Health

Mothers need more 'exclusive breastfeeding' support, study says

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is proven to protect both mother and child health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2015 and 2021, 48% of mothers breastfed exclusively, meaning ...

Oncology & Cancer

Flu vaccination and cancer

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mayo Clinic recommend a yearly flu vaccination for everyone six months and older, with rare exceptions. Vaccination is your best defense against flu. If you haven't gotten ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Novel study design could improve research on future pandemics

A special report published in The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine describes the design, operations, and methodology of the COVID Immunity Study, a large-scale scientific study by ADLM that took place in September 2021. ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

CDC: Admission rate to ICU 1.8 per 1,000 live births for mothers

For mothers delivering live-born infants in 2020 to 2022, the admission rate to an intensive care unit (ICU) was 1.8 per 1,000 live births, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

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