With the potential for a big outbreak of flu this winter, it is more important than ever to make sure that children get the flu vaccine as soon as possible, according to flu trackers. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends everyone over the age of 6 months get an annual flu shot, ideally by the […]
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Chief Medical Officer Was Silenced in Canada’s Residential Schools
The discovery in recent months of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at the sites of former indigenous residential schools in Canada has brought an ugly chapter of the country’s history back into the spotlight. Residential school survivors are sharing their stories at events across the country as part of the first National Day for Truth […]
Flu Shot Highly Recommended This Year
With the Delta variant of COVID-19 still raging in the United States and intensive care units in parts of the country filled with patients with the coronavirus, experts are voicing concern about the added risk of a difficult flu season. Two mathematical models are predicting a big rebound in the number and severity of flu […]
Attacks on American Agents Leave Baffling Battle Scars
The piercing sound was so loud that night it awoke the official assigned to the US embassy in Cuba who was trying to sleep at home in Havana. Intense pressure to the face followed the stabbing noise as the civil servant ached in pain with nausea and dizziness. When the mysterious commotion in the dark […]
Floating Holograms Coming to a Clinic Near You
Airborne three-dimensional holograms are a staple of science fiction, from Princess Leia’s cry for help in Star Wars to the holodeck on Star Trek. Now, Daniel Smalley, an electrical engineer at Brigham Young University, is making them a reality in a way that could allow healthcare workers to display the human anatomy in 3D to […]
New Clues Show How the Immune System Fights COVID-19
When the immune system detects an invading virus like COVID-19, it sends swarms of antibodies to latch on to it, blocking its ability to attach to cells and marking it for destruction by other cells. Now, new research shows in striking detail how that process works in people who have successfully recovered from COVID-19 and […]
Feds Investigating Telehealth Charges in Upsurge
With telehealth restrictions eased during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to limit potential exposure to the virus, virtual care has become more common and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is monitoring for misuse. Read more in Medscape.
No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year’s Vaccine Prep
Experts predicted that the 2019/20 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere would be a bad one. And then it wasn’t. The COVID-19 pandemic hit, international travel ground to a halt, physical distancing and mask wearing became more common, and the flu went away. Read more in Medscape.
Averting COVID Hospitalizations With Monoclonal Antibodies
The United States has allocated more than 641,000 monoclonal antibody treatments for outpatients to ease pressure on strained hospitals, but officials from Operation Warp Speed report that more than half of that reserve sits unused as clinicians grapple with best practices. Read more in Medscape.