The health alert notes: "While there have been case reports of hepatitis in immunocompromised children with adenovirus infection, adenovirus type 41 is not known to be a cause of hepatitis in otherwise healthy children." "Now, all of a sudden, when you have a virus changing behavior and...
as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year.Doctors should switch from using the so-called Td vaccine – the immunization that protects against both tetanus and diphtheria infections – to giving the broader Tdap vaccine instead whenever possible...
Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and breast-feeding after a baby died last year from a rare infection tied to a contaminated breast pump. The infant, a premature boy, was infected with the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii, t...
Students, parents, and teachers all face challenges adjusting to remote learning, as schools nationwide have been closed and online learning has begun.Some experts are concerned that students at home, especially those living in unstable environments or poverty, will miss more assignments. High school...
The US CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness: Building a Nationwide Exemplar NetworkThe US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funds a network of 40 Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP). Located at schools of public health and other U.S. colleges and universities, the goal of the...
Recent events had “really shaken the confidence of health experts and the public alike,” Dr. Howard Koh, a former assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, told TPM. “If people don’t have trust and confidence in the vaccine and t...
CDC has announced the creation of a new center that aims to boost public health data exchange interoperability to prepare for future emergencies.
Romaine lettuce before it was harvested on a farm in Salinas, Calif., in October.Jim Wilson/New York Times A local lettuce grower voiced concern Friday over the nationwide warning on romaine lettuce, claiming the ban hurts farmers like him who grow their produce ...
So when people die of cancer, heart disease, and many other historical leading causes of death in the U.S., but test positive for COVID and are then claimed as a "COVID death," we would expect to see only a slight increase of overall deaths nationwide over the course of time, or ...
We will improve the policy on directly settling medical expenses incurred outside of a patient’s home province, and ensure that the list of medicines covered by medical insurance is largely consistent nationwide. Taking prevention as a ...