Routine vaccine program disruptions and under-resourced health systems are driving a global decline in childhood measles vaccination rates post-COVID-19, a new study has found. University of Queensland researchers examined ...
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New research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that older adults who rely on electricity-dependent medical devices—such as ventilators, respirators and dialysis machines—may face substantial health ...
Oct 21, 2026
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A new study develops and tests DROID-RV, a deep learning model that estimates right ventricular size and function from echocardiograms, and assesses how those estimates relate to later health outcomes. Mostafa Al-Alusi, M.D., ...
Oct 20, 2026
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When outdoor temperatures spike to 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius), or drop to -9 F (-23 C), like they did across Pennsylvania last year, people locked up in jails and prisons cannot simply turn on the air conditioning ...
Oct 17, 2026
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Although more than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S., thousands of donated kidneys are discarded each year, often because they're slightly older, with fewer years of remaining function.
Oct 13, 2026
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Poorer people, on average, live shorter lives. This pattern can be seen even in wealthy countries with extensive welfare systems. In Norway, for example, 40-year-old men in the richest 1% could expect to live almost 14 years ...
Oct 10, 2026
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A study of almost 9,000 injury patients across Africa and South Asia has found that nearly half were dead or disabled after three months—highlighting the need for smarter, locally tailored trauma-care systems.
Oct 8, 2026
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Patients treated at for-profit hospitals experienced higher mortality and readmission rates, while nurses working in those hospitals reported less safe staffing and substantially worse working conditions, according to a new ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Rates of advanced-stage colorectal cancer are climbing in young patients, highlighting a need for increased vigilance, according to data presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition ...
Oct 2, 2026
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A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics provides evidence that being prepared to care for children in an emergency—and staying prepared over time—can be a matter of life and death.
Oct 1, 2026
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