High-dose flu shots reduce hospitalizations in older adults, study finds High-dose flu vaccines given to older adults lower pneumonia- and influenza-related (P&I) hospitalization, but there isn’t a difference in death rates between people who received the high-dose and ... 05/28/2024 - 11:03 am | View Link
An Experimental mRNA Vaccine Targets H5N1 Bird Flu MRNA vaccines, on the other hand, can be be produced as soon as scientist sequence the DNA of a virus. Using that sequence, scientist develop a mRNA molecule that, once injected, instructs cells to ... 05/28/2024 - 8:12 am | View Link
Researchers are developing an experimental bird flu mRNA vaccine Researchers are developing an mRNA-based vaccine against the contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that is spreading rapidly among poultry and cattle and has already infected two humans in the United States. 05/28/2024 - 4:32 am | View Link
Bird flu vaccines for laying hens prove effective in practice Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus that ravaged flocks around the world ... 05/28/2024 - 2:37 am | View Link
Global Health Initiatives: Bird Flu Vaccines, Indian Drugmakers' US Boost, Taiwan's Exclusion The United States and Europe are preparing H5N1 bird flu vaccines to protect at-risk workers, potentially averting a pandemic. Indian drugmakers are expected to see revenue increases in fiscal 2025 ... 05/27/2024 - 9:59 am | View Link
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the U. S., partly due to the cost of child-rearing and shifts in priorities. But "falling population and an elderly or aging population puts a lot of fiscal and economic pressures on society," says Economics Professor Melissa Kearney.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For some who see a therapist, just talking things through isn't enough. Drama therapy allows the patient to relive a moment or play out their biggest fears.