Vaccination
Useful protection or not warranted? Third jab debate rages
Should a third dose of COVID vaccine be recommended for the general population?
Sep 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Long-term disabilities linked to TB
It's estimated that a quarter of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis (TB).
Sep 9, 2021
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Health
Exposure to traffic noise linked to higher dementia risk
Exposure to noise from traffic on roads and railways over a long period is associated with a higher risk of developing dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease, suggests a study from Denmark published in The BMJ today.
Sep 8, 2021
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Vaccination
Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17, becoming one of the first African countries to inoculate that age group.
Sep 1, 2021
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Health
Common pesticide may contribute to global obesity crisis
A commonly-used pesticide could be partially responsible for the global obesity epidemic, says a study led by McMaster University scientists.
Aug 27, 2021
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Pediatrics
Likely extra 267,000 infant deaths in 2020 prompted by COVID-19 economic downturn
An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low and middle income countries as a result of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, finds a modeling study, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Aug 23, 2021
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Health informatics
Digital health is a vital tool: How to make it more sustainable
The pandemic has shown us the extraordinary potential of digital health to fight global health inequalities by providing expanded access to healthcare: as well as by better informing our responses to health crises.
Aug 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO urges China to share raw data on early COVID cases
The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest COVID-19 cases to revive the pandemic origins probe—and release information to address the controversial lab leak theory.
Aug 12, 2021
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Surgery
Against expectations, patients who isolate before surgery 20% more likely to develop post-operative lung complications
New research published in Anaesthesia shows that, against expectations, patients isolating before surgery (mainly to avoid COVID-19 and its complications) are actually at a 20% increased risk of developing post-operative ...
Aug 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu shot found to protect against severe effects of COVID-19
In a newly published study, physician-scientists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19.
Aug 4, 2021
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