Health Highlights: April 11, 2023
Move to ‘green’ school buses could boost kids’ class attendance. Outdated buses actually wind up costing kids many days of education, thanks to the clouds of diesel exhaust left in their wake, a new study argues. Read more1 in 5 American adults say th…
Learn MorePushing Homeless Out of Encampments Can Bring Deadly Toll: Study
TUESDAY, April 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Forcibly moving homeless people away from their encampments is a widespread practice in the United States. And it may be killing them.A new study found significant spikes in deaths, overdoses and hospitaliza…
Learn MoreShutting Down Nuclear Plants Could Cost Thousands of U.S. Lives as Pollutants Rise
TUESDAY, April 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Even as many U.S. nuclear reactors reach the end of their estimated life spans, the country still gets nearly 20% of its power from these sites. Now, new research claims that shutting them down could increas…
Learn MoreIn Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race
TUESDAY, April 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In the early days of the mpox virus outbreak in the United States, vaccines got to the states that needed them but distribution was unequal across racial groups, new research reveals.Black and Hispanic patie…
Learn More‘Baby-Proofing’ Your House: A New Parent’s Guide
TUESDAY, April 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There are too many heartbreaking stories of babies and young children suffering serious injury or even death due to an accident in the home. You hope it doesn’t happen to your family, and taking preventive m…
Learn MoreReview Quantifies Incidence of HIV, Hep C in Persons Who Inject Drugs
MONDAY, April 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among people who inject drugs (PWID), the pooled incidences of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are 1.7 and 12.1 per 100 person-years, respectively, with increased risks in young PWID and in women, according t…
Learn MoreAmerican Academy of Dermatology, March 17 to 21
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology was held from March 17 to 21 in New Orleans and attracted more than 12,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others inter…
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