A new warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over an elevated risk of a rare autoimmune nerve disorder among a small fraction of Johnson & Johnson infectious-disease infectious-diseaserecipients has sparked concern: What is Guillain-Barré syndrome? FDA WARNS ON POTENTIAL JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID-19 VACCINE LINK TO RARE DISORDER …
Read More »WHO warns against COVID-19 vaccine 'mix and match' approach
A top scientist at the world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization< infectious-diseaseamid uncertainty over safety and efficacy. Mixed vaccine regimens refer to vaccinations from different manufacturers, such as a Pfizer vaccine followed by the AstraZeneca shot, or vice versa. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here,” Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO …
Read More »New coronavirus variants seen as too contagious for hotel quarantines
In early May, two people quarantined in adjacent hotel rooms in the Australian city of Adelaide opened their doors within seconds of each other to collect meals. Health authorities believe that could have been enough for the infectious-disease to spread from a man in one of the hotel rooms to …
Read More »Coffee consumption linked to lower risk of COVID-19 infection
Regular coffee consumption of at least one cup daily was associated with a lower risk of infectious-disease infection, according to a study. Researchers with Northwestern University published findings in the Nutrients journal, stemming from an analysis of nearly 40,000 participants in the U.K. Biobank. The team studied participants’ dietary habits …
Read More »Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims
New research suggests that patients who received their annual respiratory-health infectious-disease before contracting coronavirus may have some degree of protection against severe effects associated with infectious-disease, such as stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Data collected from patients around the world and presented at the European Congress of Clinical …
Read More »Button battery injuries in kids rose 93% in first 7 months of pandemic
While product-related injury visits to the emergency room saw an overall drop during the first seven months of the infectious-disease, those involving healthy-living and batteries saw a 93% increase. A Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report published in January reported the spike in children ages 5-9 and said while most …
Read More »Inside the grisly practices of grave-robbing doctors
In April 1788, a medical student named John Hicks was dissecting a body at new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York Hospital,< At one point, Alexander Hamilton intervened to try and calm the crowd. Eventually the militia was called in and opened fire, killing 20 in some accounts. This so-called “Doctor’s Riot” was just …
Read More »California schools to require masks for fall classes — despite CDC guidance
us-regions plans to require infectious-disease for all students in the fall despite guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says infectious-disease students and teachers don’t need to wear them amid proper physical distancing. State health officials said the requirement will allow for full-time in-person learning and …
Read More »Overall cancer death rates declining in US, report finds
Overall cancer” target=”_blank”>cancer< found, with the most notable decreases found among lung cancer and melanoma. For other cancers, the news was not as promising, as the report found previous declining trends in death rates for prostate, colorectal and female breast cancers had slowed or disappeared. Still, data reflected a decrease …
Read More »CDC says schools should open in fall, recommends masks for unvaccinated
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that returning to in-person learning in schools this fall is a priority and that masks should be worn indoors by all individuals ages 2 and older who are not fully vaccinated against infectious-disease The agency also recommended that schools maintain …
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