Vaccination
Am I fully vaccinated without a COVID-19 vaccine booster?
Am I fully vaccinated without a COVID-19 vaccine booster?
Sep 30, 2021
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News tagged with health care organizations
Ophthalmology
Israel makes dramatic advance in blindness prevention
According to the World Health Organization, 80% of blindness is preventable or treatable—but it remains a severe health concern across the globe, even in industrialized countries.
Jul 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Time to encourage people to wear face masks as a precaution, say experts
It's time to encourage people to wear face masks as a precautionary measure on the grounds that we have little to lose and potentially something to gain, say experts in The BMJ today.
Apr 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indonesia should explore whether tuberculosis vaccine BCG can protect against COVID-19
Researchers are investigating whether the anti-turberculosis vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), which appears to protect recipients from other respiratory infections, could protect against COVID-19.
Jun 26, 2020
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Health
Internal medicine physicians call for improved access and quality in health care for incarcerated patients
Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to, and quality of, health care for the U.S. jail and prison population says the American College of Physicians (ACP). "Health ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Health
Review study explores causes of physical inactivity
A new review of more than 500 studies examines the environmental and physiological causes of physical inactivity and the role it plays in the development of chronic disease. The article is published in Physiological Reviews.
Oct 5, 2017
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Health
NY bill would require bachelor's degrees for RNs
(AP) -- New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, ...
Dec 30, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Opinion: With COVID, flu and RSV circulating, it's time to return to mask mandates
The number of children and babies with respiratory illnesses currently exceeds the capacity of our health system to care for them. More adult Canadians will die directly of COVID-19 this year than died last year or in 2020.
Nov 21, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
No safety concerns seen with use of dapivirine vaginal ring during third trimester of pregnancy
A vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine posed no safety concerns when used in the third trimester of pregnancy, according to results to date from the first study of the dapivirine ring during pregnancy ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is 'medium COVID' and is it really a thing? Health experts aren't convinced.
After two years of living with COVID-19, health experts have learned the disease can come in many forms. People can experience mild COVID-19, asymptomatic COVID-19 or long COVID-19.
Apr 5, 2022
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