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Pneumonia Vaccine Slashed Health Care Costs in ChildrenATLANTA -- Childhood pneumococcal vaccination was not only associated with reduced disease rates but was also associated with reduced related health care costs by 45.3% nationwide, researchers found.Crystal Phend...
Like other respiratory conditions, HMPV can lead to more serious complications like bronchitis or pneumonia — particularly among the elderly, young children, and immunocompromised people Mon, 06 Jan, 2025 How walking 10,000 steps a day can impact blood pressure, sleep patterns and mood Walking up...
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV is a major cause of respiratory illness in all age groups. Among infants and young children, it is the most common cause of bronchitis, croup, ear infections, and pneumonia. Health DHS to offer new flu vaccine level tracking tool ...
VACCINE SAFETY- Guillain-Barré Syndrome "Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder where the body's immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis. While its cause is not fully understood, the syndrome often follows infection with a virus or bacteria. ...
Public health - Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Hygiene: Among the more-developed countries the following trends are apparent. Formerly, governments were chiefly concerned with basic health problems, such as environmental sanitation, medical care of the
Keywords: vaccine; zoonotic; animal; emerging; One Health 1. Introduction Scientists estimate that 60% of diseases in humans can be attributed to origins in and spreading from animals (i.e., zoonoses), and many of these diseases have high mortality rates and the potential to cause epidemics ...
The Hippocratic taxonomy used for disease is the Greek word nosos and could be classified as “acute” (oxeíes) or “chronic” (chróneis), namely pleurisy, pneumonia, phrenitis, lethargy, etc. For diseases such as plague or pest, the words loimós and loimódeos nousos are used as a...
The proposal to use the 23-valent vaccine given as a single administration to healthy individuals aged ≥65 years was considered acceptable by HCPs. This is considered to be a conservative step to achieve broad coverage of elderly people and the best protection at the least cost to the health...