Un anticuerpo monoclonal podría ayudar a prevenir la malaria
JUEVES, 4 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores reportan unos hallazgos tempranos, pero alentadores, sobre una potencial forma nueva de prevenir la malaria, un antiguo enemigo que sigue siendo una importante causa de muerte en todo…
Learn MorePersistence of Somatic Symptoms After COVID-19 Quantified
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Persistent symptoms at 90 to 150 days after COVID-19 can be attributed to COVID-19 in 12.7 percent of patients, according to a study published in the Aug. 6 issue of The Lancet.
Aranka V. Ballering, from the …
Learn MoreCOVID May Be Tied to Rise in Brain Infections in Children
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 may be linked to a rise in bacterial brain infections in children, a new study suggests.When the pandemic hit, doctors at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., saw …
Learn More1 in 8 COVID Patients Will Develop Long COVID, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Numerous people have reported lingering or new symptoms after a COVID-19 infection, though exactly how many people are struggling with long COVID has remained unclear. Now, a new Dutch study finds about one of …
Learn MoreNew Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – New Yorkers who aren’t vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties.The finding com…
Learn MorePost-COVID-19 Symptoms, Conditions ID’d in U.S. Children
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Postinfection symptoms and conditions with elevated adjusted hazard ratios among children and adolescents with versus without COVID-19 are described in a report published in the Aug. 5 issue of the U.S. Ce…
Learn MoreU.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus.”We’re prepared to take our re…
Learn MoreCDC Set to Ease COVID-19 Guidance, Including for Schools
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Americans could see an easing of COVID-19 social distancing recommendations as soon as this week. Updated guidance expected from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would change current reco…
Learn MoreAustralia’s Current Flu Season Is Tough: Will America’s Be the Same?
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the worst flu season in five years winds down in Australia, U.S. health officials are bracing for similar severity this coming fall.
Australia’s flu season had a big impact on children. Children ages 5…
Learn MoreU.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden Administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus.“We’re prepared to take our re…
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