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Research Shows Ants Can Detect the Smell of Cancer

January 25, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new study shows that ants are able to detect the scent of cancer in urine, suggesting that these tiny creatures can be used as bio-detectors to track people with tumors among healthy people. Sorbonne […]

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FDA Proposes Shift to Annual Covid Vaccine Shots

January 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed one dose of the latest updated Covid vaccination annually for healthy adults.  This would be similar to the influenza immunization recommendation. It comes as the U.S. aims to simplify […]

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New EU Report Says Big Pharma Has Disproportionate Influence on Public Health

January 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new report says that the pharmaceutical companies’ influences on institutions in the European Union (EU) increased significantly during the Covid pandemic. The report said the trend impacted the health of citizens.  A report comes from […]

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Thinx Period Lawsuit Leaves Questions Unanswered

January 19, 2023 Dime

Thinx is arguably the most well-known period underwear brand on the market.  But it has also become the subject of multiple lawsuits, stemming from its claims of selling “organic, sustainable, and non-toxic” underwear.  This week, […]

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NYC Mayor Promised Free Abortion Pills at City-Run Health Clinics

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Laying out an agenda to repair health care inequities for women in the city, Ney York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday that four city-run health clinics in New York will offer abortion medication […]

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Anti-Vax Org Says Famous Vaccinologist Has Conflict of Interest with Pfizer

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Children’s Health Defense, an American nonprofit anti-vaccination group, published an article last week about a vaccinologist who was formerly a paid Pfizer consultant.  The article said that Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a well-known vaccinologist who served […]

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Ohio Measles Outbreak Propelled by Low Vaccination Rate among Children

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Although the United States was declared measles-free in 2000, a recent outbreak in Ohio is raising concerns about the disease spread enhanced by the possibility that low vaccination rates among children might lead to additional […]

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As US Covid Cases Rise, WHO Questions Severity of XBB.1.5

January 15, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is still gaining ground within the United States, accounting for at least 43% of sequenced cases for the week […]

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Possible Link Between Pfizer’s Booster and Strokes, CDC and FDA Say

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) surveillance system flagged a possible link between the new Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent Covid-19 vaccine and strokes in people aged 65 and […]

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Socially Isolated Older Adults Face Greater Risk of Dementia

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to a recently published study, socially isolated older adults are facing at least 28 percent higher risk of developing dementia than their more social peers, The Hill reports. After examining health data on over […]

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WHO Tells Travelers to Wear Masks on Long Flights Due to Covid

January 11, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Tuesday that travelers should be advised to wear masks on long flights to protect themselves from Covid-19 and counter the spread of new variants. The WHO’s senior emergency […]

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New Guidelines: Childhood Obesity Requires Early, Aggressive Treatment

January 10, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Children with obesity should be offered more intensive treatment options earlier, including therapy and medication, says the leading U.S. pediatricians group. The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its treatment recommendations on childhood obesity for the […]

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The Big Apple Experienced a 30% Spike in COVID Deaths in December

January 9, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Nearly three years after the coronavirus first ravaged the state, COVID-19 deaths in New York state spiked 30% in December to the highest tally since early 2022. The New York Post’s analysis shows that compared […]

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FDA Makes Abortion Pills More Widely Available at Pharmacies 

January 4, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Food and Drug Administration finalized a new rule change that makes abortion pills more widely available to more pharmacies across the U.S., including large chains and mail-order companies. The new rules allow certified pharmacies […]

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Social Media Use Linked to Brain Changes in Teens

January 4, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Is social media a brain-changer? A new study has found that the frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents’ brain develops.  Teenagers who check their social media platforms more often were found to […]

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The Highly Infectious Variant XBB.1.5 Dominates Among US Covid Cases

January 3, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The latest Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 – a highly-contagious new Covid variant – is responsible for more than 40% of confirmed COVID cases in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]

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Omicron XBB.1.5 cause for at least 40% of COVID cases

January 1, 2023 Maja Popovska

According to statistics released on Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Omicron XBB.1.5, a subvariant that is now responsible for more than 40% of COVID-19 cases in the country, has […]

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Travelers from China Must Present a Negative COVID-19 Test to Enter the US

December 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Amid China’s recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday that, starting Jan. 5, the United States will require travelers from China to show a negative COVID-19 […]

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China Faces Blood Shortages as Covid Spike to 37M Cases in a Day

December 24, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Following Beijing’s decision earlier this month to abruptly relax its strict Covid mitigation policies, Covid cases are spiking in China where nearly 37 million people may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day […]

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The Rise of Invasive Strep A Infections in Children Prompts CDC Warning

December 23, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After it was notified in November of a possible increase in strep A infections cases among children in a Colorado hospital, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerted the medical community on Thursday […]

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Study Finds Why Some Covid Patients Never Recover Sense of Smell

December 22, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Why can’t some people smell things months after having Covid? Researchers have been working to find out why some people struggle to regain their sense of smell post-Covid.  Scientists are saying that the reason could be […]

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HHS Links Systemic Racism with Increased Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s

December 22, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Non-white Americans have relatively high rates of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related diseases partly because of racism and inequities, the Biden administration says. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said this week in […]

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600,000+ Service Members Given ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

December 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Department of Defense has greatly underestimated the number of people exposed to dangerous levels of toxic, harmful “forever chemicals,” and downplayed the exposure risk.  More than 600,000 service members were given water with potentially […]

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Adolescent Overdoses in the US More Than Doubled Between 2019 and 2020

December 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A study released Thursday by American health authorities alarms that, between 2019 and 2021, drug overdoses among people aged 10 to 18 in the United States more than doubled, warning in particular of the risks […]

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Severe Strep A Infections Rise Among Kids Reported in Four States

December 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Several children’s hospitals in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Washington have reported an increased number of cases of invasive strep A infections this season compared to past years. Group A streptococci are the same bacteria that […]

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FDA Warns Patients to Inform Themselves About LASIK Eye Surgery Risks

December 13, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a move that has caused controversy among eye experts, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put under the lens the popular eye surgery known as LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis). The agency […]

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Child use of marijuana and edibles surges by 245%

December 5, 2022 Maja Popovska

A recent study from the Oregon Health and Science University found that reports of marijuana use among children and teenagers to poison centers increased by 245% between 2000 and 2020, ABC News reports. More than […]

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Vaccine Uptake Remains Low for Flu and Covid-19 Jabs

December 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Despite warnings of a possible winter Covid-19 surge and the fact that flu season started early this year and is tracking to be a difficult one, interest in getting the yearly shot and bivalent boosters […]

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Surge in Children Under Five Hospitalized for Respiratory Viruses

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States is seeing a surge in hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, with children under five at the most risk. It comes as simultaneous shortages of antivirals and antibiotics have swept the nation. Hospitalizations for respiratory […]

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Washington Prepares to End Mpox Public Health Emergency Declaration

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a sign that officials believe they’ve brought the monthslong outbreak under control, Politico reported on Wednesday that the Biden administration is thinking about ending its public health emergency declaration for mpox, adding that a […]

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