Schools Could Help More Kids Get the COVID-19 Vaccine. But History Has Some Warnings
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get information to parents and provide access to vaccines once they’re approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: schools.
As part of the plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the youngest population yet, schools will again take on a role they’ve assumed during health crises throughout American history: promoting vaccination to keep kids and communities safe from infectious disease. &ld...
Source: TIME: Health - November 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Schools Could Help More Kids Get the COVID-19 Vaccine. But History Has Some Warnings
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, the Biden Administration has signaled that it will rely on a “trusted messenger” to get information to parents and provide access to vaccines once they’re approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: schools.
As part of the plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the youngest population yet, schools will again take on a role they’ve assumed during health crises throughout American history: promoting vaccination to keep kids and communities safe from infectious disease. &ld...
Source: TIME: Science - November 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Up to 5 Million Children Have Lost Parents During the Pandemic. Here ’s How They’ve Coped
Adin James is only 8 years old, but he has some very strict rules about how the world should work in the age of the pandemic. For starters, there’s the business of avoiding unmasked people.
“They don’t have their masks on,” he’ll say when he sees an uncovered face on the street or in a store. “That’s not right. They’re making other people sick.”
Then there’s the matter of doctors—who might have been trusted once but not anymore. “They lied to me. They told me my dad was gonna be better,” he tells his mother, Ebony James, 50, a principal at a mid...
Source: TIME: Health - November 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Risk of suicide among individuals with a history of childhood cancer - Barnes JM, Johnson KJ, Grove JL, Srivastava AJ, Osazuwa-Peters N, Perkins SM.
The objectives of this study were to assess whether childhood cancer survivors are at in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Suicide Risk Up for Long - Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Suicide risk significantly elevated for survivors alive beyond the age of 28 years; risk was lower for women than men (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - October 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
Survivors of childhood cancer at higher risk for suicide, study finds
Long-term survivors of childhood cancer are at higher risk for suicide compared with the general public, though their risk for suicide remains low, a study published Monday by the journal Cancer found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racial Disparities Persist With Childhood Cancers
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 4, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Research, News, Source Type: news
What Is the Survival Rate for Childhood Liver Cancer?
Title: What Is the Survival Rate for Childhood Liver Cancer?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - September 29, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Ethiopia: School Provides Support to Childhood Cancer Center
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA-IMS Makeup School donated various food items including oil, eggs and detergents to cancer patients at Tesfa Addis Parents Childhood Cancer Organization (TAPCCO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Inspiration4 Makes Space History With First-Ever All-Civilian Orbital Launch
In the end, the camping trip up the flank of Mt. Rainier that the Inspiration4 crew made back in April may have done more than anything else to prepare them for tonight’s successful launch into Earth orbit, at 8:02 p.m. ET from pad 39A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Even the day before the launch, at a T-minus-27-hour press conference, they were still talking about the experience and what it taught them.
Hayley Arceneaux, 29, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and who tonight became the first person to fly in space with a prosthetic—a rod in place of her left femur, which she lost...
Source: TIME: Science - September 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Space Source Type: news
Why is St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital Involved in SpaceX Launch?
The Inspiration4 launch is helping to raise money for the hospital, which helps treat pediatric cancer. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kenneth Chang Tags: St Jude Children ' s Research Hospital Children and Childhood Cancer Space and Astronomy Arceneaux, Hayley Source Type: news
New Tool Better Predicts Subsequent Cancers in Child Survivors New Tool Better Predicts Subsequent Cancers in Child Survivors
An eHealth cancer predisposition screening tool greatly increases the odds of predicting subsequent malignancies in childhood cancer survivors.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - September 15, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in children
One in every 266 children and adolescents will be diagnosed with cancer by age 20, according to the American Cancer Society. Sarcoma — the term for a group of cancers that begin in the bones and in the soft or connective tissues — is one of the more common types of childhood cancer. Fortunately, recent treatment advances have increased survival rates. Of children diagnosed with cancer, 84% now survive five years or more. One of the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 9, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Childhood cancer
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about three of the most common types of cancers in children: acute lymphocytic leukemia, neuroblastoma and pediatric brain tumors. Acute lymphocytic leukemia Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It's the most common type of cancer in children, and treatments result in a good chance for a cure. Acute lymphocytic leukemia also can occur in adults, though… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 6, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Cancer symptoms: Two fruits have a 'strong protective effect against childhood leukaemia'
EVERY day in the UK, 12 children - and their carers - will receive the heart-breaking news that they have cancer. As September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Express.co.uk are highlighting the latest research in this field. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
