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Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when? (mRNA vaccines use mRNA created in a laboratory to teach our cells how to make a protein — or even just a piece of a protein — that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. The Novavax vaccine is based on an older technology.
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Is Milk Safe? Your Questions About Bird Flu and Dairy, Answered The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it would soon begin testing the country's milk supply for H5N1, the virus that causes avian influenza. Milk has been a central concern as cases of bird flu have ticked up over the past year.
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'Mysterious' illness kills 79, sickens 376 in Congo. Here's what we know Health officials are continuing to investigate a deadly, undiagnosed disease that has been spreading in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nearly 400 cases have been recorded and dozens of people have died since the "mysterious ...
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Search for man who shot health boss in New York now 'multi-state', say police As we've been reporting, New York police are still on the hunt for the gunman who shot dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, on Wednesday morning. In addition to the fresh details shared ...
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Agriculture Department to Require Testing of US Milk Supply for Bird Flu Virus A cow stares into the camera as it exits a milking parlor with several other cows. Under the new rules farmers and dairy processors will be required to provide samples of raw milk on request from ...
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A mystery illness has killed dozens of people in Congo. UN experts are now investigating The symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anemia. Epidemiological experts from the National Rapid Response Team are in the region to take samples and investigate the disease. Authorities in Congo have so far confirmed 71 ...
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Quick takes: Preventive Ebola vax in Sierra Leone, Oropouche expansion in Americas, ASPR airlifts more IV fluids Immunization will include people likely to be some of the first involved in an outbreak response, including healthcare workers, traditional healers, community health and social workers, laboratory personnel, motorcycle taxi drivers, and security forces.
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10 Habits To Prevent 'Brain Rot' And Create A Smart Brain In 2025 After all, your brain is your best friend. It's with you 24/7, and never leaves your side (or I should say your head). So don't be a Christmas Scrooge and ignore your neurological sidekick. If you do, you could be at risk for "Brain Rot." ...
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US flu activity picks up a little more pace Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity is moderate and continues to rise across most of the country, and illnesses caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae ("walking pneumonia") remain elevated in young children. In COVID ...
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How many people die from rabies each year? For this reason, health officials urge anyone exposed to rabies to immediately seek medical attention to discuss post-exposure prophylaxis care, or PEP. This type of care generally includes wound washing, vaccination and antibody treatments, and can ...
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A Teeny-Tiny Problem of Epic Proportions Maya Dizack, BSPH '24 (ScM), set out years ago on a journey down the Mississippi River to see how widespread microplastics were in this major body of water. Her findings were more alarming than expected. But just how concerned should we be about these ...
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US life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050 The slight increase in US life expectancy that's forecasted for 2050 is driven by a predicted decline in mortality due to a few leading causes of death, including heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to IHME.
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USDA will require all raw milk to be tested for bird flu The USDA said the new strategy was developed "with significant input from state, veterinary and public health stakeholders," and will help track which dairy herds are impacted by the H5N1 virus. Officials said it ...
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| US Life Expectancy to Fall Behind That of Global Peers by 2050 Dec. 6. 2024 – Life expectancy in the United States is improving a little, but not as much as that of many other high-income and some middle-income nations, a new study says. U.S. life expectancy is expected to go from 78.3 years in 2022, to 79.9 years ...
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USDA orders testing of milk for bird flu The mandate targeting bulk milk transporters and dairy processors is meant to help identify herds that have caught the virus, which has spread among livestock. By Aria Bendix and Evan Bush | NBC News • Published December 6, 2024 • Updated 4 hours ago.
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Nirsevimab Protected Infants, Children From Severe RSV in 2023–2024 Season During the 2023–2024 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season, New York City's Immunization Information System (IIS) reported that the administration of approximately 15,500 doses of nirsevimab, a highly effective immunization, protected infants and ...
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Whooping Cough and Newborns: How to Set Boundaries With Visitors Dec. 6, 2024 – Whooping cough is making a dangerous comeback across the U.S., with cases soaring to 4.5 times more this year than last, according to the CDC. For parents of newborns, this highly contagious respiratory illness poses a serious threat ...
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Health officials confirm first human cases of bird flu in Arizona State health officials confirmed Friday that two people tested positive after working with infected poultry at a Pinal County plant. Both of these individuals reported mild symptoms and fully recovered, officials said. "There is ...
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Bird flu found in Kansas City area waterfowl, hawk as human cases continue elsewhere A highly contagious bird flu, officially called Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or HPAI, is spreading rapidly among wild birds around the U.S. — including in the Kansas City area. In recent months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Doctors see 'unprecedented' number of walking pneumonia cases in Triangle hospitals Doctors are strongly recommending everyone, even young children less than eight months old, get vaccinated for respiratory viruses as we head into the winter months. Park said COVID-19 and flu cases are down right ...
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Signs and Symptoms of Menopause: How to Cope "Women don't need to suffer during menopause," says Julia M. Stauble, MS, APRN, MSCP who works in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua. Stauble recently received certification from The Menopause Society, an independent, ...
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World AIDS Day Since the start of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s, an estimated 88 million people have been infected with HIV, and 42 million people have died due to complications from AIDS worldwide. This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Carlos Del ...
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Recombinant pertussis vaccine may protect teens for at least 5 years "We previously demonstrated that recombinant acellular pertussis vaccines containing PTgen are more immunogenic and induce significantly higher PT-neutralizing antibody titers in adolescents than chemically inactivated tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis booster ...
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Prostate cancer: New treatments that every man over 40 needs to know today Targeted therapies · PARP Inhibitors: These drugs are particularly effective for men with specific genetic mutations in their prostate cancer cells. · Hormone Therapy: Traditional hormone therapy has been a mainstay of prostate cancer treatment for decades.
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Fetal Aneuploid Tests Can Spot Occult Cancer in Pregnant Women HealthDay News — Almost half of pregnant or postpartum women with unusual or nonreportable clinical cell-free (cf)DNA-sequencing results have occult cancer, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Airline passenger with measles flew into LAX before Thanksgiving According to the county Department of Public Health, the passenger — a non-county resident — arrived on Qatar Airways flight QR 0739 at the Tom Bradley International Terminal B, Gate 155, on Nov. 27.
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Flu, COVID, and RSV: What You Need to Know This Week In the week ending on Nov. 23, respiratory illnesses remain low, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While flu activity is increasing slightly among children ...
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A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics To combat global micronutrient deficiency crises, MIT researchers developed novel materials that protect fragile nutrients under harsh cooking and storage conditions. The microparticles seen here are made of biodegradable polymers that dissolve in the ...
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Scientists ponder the peat bog to fight TB The environment of a peat bog is in a certain way similar to that of a human lung infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). Both environments are acidic and low in oxygen, nutrients, and resources. As such, close bacterial relatives of M.
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New Year's Reminder: 7 things that happen to your body when you binge drink It can lead to alcohol poisoning, impaired brain function, liver damage, and increased risk of chronic diseases. Strategies to avoid binge drinking include setting limits, eating beforehand, pacing oneself, and seeking support if ...
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Neurogenesis in Adults Supports Verbal Learning and Memory The study, led by scientists from USC Stem Cell and the USC Neurorestoration Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, relied on brain tissue from patients with drug-resistant cases of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), which involves seizures as ...
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Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for mpox: interim guidance, 27 November 2024 Probable and confirmed cases of mpox should be reported to WHO through national IHR focal at least monthly, and with a minimum epidemiological dataset. African countries should report weekly on suspected, probable, and confirmed mpox cases.
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Is microdosing Ozempic safe? Here's what you need to know Experts are cautious due to the lack of research, though some acknowledge potential cost benefits and positive effects. However, they warn against unsupervised microdosing due to safety concerns and the possibility of the placebo effect influencing results ...
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Exploring the Harmful Link Between Ultraprocessed Foods and Lupus Research has shown that specific gut bacteria are involved in modulating immune responses, and an imbalance can contribute to the autoimmunity characteristics of lupus. By promoting inflammation through these pathways, the consumption of UPFs can worsen ...
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Bird flu: Further 80000 chickens to be culled at Otago farm It will bring the total number of chickens culled at a Mainland Poultry farm in Hillgrove, Otago, to 160,000. The Ministry for Primary Industries' chief veterinary officer Dr Mary van Andel said today testing and ...
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Patients Who Leave Private Medicare Insurers for Government Coverage Are Costlier Than Most, Study Finds Patients who leave Medicare plans run by private insurance companies in favor of traditional Medicare end up costing the government much more than typical patients, according to a new analysis by health-policy nonprofit KFF, raising the prospect that ...
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New wastewater polio detections in Europe, more cases in 3 countries "Poliovirus has been detected through routine surveillance of wastewater systems in three countries in the WHO European Region (Germany, Poland and Spain) since September this year," GPEI said. "While no cases have ...
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Intratumoral Dendritic Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Early-Stage ERBB2–Positive Breast Cancer The higher dose (100 million cells) shows enhanced immune effector recruitment and significant tumor regression before chemotherapy initiation. METHODOLOGY: ERBB2-positive breast cancer survival has improved with anti-ERBB2 antibodies trastuzumab ...
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Experts warn of potential health issues from vitamins, supplements The authors of the study noted that liver damage connected to herbal and dietary supplements use has been increasing. Pills and vitamin bottles. (FILE). It ...
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MUSC neuropsychologist part of study finding new brain cells help with verbal learning The fact that they were able to show that adults were generating new neurons at all was newsworthy, said Jason Smith, Ph.D. "It's been controversial that adult human brains could actually produce stem cells, which can turn into various different kinds of ...
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Eating only 5 mushrooms can protect the body from diseases? Know what this study has found Researchers discovered mushrooms are the richest dietary source of the antioxidants ergothioneine and glutathione. Porcini mushrooms had the highest levels of these compounds. Incorporating mushrooms into your diet is easy with various flavorful options ...
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Atlases galore: where to next? One finds atlases with data from single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) or protein localization experiments using human organs and cell types, and atlases of the subcellular realm. Online dashboards give users a way to assess their own findings against atlas ...
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Situation update H7N6 bird flu detection Otago – 7 December 2024 Testing and monitoring shows high pathogenic avian influenza remains confined to a single Mainland Poultry property, Hillgrove, in Otago. An unconnected small farm near Dunedin that underwent testing during the week has been confirmed free of HPAI.
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Students discuss the pros and cons of the 'winter arc' trend Howard Zelaznik, a professor of health and kinesiology, shares that the best way to stay consistent with exercise is to find a group to go with.
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The incredible health benefits of drinking enough water: New study highlights role in weight loss, migraines, and more Drinking enough water daily can help you lose weight and prevent kidney stones, according to a systematic review led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and published in the journal JAMA Network Open on Nov. 25, 2024.
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