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Yahoo LifeEctopic pregnancy happens in 1 out of every 50 pregnancies. What exactly is it? Doctors explain
An ectopic pregnancy is a common complication that can be life-threatening to the mother if left untreated. Here's what you need to know.
CBS News214,000 children left to rebuild their lives after losing parent to COVID
A 23-year-old has become the caregiver for her 13-year-old brother after their parents died within days of each other.
ABC News1 in 6 deaths worldwide attributed to pollution: Review
One out of every six deaths in 2019 were attributed to pollution, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Experts said it's not clear how the global pandemic will impact the analysis moving forward. Despite improvements made in water pollution in recent years, a rise in air and chemical pollution means the death rate has been relatively unchanged since 2015.
Good Morning AmericaDemand for donor milk rises amid baby formula shortage
As the baby formula shortage continues to impact parents and children across the country, there is renewed interest in donor breast milk, or donor human milk, with some considering it as another option in addition to formula. The Human Milk Banking Association of North America said it has seen an “unprecedented” number of calls to its member milk banks from people inquiring about donor milk, especially in Texas, Illinois and California. “In the height of this formula shortage crisis, we are absolutely seeing a surge in demand and inquiries from families who are stressed and wondering if donor milk is a safe option for them to explore,” Lindsay Groff, the organization's executive director, told “Good Morning America.”
Business InsiderMonkeypox cases in the UK are under 'urgent investigation,' with 7 new infections
Monkeypox can cause puss-filled boils. It appears to be spreading through the community, which is "rare and unusual," a health official said.
ReutersAs U.S. COVID-19 cases rise, so does demand for antivirals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rising COVID-19 cases are driving up the use of therapeutics, with Pfizer Inc's oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid seeing a 315% jump over the past four weeks, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The increase in U.S. cases and hospitalizations is starting to affect recommendations on behavior, with New York City, the nation's most populous city, advising stricter mask usage but stopping short of new mandates. "Increasingly, we'll see this virus hit people who are substantially older, frail, have underlying illnesses, or are distinctly immunocompromised," said Dr. William Schaffner, infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
USA TODAYGovernment watchdog: 1 in 4 older Americans on Medicare harmed during hospital stays
The report said 12% of patients had adverse events that led to longer hospital stays, permanent harm, death or required life-saving intervention.
USA TODAY‘It wears on your spirit’: As the US marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths, a hard-hit Georgia county reckons with loss
The pandemic has meant frequent funerals in Georgia's Hancock County, where 1 in 100 residents has died of COVID-19.
ReutersU.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID booster shot for young children
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country over the age of 5 eligible for a third shot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still needs to sign off on the shots before they can be administered. Children below the age of five are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
Yahoo NewsFuture COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines
COVID-19 is evolving faster than ever before. Experts warn that the time has come to rethink our reliance on the vaccine status quo and double down on next-generation vaccines that can actually stop infection.
Washington Post3.4 million Americans could be diagnosed with skin cancer in 2022
Roughly 3.4 million U.S. residents will be diagnosed with skin cancer in 2022, according to estimates compiled by the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncologists. The vast majority (3.3 million) will have basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, while the others (99,780 people) will have melanoma - the less common but more dangerous type of skin cancer. Cancer experts predict that 7,650 residents will die of melanoma this year.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for
The ConversationLess than 1% of abortions take place in the third trimester – here’s why people get them
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, more people could find themselves needing a third-trimester abortion. RgStudio/E+ via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea People seek third-trimester abortions for two main reasons: because they learn new information – such as about the health of the fetus – or because of barriers to abortion access, often as a result of state policies. Those are the key findings of a study I recently published in the journal
ReutersChina reports 1,305 new COVID cases for May 17 vs 1,100 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 1,305 new coronavirus cases on May 17, of which 240 were symptomatic and 1,065 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. As of May 17, mainland China had confirmed 222,370 coronavirus cases.
Associated PressGlobal pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds
The United States is the only fully industrialized country in the top 10 nations for total pollution deaths, ranking 7th with 142,883 deaths blamed on pollution in 2019, sandwiched between Bangladesh and Ethiopia, according to a new study in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health. Tuesday’s pre-pandemic study is based on calculations derived from the Global Burden of Disease database and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. When deaths are put on a per population rate, the United States ranks 31st from the bottom at 43.6 pollution deaths per 100,000. “9 million deaths is a lot of deaths,” said Philip Landrigan, director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College.
ReutersPollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit - study
Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday. Air pollution from industry processes along with urbanization drove a 7% increase in pollution-related deaths from 2015 to 2019, according to the scientists’ analysis of data on global mortality and pollution levels. "We're sitting in the stew pot and slowly burning," said Richard Fuller, a study co-author and head of the global nonprofit Pure Earth.
NBC NewsPollution’s fatal threat gains urgency after 9 million died in one year
Pollution cuts more lives short worldwide each year than war, terrorism, malaria, HIV, drugs or alcohol, a new study shows.
NBC NewsFDA greenlights nonprescription test for Covid, flu and RSV
The FDA authorized a test that can detect Covid, flu and RSV. People collect a nasal swab at home and then mail it to a lab to be analyzed.
NBC NewsWhat to do if a family member tests positive? How to 'Covid-proof' your home
Covid cases in the US: How to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box air ventilation to stop Covid spread if you can't afford high-price HEPA filters.
ReutersN.Korean leader Kim slams officials' 'immature' response amid COVID outbreak
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country's response to its first officially confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as "immature," accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported on Wednesday. North Korea reported 232,880 more people with fever symptoms, and six more deaths after the country's first admission of the COVID outbreak last week. Presiding over a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party on Tuesday, Kim said the "immaturity in the state capacity for coping with the crisis" increased the "complexity and hardships" in fighting the pandemic when "time is the life", according to the KCNA.
USA TODAYUSA TODAY broadens access to report card rating COVID outcomes at nursing homes during surge
Use our data tool to see how 15,000 U.S. nursing homes fared as COVID infections swept through those facilities during the worst of the pandemic.
USA TODAY'We must not grow numb to such sorrow': COVID death toll in US reaches 1 million
About 400,000 Americans have died of COVID since mid-June 2021, when vaccines were widely available. More than 300,000 of them were unvaccinated.
USA TODAY‘A terrible price’: As US mourns 1 million COVID-19 deaths, preventable losses among unvaccinated a major regret
The U.S. is the world's first country to reach 1 million confirmed COVID-19 deaths despite the easy availability of vaccines. How did we get to this dark place?
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“Unlike a number of other policy issues, student debt relief doesn’t need to be pushed through a narrowly controlled Congress.”