons have to do with all of this! Flag as irrelevant
	Science Infecting volunteers with dengue virus shows experimental drug's promise Science Asking people to get injected with a debilitating virus, even a weakened version of it, is a tall order—but it's also a powerful and fast way to test an experimental antiviral in a small study. So Anna Durbin, an infectious disease specialist at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	UChicago Medicine UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital launches sweeping new RSV immunization program for newborns UChicago Medicine The University of Chicago Medicine is launching a sweeping program for newborns, providing inpatient access to a new drug therapy that gives infants immediate protection against the potentially fatal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Flag as irrelevant
	URMC From Patient to Philanthropist: How One Cancer Patient Gives Back to 'A Place that Gave Us Hope' URMC Twenty-one years ago, Gwyn and Garth Hankinson got the news they'd been hoping to hear: they were going to have a baby. They were thrilled — not knowing that soon their lives would turn upside down. At Gwyn's first prenatal visit, her obstetrician ... Flag as irrelevant
	Psychiatrist.com The Weekly Mind Reader: Hot Yoga Effectively Treats Depression Psychiatrist.com Even better, a significant number of people in the yoga group had such low depression scores, their condition was considered to be in remission. Even once a week yoga sessions helped manage depressive symptoms ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Scottish Stroke Survivors Speak Out about Fears and Mental Health Challenges Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is calling for better access to mental health support services for stroke patients. Half of all stroke survivors go home worrying that they will have another stroke in the future and report that mental health issues are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Capital B What's Driving Black Kids to the ER? Capital B This story contains discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Black children and adolescents have the highest rate of mental health-related emergency department ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Bat with rabies found at Orange County park CBS News They're urging anyone who may have touched the bat or who had a pet that did so to come forward for possible medical care, as rabies is primarily transmitted via a bite from a rabid animal. Saliva from the infected animal may also pass the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Somatic Mutations Are Not Linked to the Development of Psoriasis Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The researchers sequenced skin samples from 111 people with psoriasis. They didn't find any mutated genes in the psoriatic patches that weren't also mutated in the individual's unaffected skin tissue. Flag as irrelevant
	Kaiser Health News A New Era of Vaccines Leaves Old Questions About Prices Unanswered Kaiser Health News But the shots are also expensive — about $300 for those directed at adults, and up to $1,000 for one of the shots, a monoclonal antibody rather than a traditional vaccine, intended for babies. Many older vaccines cost pennies. Flag as irrelevant
	National Institute for Health Research High dose vitamin C 'ineffective' in treating Covid-19, but statin beneficial National Institute for Health Research The world's largest trial of multiple treatments for critically ill adults with Covid-19 has revealed new findings about intravenous vitamin C, and simvastatin. The findings are part of the ongoing REMAP-CAP trial which is funded and supported by NIHR. Flag as irrelevant
	WFSB Skunk tests positive for rabies in Naugatuck WFSB The positive test ... Flag as irrelevant
	WSFA Breast Cancer Awareness Month winds down with in-depth discussion about the disease WSFA More than 297,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca Hundreds of thousands of Albertans roll up their sleeves at start of immunization season Globalnews.ca The province made both shots widely available to the public on Oct. 16. Initially, Alberta Health limited the number of doses pharmacies was able to order to 100 COVID-19 doses "to ensure an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pharmaceutical Executive CDC committee OKs recommendations for pentavalent meningococcal, mpox vaccines AAP News A panel of vaccine experts on Wednesday recommended including a new pentavalent meningococcal vaccine as an option for adolescents and young adults in limited circumstances. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on ... Flag as irrelevant
	News9 Live City of Newcastle brings community together for World Stroke Day City of Newcastle Stroke prevention will be on the menu next week when City of Newcastle (CN) serves up its annual community morning tea with world-leading researchers from the Hunter. CN is partnering with Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) to host the annual ... Flag as irrelevant
	ReliefWeb Polio this week as of 25 October 2023 ReliefWeb To mark this year's World Polio Day on 24 October, supporters from over 30 countries, across every region of the world, joined the Make Polio History campaign to tell global partners, donors, and polio-affected country governments that eradication is ... Flag as irrelevant
	CTV News Atlantic Horizon Health updates masking guidelines CTV News Atlantic New Brunswick's Horizon Health Network says it is updating masking guidelines at its facilities. Starting Monday, health-care workers, patients, social visitors, and designated support persons will be required to wear a medical-grade face mask in ... Flag as irrelevant
	EFSA news Three clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 infections linked to chicken meat and chicken meat products EU News Most interviewed cases reported consumption of chicken meat, including chicken kebabs. Nine cases in three countries were hospitalised and one case in Austria died, highlighting the potential for severe and fatal infections from this outbreak. Flag as irrelevant
	CTV Windsor Retired nurse calls for free access to new RSV vaccine for all Canadian seniors CTV Windsor Stephanie Champ may be retired from healthcare but she's not done getting involved in the field. The 65-year-old retired nurse has started an online petition, calling on the Ontario government to make the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spectrum News Charlotte couple overcomes breast cancer together, warn men to be on the lookout for disease Spectrum News CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues, a North Carolina couple is urging men to be on the lookout for the disease. Darnell and Gail Brooks are nearing the end of a long fight with breast cancer. The couple was diagnosed with the ... Flag as irrelevant

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