July 15, 2019
(Science) – The global initiative to eradicate polio is badly stuck, battling the virus on two fronts. New figures show the wild polio virus remains entrenched in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, its other holdout, where cases are surging. In Africa, … Read More
July 15, 2019
(News-Medical) – More than a year after becoming one of the first medical institutions nationally to complete a revolutionary gene replacement surgery to restore vision in patients with retinal degeneration, surgeons at the of The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital … Read More
July 10, 2019
(Religion News Services) – Two new reports conclude that China is engaging in organ harvesting and a child separation campaign against the country’s Uighur Muslim minority. China’s ambassador to the U.K., Liu Xiaoming, has denied a BBC investigation’s findings, which … Read More
July 9, 2019
(STAT News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday appealed to doctors to rapidly report suspected cases of a mysterious ailment that afflicts young children, saying delays in identifying possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, … Read More
July 8, 2019
(New Scientist) – Among a group of about 200 babies born to mothers who had contracted Zika virus, about one third had developmental delays, but not all of them were lasting. About half of the babies with abnormal assessments early … Read More
July 8, 2019
(UPI) – New findings show teens who use opioids to get high are more likely to use heroin after high school. More than 13 percent of young people who currently use prescription opioids recreationally also used heroin after high school, … Read More
July 1, 2019
(ABC News) – More than two dozen Catholic school students and their parents have lost their initial appeal in challenging a Kentucky health department’s efforts to control a chickenpox outbreak they claim infringed on their religious beliefs. A three-judge panel … Read More
June 28, 2019
(CNN) – Amid a surge in hepatitis A cases across the United States, an advisory panel for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending vaccination against the virus for children and teens who have not been immunized, … Read More
June 27, 2019
(Associated Press) – A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to … Read More
June 24, 2019
(UPI) – Measles cases continue to pile up in the United States, as the nation has now reached 1,077 cases, which are spread through 28 states. The number is an increase of 33 from the previous week, according to the … Read More
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