Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nipah virus outbreak in India: What you need to know
There has been an outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in Kerala, India. Five people have caught the virus, two of whom have died.
Sep 20, 2023
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News tagged with medical workers
Surgery
A safer way to handle surgical scalpel blades
When tasked with redesigning a medical device, four biomedical engineering majors focused their attention on scalpels. Specifically, the blade packaging for the tool.
Mar 7, 2018
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Other
How pharmacists and community health workers build trust with Cambodian genocide survivors
Wartime trauma paired with starting over in a new country make getting health care particularly challenging for immigrant refugees. Talking to a doctor or getting prescriptions filled in an unfamiliar language is hard enough. ...
May 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression and anxiety rife among doctors during first and second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
High levels of anxiety and depression among medical doctors have been recorded in a new cross-country study that finds Italian doctors most likely to have experienced mental health symptoms during the pandemic.
Nov 2, 2021
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Health
EXPLAINER: Why expansion of vaccine to smokers caused a stir
New Jersey this week made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line.
Jan 16, 2021
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Vaccination
CDC panel meets Tuesday to vote on COVID-19 vaccine priority
A panel of U.S. advisers will meet Tuesday to vote on how scarce, initial supplies of a COVID-19 vaccine will be given out once one has been approved.
Nov 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New guidelines for emerging tick-borne disease
Babesiosis is a rapidly emerging tick-borne disease that threatens unsuspecting victims with moderate to severe illness.
Dec 8, 2020
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Health informatics
Medical AI tool gets human thumbs-up in first study
A new artificial intelligence computer program created by researchers at the University of Florida and NVIDIA can generate doctors' notes so well that two physicians couldn't tell the difference, according to an early study ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Medications
US abortion ruling threatens access to arthritis drug
When Alabama nurse Melissa went to pick up her regular prescription for rheumatoid arthritis last week, she was told the drug was "on hold" while the pharmacist checked she wasn't going to use it to induce an abortion.
Jul 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals
Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous ...
Feb 4, 2020
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