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U.S. Deaths in 2020 Top Three Million
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.
Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019.
U.S. deaths increase most years, so some annual rise in fatalities is expected. But the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15%, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted.
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Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - December 22, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: AP News Coronavirus EMS Hospital Prehospital Source Type: news
Studies Find Having COVID-19 May Protect Against Reinfection
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer
Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.
The results bode well for vaccines, which provoke the immune system to make antibodies — substances that attach to a virus and help it be eliminated.
Researchers found that people with antibodies from natural infections were “at much lower risk … on the order of the same kind of protection you’d g...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - December 26, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: AP News Coronavirus Source Type: news
Women Leading Somalia ’s Health System
This report by Oxfam states that, “the multitude of crises and rates of inflation have left the majority of families food insecure and without income, halted education and health services, and exacerbated existing vulnerabilities and the incidence of violence. Needs far exceeds the current available resources and capacity.”
One of the doctors leading healthcare and currently involved in the fight against COVID-19 in Somalia is Dr. Deqo Aden Mohamed, an obstetrician-gynecologist, founder of ‘The Hagarla Institute’ and co-founder of ‘The Somali Cancer Society’.
Dr. Deqo has been working full time on the ground ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sania Farooqui Tags: Africa Aid Armed Conflicts Climate Change Development & Aid Education Environment Featured Food Security and Nutrition Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Pover Source Type: news
Cancers, Vol. 13, Pages 4784: Quantifying the Effects of Medical Examination and Possible Risk Factors against the Incidence of Cervical Cancer in a Low Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage: An Ecological Study in Japan
This study aimed to quantify the effect of medical examination on cervical cancer (CC) incidence in Japan, considering the effects of possible risk factors. By collecting Japan’s Prefectural data on CC incidence (2013–2017), incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs; Chlamydia, Herpes, Condyloma, and Gonorrhea; 1993–2012), screening and detailed examination rate against CC (2013–2016), smoking rate (2001–2013), economic status (disposable income and economic surplus; 2014–2015), and education status (2015), we analyzed associations among them using Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Additionally, assu...
Source: Cancers - September 24, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yueming Yu Ryota Matsuyama Miwako Tsunematsu Masayuki Kakehashi Tags: Article Source Type: research
Evaluation of Safety and Side Effects COVID-19 Vaccine in Cancer Patients Being Treated
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2022 Apr 1;23(4):1263-1270. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.4.1263.ABSTRACTAccording to the instructions of Iran's National Corona Response Committee in the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, patients undergoing treatments for their cancer are prioritized in Covid-19 vaccination. The present study was therefore conducted to investigate the toxicity and acute side-effects of a Covid-19 vaccine in cancer patients presenting to Medical Oncology Clinic of Kermanshah University of Medical Science. After excluding the patients with active infection and the recently-infected ones with Covid-19,...
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - April 29, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mozaffar Aznab Maryam Chalehchaleh Somayeh Dokoshkani Maryam Rezaei Source Type: research
