Vaccination
COVID queries: The speed of vaccine development
Q: How can I be expected to trust the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine when it was developed so rapidly?
Oct 7, 2021
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Medications
Fatal opioid overdoses on the rise in Canada
Fatal opioid overdoses jumped in Canada last year, especially in British Columbia, where the potent sedative fentanyl was detected in eight of 10 overdose deaths, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday.
Feb 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says coordinating with UK over monkeypox outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday it was coordinating with UK and other European health officials after British authorities detected at least seven cases of monkeypox this month.
May 17, 2022
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Health
Checklist prompters support ICU rounds
Rounding checklists can help hospital care teams improve patient outcomes, and new research points to the potential for patient-specific checklists as a valid way to effectively translate the latest evidence into clinical ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it
For almost three years, scientists have raced to understand the immune responses in patients who develop severe COVID-19, with an enormous effort aimed at defining where healthy immunity ends and destructive immunity begins.
Sep 1, 2022
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Health
Halving of alcohol-fueled car crashes since mid-1980s boosted US economy by $20 billion
The halving of alcohol-fuelled car crashes since the mid-1980s boosted US economic output by $20 billion, increased national income by $6.5 billion, and created 215,000 jobs in 2010, reveals an analysis of the economic impact ...
Apr 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil: 90 pct of most at-risk for yellow fever vaccinated
Ninety percent of people living in the areas most affected by a yellow fever outbreak in Brazil have been vaccinated, authorities said Thursday.
Feb 2, 2017
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Medical research
U.S. to partner with 50 countries to prevent future pandemics
The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will work with 50 nations worldwide to try to prevent global pandemics such as COVID-19, which brought the world to a standstill four years ago.
Apr 16, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says clinical trials soon for Ebola virus in Uganda
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that clinical trials could start within weeks on vaccines to combat the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda.
Oct 12, 2022
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Health informatics
Study results validate a rapid diagnostic test for sepsis in the emergency department
Critical care physician Hollis O'Neal, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's Baton Rouge campus, presented data that validate a rapid diagnostic test for sepsis at the American ...
May 23, 2023
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