Medications
Q&A: How the future of medicine looks to the FDA's top drug regulator
If there's anyone in the United States who can see the future of medicine, it's Dr. Janet Woodcock.
Sep 6, 2019
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Vaccination
New Facebook, Instagram pop-ups counter vaccine misinformation
(HealthDay)—Educational pop-up windows will now appear on Facebook and Instagram when people search for vaccine-related content.
Sep 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Israeli dies after contracting measles on flight from New York
An Israeli flight attendant has died months after contracting measles on a flight from New York to Tel Aviv, Israel's health ministry and local media said Wednesday.
Aug 14, 2019
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Vaccination
Anti-vaccine movement a 'man-made' health crisis, scientists warn
The anti-vaccination movement is now a global crisis, an international panel of scientists say, and everyone must do more to combat it.
Jul 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fight vaccine hesitancy as 'contagious disease', UN meeting told
Faced with a global resurgence of measles, health experts called Tuesday for countries to step up the fight against vaccine resistance, warning the movement was spreading like a contagious disease.
May 21, 2019
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Neuroscience
Can you wake up after decades in a coma? The story behind the headlines
In 1991, a car crash left Munira Abdulla, a 32-year-old woman from the United Arab Emirates, with devastating brain injuries. Doctors reportedly thought she might never regain full consciousness. However, in late 2018, almost ...
May 1, 2019
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Health
Anti-vaxxers appear to be losing ground in the online vaccine debate
As measles outbreaks spread across the U.S., our new look at how information about vaccine safety and reliability spreads online suggests that the tide may be turning against the anti-vaccination movement.
Apr 2, 2019
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Health
Panicked Hawaiians swarmed social media during nuke attack false alarm
(HealthDay)—First came confusion, shock and fear, as people struggled to process the emergency warning they'd received.
Feb 21, 2019
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Genetics
China's second gene-edited foetus is 12-14 weeks old: scientist
The second woman carrying a gene-edited foetus in China could now be 12 to 14 weeks into her pregnancy, according to a US physician in close contact with the researcher who claimed to have created the world's first genetically-modified ...
Jan 22, 2019
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Chinese children given expired polio vaccines in latest scare
At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year.
Jan 11, 2019
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