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Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines
Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general.
Published by By Apoorva Mandavilli in Health
Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines
Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general.
publicat de By Apoorva MandavilliBiden Administration Warns 9 Governors About Medicaid Losses Among Children
Xavier Becerra, the health and human services secretary, suggested that states were doing far too little to make sure that children were not unfairly denied federal insurance.
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Matthew Perry’s death was attributed to the effects of high levels of the anesthetic drug, which is increasingly used to treat depression.
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We want to hear from families about their experiences and medical bills in the past five years.
publicat de By Sarah KliffLead Levels in Children’s Applesauce May Be Traced to Cinnamon Additive
The F.D.A. is investigating the sources of cinnamon and other ingredients produced outside the U.S. as the possible cause of lead poisoning in dozens of children. Advocates are urging mandatory testing of lead in food.
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The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity.
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The agency is looking into reports that some patients developed new blood cancers after receiving CAR-T treatments.
publicat de By Gina KolataEgypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenUnvaccinated and Vulnerable: Children Drive Surge in Deadly Outbreaks
About 60 million “zero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination blitz.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenNew Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study
The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease.
publicat de By Gina KolataSecond Maryland Man to Receive an Altered Pig’s Heart Has Died
Researchers said they found signs of organ rejection, which the genetically modified tissue was supposed to prevent.
publicat de By Roni CarynGun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds
Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among young children and teenagers in the United States.
publicat de By Roni CarynA Third of Medicaid Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Aren’t Getting Medication to Treat It
A new analysis also found wide disparities in age and race, with Black and young people receiving treatments at far lower rates than white and middle-aged people.
publicat de By Emily BaumgaertnerInsecticides Can’t Stop These Mosquitoes. Now What?
With mosquitoes evolving to evade bed nets and common insecticides, scientists are experimenting with new ways to block them.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenUnleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito
Scientists have found a way to inject a bacteria into mosquitoes that neutralizes deadly viruses they carry.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenOne Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes
A different way of thinking about mosquito-borne diseases could save billions of dollars, and end them for good, some health experts believe.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenThe Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?
Working on a remote island, scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease — and do it in just a few months. But governments are wary.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenAn Invasive Mosquito Threatens Catastrophe in Africa
A malaria-carrying species that thrives in urban areas and resists all insecticides is causing outbreaks in places that have rarely faced the disease.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenMosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenMDMA Therapy Inches Closer to Approval
Results of a new study may offer regulators enough evidence to allow the psychedelic, also known as Ecstasy, to be considered for use as a PTSD treatment.
publicat de By Rachel Nuwer