The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning against severe monkeypox illness after the country reported its third patient death this week. The public health agency said via CNN it was aware of the latest monkeypox fatality, so it issued a new warning to health careRead More →
Every day, pregnant people across the United States get the news that the futures they imagined for their babies are at risk due to a fetal condition. It may be something relatively minor, like a small benign growth on a lung, or something major, like a life-threatening heart or developmentalRead More →
Scientists fear what could come next once monkeypox spreads in wild animals, and here’s why you should be worried too. After the first cast of human-to-dog transmission was reported in August, many got anxious on how this could become more common as the outbreak continues. But the problem was notRead More →
For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that’s not so. When Ravid Straussman, a cancer biologist at the Weizmann Institute ofRead More →
Nursing home residents could largely benefit from the second COVID-19 vaccine booster, according to a new study published this week. The study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Friday indicated that the second mRNA COVID-19 booster shots were effective in preventing hospitalizations andRead More →
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is still shaping up, to be honest. We do, however, hope to find time to catch up onRead More →
The negative effects of consuming alcohol have been studied and proven many times over, but this has not deterred people from indulging in excessive drinking. Scientists have now found an effective way to get people to lower their alcohol intake. The study, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, has foundRead More →
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ndonesia said it has granted emergency use approval to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company, becoming the first country, ahead of even China, to do so. Indonesia’s food and drugs agency (BPOM) greenlighted the use of Walvax Biotechnology’s mRNA vaccine, which has been in development for moreRead More →
The climate crisis — the greatest threat to human health in history — is often framed “in ways that pay little attention to its health dimensions,” as the authors of The Lancet’s annual “Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change” report were forced to remind us. This tragic realityRead More →