Ask the Pediatrician: Can probiotics help children with stomach issues after taking antibiotics? Q: My daughter had to take antibiotics and they seem to have given her some tummy issues. Can probiotics help restore gut balance? Feb 21, 2022 0 5
Bucks County teen traveled to Philadelphia to get vaccinated against his parents' wishes High school junior Nicolas Montero stays busy. He runs track, works night and weekend shifts at Burger King, and keeps on top of his schoolwork at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Feb 21, 2022 0 3
People living in poverty or disadvantage are three times more likely to die from COVID than the wealthy Newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show people living in poverty or disadvantage are three times more likely to die from COVID than the wealthy. Feb 21, 2022 0 34
Former Obama staffer with ALS helps pass law for ALS patients to get quicker access to drugs Brian Wallach can only move two fingers, but that's not stopping him from using his voice. Feb 21, 2022 0 25
One in four Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP, a program that insures low-income kids As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program. Feb 21, 2022 0 20
FDA clears first smartphone app to deliver insulin doses Add one feature to the technological Swiss army knife that is your smartphone: the ability to deliver doses of insulin. Feb 21, 2022 0 10
Clove oil: Ideal weapon against mosquitoes The effectiveness of eugenol—an eco-friendly, plant-based insecticide that is mainly extracted from cloves—in killing the larvae of mosquitoes can be greatly enhanced by the addition of chemicals called synergists, says ... Feb 21, 2022 0 22
Delayed US sodium targets may cost 250,000 lives Last October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a set of short-term, voluntary goals for lowering salt levels in foods—five years after they were proposed in 2016. A new study published today in Hypertension—a ... Feb 21, 2022 0 8
Why young children are hyper-optimistic While people tend to have an optimism bias at any age, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General study reports that this is particularly true among children, and declines as they grow up into adolescence. As they grow ... Feb 21, 2022 0 29
Researchers create minimalistic SARS-CoV-2 virions and discover the spike protein switching mechanism Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and their collaborators at the Max Planck Bristol Center for Minimal Biology at the University of Bristol have developed a new approach to study SARS-CoV-2. ... Feb 21, 2022 0 436