FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Kids with type 1 diabetes and their closest relatives are more likely to experience mental health issues than people without the disease, Swedish researchers report. “Many clinicians assume intuitively that diabetes in a child negatively affects the mental health of both the patient and the family members,” said… read on > read on >
The Biden Administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus. “We’re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility… read on > read on >
Splash pads — those shallow pools of wet, cooling summertime fun for kids — can also be sources of nasty gastro infections for youngsters who swallow water during their play. That’s the take-home lesson from a new analysis of outbreaks of two bacterial illnesses, shigellosis and norovirus, that struck kids frolicking in a splash pad… read on > read on >
Add more frequent headaches in kids who are already vulnerable to them to the list of ills associated with the pandemic. Before the pandemic, 60% of kids reported headaches on less than 15 days of the month. After the start of the pandemic, this number fell to 50%. What’s more, the percentage of kids reporting… read on > read on >
Vital Signs Aug (HCV) Press Statement_EMBARGOED_ (1).pdf Less than one-third of people with hepatitis C get treatment for this potentially deadly, but curable, infection within a year of their diagnosis, a new government report warns. Spread by contact with blood from an infected person, hepatitis C is a viral disease that inflames the liver and… read on > read on >
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. government researchers found that a lab-engineered antibody protected most participants from infection with the malaria parasite — including all of… read on > read on >
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 recommendations for schools and some other community settings, sources familiar with the plans told CNN. “The CDC is… read on > read on >
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-diverse youth assigned female at birth identify as transgender due to social contagion does not hold up… read on > read on >
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 of underweight and premature infants. Maternal death rates among Black and Indigenous women in the United States are two to three times higher… read on > read on >
Parechovirus, a virus that can cause severe illness in infants, is on the rise in parts of the United States. Twenty-nine infants were admitted to the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville this year, which includes 23 admitted during a six-week period this spring, according to a new study. By contrast, only… read on > read on >
