With public skepticism of vaccines and outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles on the rise, the New York State Department of Health over the past four years has barred 21 healthcare providers suspected of vaccine fraud from immunizing children, including nine who have practiced or lived on Long Island.The suspensions and permanent prohibitions came after investigations by … Read more
If you haven’t given much thought to covid-19 lately, that’s understandable. The impact of the coronavirus has “substantially diminished” since the early pandemic years, said William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As a result, “people are perhaps less attentive to covid.”
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Your cat shares a specific cancer-driving gene mutation with humans at nearly identical rates, a match that is reshaping how oncologists think about the disease. See the shared mutations →A single mutated gene found in feline breast tumors is now making certain chemotherapy drugs work better, and the same gene appears in aggressive human cancers … Read more
Scientists discover why Kent meningitis outbreak was so severe BBCScientists uncover why meningitis B outbreak in Kent was so dangerous The IndependentScientists reveal findings on meningitis B outbreak that killed two teenagers in Kent The IndependentWhy Kent meningitis outbreak that killed two students was so deadly – and how it will happen AGAIN The SunScientists … Read more
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images When I was 28, I spent a few days in sunny Cyprus, where I visited the Baths of Aphrodite, a spring-fed grotto where the Greek goddess of beauty supposedly liked to take a dip. Ignoring the “Stay away from the water” signs, I slipped under a rope and … Read more
Health officials are warning of possible measles exposures this month at Busch Stadium and several bars and businesses in the St. Louis area.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that people may have been exposed to measles at several locations between Sept. 12 and Sept. 14.The most prominent was at Busch Stadium, … Read more
Americans are drinking less for the first time since the pandemic, but alcohol use remains higher than it was before 2020, according to a study published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.The decline in drinking rates, though modest at roughly 1%, is welcome news after heavy alcohol use spiked sharply during the pandemic, … Read more
A bat that was found in downtown Minneapolis last week has tested positive for rabies, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).Health officials are working to identify anyone who may have had contact with the bat, and they are urging those people to contact a healthcare provider.The bat was found on Sept. 15 around … Read more
A cancer treatment has reached a remarkable milestone. While Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown promising effects on blood cancers, like particular types of leukemia or lymphoma, its effects are limited when treating solid tumors — until now. A 3-year-old boy battling chemo-resistant cancer that had spread from his liver to his lungs … Read more