January 16, 2020
(ABC News) – An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation while in the custody of the state welfare officials, several Portland, … Read More
January 9, 2020
(The Economist) – FOR NINETEEN years the Philippines was free from polio. But in September the announcement came that two children living in provinces 900 miles apart had been paralysed by a vaccine-derived strain of the disease. The strain was … Read More
January 8, 2020
(Managed Care Magazine) – Infants exposed to Zika virus in the womb showed neurodevelopmental delays as toddlers despite having “normal” brain imaging and head circumference at birth—underscoring the importance of long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up for Zika-exposed infants, according to a study … Read More
January 6, 2020
(Fort Worth Star Telegram) – A judge ruled Thursday that a 11-month-old baby can be taken off life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth against the family’s wishes. The family of Tinslee Lewis, who was born in … Read More
December 31, 2019
(Reuters) – A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies to three years in prison on Monday for illegally practising medicine and violating research regulations, the official Xinhua news agency said. In November 2018, He … Read More
December 30, 2019
(The Guardian) – The scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies has been sentenced to to three years in prison by a court in China. He Jiankui said in November 2018 that he had used gene-editing technology known as … Read More
December 26, 2019
(TIME) – There’s no question that autism can be traced to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. One genetic contributor in particular has in recent years intrigued scientists studying autism: DNA mutations originating in fathers’ sperm. Studies have linked … Read More
December 24, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Under the Texas Advance Directives Act, when hospitals like Cook Children’s decide treatment is futile, they must see if another hospital will accept the patient. If none does, they can stop treatment after 10 days. As … Read More
December 19, 2019
(The Washington Post) – Marijuana vaping by teens surged in 2019, signaling that more adolescents are using the drug and consuming highly potent vape oils, according to new government data and drug-use researchers. The growing popularity of vaping both nicotine … Read More
December 17, 2019
(The Scientist) – To stem a growing polio crisis, health officials are accelerating the development of a new oral vaccine with plans for emergency approval and deployment in regions with active polio transmission as early as June 2020. The new … Read More
