Gerontology & Geriatrics
CDC panel backs RSV shots for seniors
An advisory panel of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Wednesday to recommend the first RSV vaccines for seniors.
Jun 22, 2023
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News tagged with respiratory diseases
Medical economics
Short-term exposure to PM2.5 increases hospital admission risks and costs in China
In a worrying revelation for global health, fine particulate matter, specifically particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm, has been flagged as a serious threat to populations around the world. A recent ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kawasaki disease linked to air pollution from intensive agriculture and urban emissions
A study led by ISGlobal shows that the incidence of Kawasaki disease in Japan increases when fine metal-laden aerosols are detected in the atmosphere. These aerosols come from the area known as the "breadbasket of China," ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Pediatrics
FDA panel backs RSV vaccine for infants, some toddlers
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve an RSV vaccine for infants and some toddlers.
Jun 9, 2023
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Health
Smoke from Canadian wildfires blackens skies, prompts air quality alerts in much of US
Wildfires that have been spreading throughout Canada in recent weeks are now spewing tons of smoke southward into the United States.
Jun 8, 2023
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Health
Investigating healthy lifestyle and mortality in osteoarthritis
Healthy lifestyles are thought to reduce mortality in the general population, but it is not known whether the same is true in osteoarthritis. Fan and colleagues present new data on the topic at the 2023 annual congress of ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What is a panic attack?
A panic attack is an episode of intense fear with an abrupt onset, lasting from several minutes to up to an hour. It has many mental and physical symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, chest ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A little-known respiratory virus, HMPV, surged this spring. What you need to know
If you came down with a respiratory infection in the spring and it wasn't influenza (flu), COVID-19 or RSV, it may have been a virus you've never heard of.
Jun 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US approves second RSV vaccine
The US drug regulator approved a second vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), its American developer Pfizer said Wednesday, a month after the authorization of the first shot against the pathogen, a leading cause ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Addiction
Forum of International Respiratory Societies calls for action to prevent young people from taking up smoking
On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2023, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which The American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is encouraging policy makers to take steps to prevent young people ...
May 31, 2023
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