Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Flu has come early this winter, and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because of a new mutated version of the virus which is circulating. The NHS has already sent out a “flu jab SOS” encouraging vulnerable people to get their free vaccination. But should you…
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A boy receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi. — Reuters/File ABU DHABI: Pakistan has emerged as a central focus of a global polio funding drive after international donors pledged $1.9 billion in Abu Dhabi to accelerate eradication efforts, with Pakistan remaining one of only two countries where…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A large-scale international study found that creative activities such as music, dance, painting and even certain video games may help keep the brain biologically “younger.” Researchers from 13 countries — including teams at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and SWPS University in Poland — analyzed brain data…
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine committee on Thursday deferred crucial votes on hepatitis B vaccines for babies until Friday, saying it will give members more time to review proposed language on the measure. One panel member, Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at the Dartmouth Geisel School of…
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San Francisco sues ultra-processed food makers – CBS News Watch CBS News In San Francisco on Tuesday, city attorney David Chiu announced the first government lawsuit of its kind against 11 companies that manufacture ultra-processed foods. Elizabeth Cook reports. Source link
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe. “One in six people worldwide experience infertility during their lifetime,” said Pascale Allotey, the global health body’s head of sexual and reproductive health. “The condition affects individuals…
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Every winter, Delhi-NCR wakes up to a familiar scene – hazy skies, burning eyes, and a sharp sting with every breath. Most people talk about sore throats, wheezing, and masks becoming a second skin. But there is another organ quietly fighting for survival in this toxic air: the human brain. We often think of pollution…
Drug maker Novo Nordisk says semaglutide, the active ingredient for the weight loss jab Wegovy, does not slow Alzheimer’s – despite initial hopes that it might help against dementia. Researchers began two large trials involving more than 3,800 people after reports the medicine was having an impact in the real world. But the studies showed…
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A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup, which has been linked to the deaths of multiple children in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India. — Reuters Indian officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to…
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Pakistan built a world-class Polio system. Then 40,000 Karachi families said no Forty thousand Karachi families refused polio vaccines this year. In a city where the virus circulates through every district, those refusals represent the gap between Pakistan’s impressive polio infrastructure and its inability to close the final mile of eradication. Pakistan has cut polio…
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