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Category: healthcare
Pfizer, Moderna Covid Vaccines Are Effective In Young Children, FDA Says—Here’s How They Differ And What Happens Next
The FDA’s assessment comes just days before an independent panel is set to meet and decide whether to recommend approving the vaccine for young children.
Breaking The Rules Of Healthcare: Overpaying For Drugs That Underachieve
Drug company press releases would lead a reasonable person to conclude that a pharmaceutical revolution is underway—that the drug industry is ushering in a brave new era of medical advances. The truth is far less flattering.
Bariatric Surgery Linked To 32% Lower Obesity-Related Cancer Risk, SPLENDID Study Says
Bariatric surgery was also associated with a 48% lower risk of cancer-related death.
Justin Bieber Suffering From New Facial Paralysis, What Is Ramsay Hunt Syndrome?
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome has prompted the Grammy Award winner to postpone three shows on his current “Justice World” tour.
Doctors: Bipartisan Senate Gun Safety Deal ‘Will Safe Lives’
The American Medical Association praised the proposed bipartisan deal reached Sunday in the U.S. Senate to improve gun safety through better background checks and mental health, saying it will save lives.
Language Matters, Especially for Our Children
Here are three tables we sit every day where we can pay attention to our language to create spaces and conversations that foster ambition and inclusivity amongst our colleagues and children, and everyone in between.
CDC: Backyard Chickens, Ducks, Poultry Linked To Salmonella Outbreak, 27 Hospitalized, One Dead
A Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry affecting at least 38 states? Have you seen this chick flick before?
Attack And Counterattack: How SARS-CoV-2 Blocks Our Natural Immune Defenses
SARS-CoV-2 makes use of a variety of accessory proteins to evade and suppress our immune response. New research on the accessory protein ORF7a suggests it may help the virus gain easier entry into our cells.
GEICO Must Pay Woman Who Got HPV From Car Sex $5.2 Million
The Missouri Court of Appeals has upheld a settlement ruling in this caught-an-STI-in-a-Hyundai case.
