The sudden, unexpected and medically unexplained death of an infant during sleep, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is not yet fully understood. A European research group has now presented a new explanatory model in an ...
Jul 29, 2024
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In a new study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that the total amount of antibiotics prescribed to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) decreased ...
Jul 23, 2024
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If you're suffering through another sweltering day this July, the effects of extreme heat may seem painfully obvious. But the fallout from soaring temperatures goes far beyond sweatiness, dehydration or heat stroke.
Jul 9, 2024
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New evidence has emerged about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles County, as shown by a study in the journal PLOS ONE. Scientists at USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) ...
Jul 18, 2024
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As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, cemented reputations as hotspots of the crisis.
Jul 17, 2024
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Youth in the United States have increased mortality relative to 16 comparison countries, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Jul 10, 2024
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In a study published in Harm Reduction Journal, a team led by CUNY SPH researchers examined why Connecticut's good Samaritan laws aren't working as intended to reduce opioid deaths.
Jul 22, 2024
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COVID-19 is still driving Australia's above-average mortality rate, research showed on Monday, with experts predicting the disease's impact will continue to be felt for years to come.
Jul 29, 2024
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The numbers are staggering. In what the National Weather Service has described as a "never-ending heat wave," records continued to fall across the West this week: 120 degrees Farenheit (49 degrees Celsius) in Las Vegas; a ...
Jul 10, 2024
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About 3,400 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly in the U.S. every year, but these tragic events do not fall evenly across populations. Deaths are notably higher among Indigenous and Black infants compared with white infants, ...
Jul 9, 2024
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