Measles and Misinformation Are Two Huge Public-Health Threats
Measles would be gone if we wanted it to be. We’ve had a highly effective, safe vaccine for it for 60 years. But because of rising anti-vaccine sentiments, measles is back, with recent cases in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Virginia. Unless we tackle the misinformation that is at the root of vaccine hesitancy, more children will get sick from this and other nasty, preventable diseases in 2024.
The U.S. is not the only high-income country seeing measles outbreaks. Europe saw a thirty-fold increase in cases last year. In England, the West Midlands is currently experiencing its highest rates si...
Source: TIME: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Williams Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How COVID-19 Vaccines and Infections Are Tweaking Our Immunity
Your immune system may be getting smarter every time you encounter COVID-19, a new study suggests. After getting vaccinated and infected, the immune system generates broader defenses against the virus, including against new variants.
In a paper published Jan. 19 in Science Immunology, researchers in South Korea compared immune cells in the lab from people with a variety of vaccine and infection histories throughout the different Omicron waves, which began in late 2021 with BA.1. People who had been vaccinated with the original Pfizer-BioNTech series and then got infected with any Omicron variant showed good levels of me...
Source: TIME: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
COVID Vax During Pregnancy Safe for Infant Brain Development, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy appeared safe for infant neurodevelopment through 18 months of age in a prospective cohort study.
The proportion of 12-month-olds who screened positive for developmental delay was 30.6... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Column: A bogus new attack on COVID vaccines from Texas' least credible politician
In recent times, whenever a government lawsuit swears at common sense, at the facts and at the public interest, it has been a safe bet that Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton has his fingerprints on it. Sure enough, here comes Paxton with a lawsuit charging Pfizer Inc. with systematically misrepresenting…#texasatty #kenpaxton #paxton #pfizerinc #lubbock #pfizer #texans #omicron #commonwealthfund #republicans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Once touted as a COVID-19 'game changer,' Paxlovid is now a question mark for clinicians
Early trials showed Paxlovid could be a 'game changer' to keep people out of hospital. Yet the COVID-19 landscape has changed since then, with most people now protected against serious illness thanks to vaccination or past infections. So who should get the Pfizer antiviral going forward? (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
UK declares 'national incident' over measles outbreak: Interactive map reveals nearly HALF of children in parts of east London have not had the MMR jab - as experts say distrust of vaccines has increased post-Covid
As few as half of children have had both measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jabs in parts of London. Similarly low levels are also seen in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake More Likely in Pregnancy if Receiving Other Vaccines
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 -- Pregnant patients are more likely to accept COVID-19 vaccination if they receive other routine vaccines during pregnancy, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Infection.
Laura Ha,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Lagging in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 -- COVID-19 immunization completion is nearly half for people with versus without sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a research letter published online Jan. 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Hannah K. Peng, from the University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Newborns Better Protected With 3 Doses of Maternal COVID Vaccine
(MedPage Today) -- For pregnant people, three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine resulted in 10-fold higher antibody levels in umbilical cord samples of preterm and full-term deliveries compared with only two doses, a prospective cohort study showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
News at a glance: ‘Lobster eye’ space telescope, psychiatrists’ conflicts, and elusive common sense
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‘Lobster eye’ in space promises new look at x-rays
China last week launched an x-ray observatory with an unusual telescope inspired by the structure of lobster eyes to gather new data on gamma ray bursts, supernovae, and stars being swallowed by black holes. The Einstein Probe (illustration above)—a joint project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the European Space Agency, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics—will also capture x-rays from violent events that generate gravitational waves, such as two neutron stars colliding. The telescope features a survey inst...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 18, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Novel Antiviral Shortens COVID Illness in Outpatients, Reduces Viral Load
(MedPage Today) -- With oral simnotrelvir/ritonavir treatment in a vaccinated population, COVID-19 symptoms went away about 1.5 days earlier and SARS-CoV-2 viral loads fell, a Chinese placebo-controlled phase II/III trial found.
In patients with... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
How Moderna Came Up With A Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent: Lee Fang
Authored by Lee Fang via RealClear Wire, Finances at the vaccine manufacturer Moderna began to fall almost as quickly as they had risen, as most Americans resisted getting yet another COVID booster shot. The pharmaceutical…#leefang #realclearwire #arpagaray #moderna #publicgoodprojects #pgp #modernareports #michaelshellenberger #russellbrand #alexberenson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACS: Cancer mortality declines, but incidence rates rise
Overall cancer mortality continues to decline, but incidence rates are up, according to a January 17 report by the American Cancer Society (ACS).
The report shows that there have been more than four million fewer deaths from cancer in the U.S. since 1991. However, it also showed increased incidence for six of the top 10 cancers as the projected number of new diagnoses is over two million for the first time.
“I think we’re all grappling with what the environmental factor that is changing the cancer incidence and mortality among the young," said ACS chief scientific officer William Dahut, MD, at a press conference.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties CT Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Covid ‘ undervaccination ’ led to thousands of deaths in UK
People not having all their recommended doses of the Covid vaccine led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and severe outcomes, researchers have found. Over 7,000 hospitalisations and deaths might have been avoided in summer 2022 if there had been ‘full’ Covid-19 vaccination coverage across the UK, according to a new study. Using health record data... Read moreThe post Covid ‘undervaccination’ led to thousands of deaths in UK appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - January 17, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Clinical Latest news Vaccinations and infections Source Type: news
The Impact of Climate Migration on Developing Nations
Men on camels and donkeys travel through a dust storm in the desert near the western city of Mao, in the Kanem Region of Chad. Credit: UNICEF/UNI82205/HoltBy Sudip Ranjan Basu, Chen Wang and Monica DasBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 17 2024 (IPS) As the world is still gearing up to welcome 2024, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue now to embrace the path towards hope and promise for everyone, everywhere.
Deepening global inequalities are having enormous socio-economic implications across countries. Increasing income and social disparities are spreading around regions. Growing inten...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sudip Ranjan Basu - Chen Wang - Monica Das Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Featured Global Headlines Human Rights Inequality IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
