Researchers at Brown University will study waning infectious-disease vaccine effectiveness among nursing home residents to further inform the country’s booster shot rollout. The two-year study, aimed to inform real-time policy decisions, was awarded $4.9 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The team is set to study the duration of protective immunity…
Researchers say federal government data significantly understated the ravages of infectious-disease in nursing homes last year. Official numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are missing about 12% of COVID cases among nursing home residents and 14% of deaths. That’s according to new estimates published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical…
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Sleep is key in the healthy aging process, with disruptions linked to outcomes like greater risk of depression, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. But how much sleep is ideal as adults progress into late life? A recent study published in JAMA Neurology, stemming from PET scans among 4,417 older adults with normal cognition, indicated short…
New data from the military shows a decrease in veteran suicides to the lowest level in 12 years. The VA’s annual report includes comprehensive data on the issue from 2001 through 2019 and shows a drop in the total number of veteran deaths by suicide in 2019, as well as in the rate of veteran…
Researchers identified three subtypes of cancer among never smokers with the disease, who comprise about 10-20% of the lung cancer patient population, according to the National Institutes of Health. Nonsmokers’ tumors were found to stem from mutations driven by natural bodily processes, the agency announced. Lung cancer is blamed for the top cause of cancer-related…
Can healthy-living get “long infectious-disease” after coronavirus infections? Yes, but studies indicate they’re less likely than adults to be affected by symptoms that persist, recur or begin a month or more after infection. Estimates vary on how often the symptoms known as long COVID-19 occur in kids. A recently published U.K. study found about 4%…
As summer comes to a close, millions of Americans can reportedly expect the fall allergy season to be in “full force” this year. According to AccuWeather meteorologistsa>, fall allergies are often triggered by ragweed and the presence of mold. < “Fall allergies are typically triggered by ragweed, and the pollen from these types of plants that…
The number of weekly infectious-disease cases among children has climbed to the highest figure seen since the pandemic began, in what the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) described as an exponential increase since early summer with 251,781 new weekly infections. “As of September 2, over 5 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the…
Frequent cannabis use among young adults was associated with an increased risk — albeit low — of a heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart attack<in the Canadian Medical Association Journal drew from an annual CDC-led survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), among 33,173 adults aged 18 to 44, of which 4,610 reported recent cannabis use. Study authors…