Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus likely here to stay, EU health agency chief says

The coronavirus will probably continue to circulate long-term despite the roll-out of vaccines, the head of the EU's ECDC health agency told AFP on Friday, urging Europe to keep its restrictions in place for now.

Health

Vaccinations belong on parents' back-to-school checklists

(HealthDay) -- Vaccinations among school-aged children can save lives and parents should be sure their children are fully immunized as part of their back-to-school preparations, according to a pediatric infectious disease ...

HIV & AIDS

Experts urge renewed push on US-Thai HIV vaccine

Health experts on Thursday called for trials of an HIV vaccine under development in Thailand to be speeded up following recent setbacks in other efforts to end the AIDS epidemic.

HIV & AIDS

Durable end to AIDS will require HIV vaccine development

Broader global access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapies and wider implementation of proven HIV prevention strategies could potentially control and perhaps end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. However, a safe and at least moderately ...

Health

Study finds severe COVID-19 twice as common among bus drivers

Bus drivers were at double the risk of being hospitalized for severe COVID-19 in the later stages of the pandemic, and several occupations in education and health care were also at risk of serious illness. This has been shown ...

Oncology & Cancer

Cancer kills less in US, but prevention lacking

Fewer people are dying from cancer in the United States, but a government report published Monday warned that a lack of preventative measures could stem a steady decline in mortality rates.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Flu tightens its grip on U.S.

(HealthDay)—The 2013 flu season is living up to its advance billing as one of the worst in years.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles killed more than 140,000 amid stagnating vaccine rates

More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US authorities said Thursday, the result of global vaccination rates that have stagnated for almost a decade.

Health

Messages for increasing parental confidence in HPV vaccine ID'd

(HealthDay)—Providing information on the benefits of vaccination, including cancer prevention, and avoiding expressing urgency to vaccinate can increase parent confidence in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, according ...

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