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New booster shots cut risk of symptomatic COVID-19

WASHINGTON — The new bivalent COVID-19 booster shots are up to 56% more effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infection than the two original COVID-19 vaccines in adults ages 18 and up, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the 'triple threat' means for children

Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are ending up at emergency departments and hospitals.

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The tragedy of sudden infant death syndrome: A pediatrician explains how to protect your baby

Each year, about 3,400 U.S. infants die suddenly and unexpectedly while sleeping, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Oct. 12, 2022, SciLine interviewed Dr. Rachel Moon, professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia and the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on…

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The COVID "Franken-virus" threat

A hybrid "Deltacron" strain could overtake BQ.1.1 as the most prevalent COVID strain. Here's what that would mean

Salon

Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs

As COVID-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists and public health nurses were hired by a nonprofit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to plug the holes at battered public health departments on the front lines.

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COVID-19 booster uptake remains low, despite growing evidence they’re as good as older shots

DENVER — More than two months into the campaign to get people to take updated COVID-19 boosters, only about 8% of people who are eligible have received the shot, though about 23% of those 65 and older have, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

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8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist.

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Ky Health Commissioner talks COVID, flu, and RSV viruses

Influenza is definitely making its presence known in school classrooms and in communities across the state. Kentucky's public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls it the quickest and sharpest uprise of flu in a decade.

WEKU

Editorial: The discomfiting reality of life expectancy: It’s about economics and opportunity

Life expectancy is down across the United States for the second year in a row — from an average of 77 years in 2020 to 76.1 years in 2021 — with much of the drop attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. But an even more troubling and persistent trend is evident…

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Vaping is just as bad as cigarettes for your heart, landmark study finds

This study gives more evidence that vapes are not the risk-free alternative to smoking that companies make them out to be. Tobacco, however, is still thought to be worse for health than e-cigarettes because of its connection lung cancer and breathing issues

Daily Mirror

COVID vaccines should be added to next year’s vaccination schedule, CDC advisory panel says

COVID-19 shots should be added to both the childhood and adult vaccination schedules for 2023, according to an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children

The Independent UK

CDC admonishes Tucker Carlson for falsely claiming it will require Covid shots for public school children

The Fox News host attacked the CDC after being indirectly called out on Twitter

The Independent UK

Editorial: Florida surgeon general’s COVID vaccine ‘study’ is politics dressed up as science

This far into the pandemic, tens of millions of Americans have received mRNA COVID vaccines, following vast medical trials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration continue to review the safety of the vaccines, part of what the CDC calls “the most intense safety…

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Breast cancer in Hispanic women in the US, importance of screening

Breast cancer can affect all people, regardless of race or gender. It's the second-leading cause of cancer death for women overall. And for Hispanic women in the U.S., it's the leading cause of cancer death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Independent UK

US to screen Uganda passengers for Ebola virus as cases surge

The screenings have been ordered by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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CDC: No Suspected US Cases of Ebola From Sudan Strain

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday it had no suspected or confirmed US Ebola cases from the Sudan strain cases but urged healthcare workers to be aware of an outbreak in Uganda. The CDC said it was "important for clinicians to obtain a detailed travel history…

The Independent UK

US to screen Uganda passengers for Ebola virus as cases surge

The screenings have been ordered by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Commentary: Now that the CDC has dropped masking, a plea to doctors and hospitals

With a one-two punch, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have tossed tens of millions of Americans at high risk of death and disability from COVID-19 into a sea of contagion without any clear guidance for infection prevention and control.

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Mayo Clinic Minute: What is atrial fibrillation?

Nearly 3 million Americans are living with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, according to the American Heart Association. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that number could be as high as 12 million by the start of the next decade.

The Independent UK

CDC issues alert on new respiratory virus that can paralyze children

‘EV-D68 has been associated with acute flaccid myelitis, a rare but serious neurologic complication involving limb weakness,’ CDC says

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Commentary: Did the US jump the gun with the new omicron-targeted vaccines?

Last month, the FDA authorized omicron-specific vaccines, accompanied by breathless science-by-press release and a media blitz. Just days after the FDA’s move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed, recommending updated boosters for anyone age 12 and up who had received at least two doses of the original COVID-19…

Salon

Why won't fluoride conspiracies die?

The political and social forces that spurred anti-fluoride conspiracies seem to have trickled down to the pandemic

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Consumer Health: When suicidal thoughts seem overwhelming

Suicide affects people of all ages and is a leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC

It’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing a barrage of criticism for repeatedly mishandling its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently monkeypox, the agency has acknowledged it failed and needs to change.

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