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Australia’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.Why? The flu season in Southern Hemisphere countries like Australia can o…

Barriers to Advance Care Planning ID’d for Sexual/Gender Minorities

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Discrimination in the health care system is an important barrier to advance care planning for sexual and gender-minority (SGM) people, according to a study published online July 20 in JAMA Network Open.Amanda…

Many Insured Cancer Patients Pay No OOP Costs for Genetic Counseling

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Commercially insured patients with cancer typically have low costs for genetic counseling, according to a research letter published online July 29 in JAMA Health Forum.

Mya L. Roberson, Ph.D., from the Va…

Sinonasal Symptoms Less Common in Regular Cannabis Users

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of sinonasal symptoms is lower among regular cannabis users than nonusers, according to a study published online July 28 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.Francis Reyes Orozco, from th…

Monoclonal Antibody Might Help Prevent Malaria

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are reporting early but encouraging findings on a potential new way to prevent malaria — an old foe that still ranks as a major killer worldwide.In a small trial of healthy volunteers, U.S. govern…

CDC Set to Ease COVID 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 recomme…

‘Social Contagion’ Isn’t Causing Adolescents to Become Trans, Study Finds

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – A “social contagion” theory that suggests teens, and girls in particular, are being influenced by their peers to become transgender is baseless, a new study finds.“The hypothesis that transgender and gender-di…

Women Exposed to Racism at Higher Odds for Premature Delivery

THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Numerous studies have found discrimination can hurt aspects of human health.Now, new research adds to that the impact of discrimination on the youngest humans by linking discrimination with a heightened risk …

Racial, Ethnic-Minority Infants Older at First Cystic Fibrosis Evaluation

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) from racial and ethnic-minority groups have an older median age at first event (AFE: age at sweat test, encounter, and/or care episode), according to a study published onl…

Just 8 Percent of Americans Lack Health Insurance, a Record Low

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans without health insurance continues to drop, reaching 8 percent in 2022 — a record low. That leaves about 26 million people living in America without health insurance. The announcemen…