Researchers have identified a new illness in humans, linked to a virus previously found only in aquatic animals, specifically the Covert Mortality Nodavirus (CMNV), through analysis of eye tissue from affected patients, revealing that three-quarters of them had direct contact with or consumed raw seafood, suggesting a potential route of transmission. #VirusResearch #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases
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Čína se potýká s virem, který útočí na zrak. Na lidi se přenáší od mořských tvorů
Vědci zpočátku nevěděli, co tuto nemoc způsobuje, takže ani netušili, proč příznaků nemoci v posledních letech tolik přibylo.
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Pfizer's Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle - The Boston Globe
The vaccine could represent a weapon for preventing Lyme, a bacterial infection carried by ticks that is diagnosed and treated in an estimated 476,000 people in the US each year, as well as 132,000 annually in Europe.
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White House navigates vaccine politics, midterm risks in CDC director search - The Boston Globe
Fletcher, Edney and Marine - who have significantly different expertise and political backers - reflect the complicated dynamics administration officials are navigating as they seek a leader for the $9 billion agency facing a cascade of challenges and a prolonged leadership vacuum.
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Meningitis cases rise as vaccine queues continue
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The number of confirmed or suspected cases of meningitis in Kent has risen from 29 to 34, the UK Health Security Agency has said.
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Parents are refusing routine preventative care for newborns at rising rates, study finds
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn't get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding.
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It's not just vaccines -- parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns - The Boston Globe
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.
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Alberta to shutter supervised drug consumption sites in Calgary, Lethbridge
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CALGARY -- The Alberta government announced Friday it's shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption site.
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Midwife-led perinatal care tied to lower childhood vaccination rates
Children whose mothers received most of their perinatal care from midwives were less likely to be fully vaccinated on schedule and more likely to have delayed or refused routine immunizations than those cared for primarily by physicians, according to an observational study published this week in Vaccine.
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Federal Court Shoots Down MAHA Changes to Childhood Vaccine Schedule in Brazen Judicial Overreach
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Pharmaceutical industry front group posing as a society of medical professionals, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and its collaborators recently prevailed in federal court in efforts to thwart the MAHA Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on several key fronts.
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SNAP benefits update: Trump's cuts could lead to 70,000 deaths
New estimates from the left-leaning Center for American Progress (CAP) think tank project nearly 70,000 avoidable deaths linked to enrollment losses from expanded work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Meningitis victim's father: My healthy daughter died in 12 hours - all teenagers need jabs
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The father of a grammar school pupil who died in the Kent meningitis outbreak has revealed she died within 12 hours of being admitted to hospital.
