42+ min ago   (734+ words) A review of 33 published and unpublished outbreak reports has quantified something health departments have long treated as a footnote: vaccinated people who catch measles can sometimes pass it on. Across the pooled reports, 70 of 890 vaccinated patients, or 7.9 percent, transmitted the…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (590+ words) Home › Drug & Medication News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Soojung Jo (Purdue University) (Credit: © Sk Elena - stock.adobe.com) Despite the vaccine’s importance, only about 55.4% of pregnant women in the U.S. received it as of 2023, according to…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (391+ words) Major research has found that long COVID continues to affect a substantial proportion of healthcare workers, with serious consequences for their health, work and home lives, and NHS workforce overall. The findings come from REACH-OUT: Caring for the Healthcare Workforce…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (133+ words) (Story does not require a subscription.) Dr. Cassandra Archer, FACP, FAAP, is director of community health services at the Cayuga County Health Department. For more information, contact the department at (315) 253-1560, visit cayugacounty.us/153/health-department or like and follow the department…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (706+ words) More and more people throughout the United States are coming down with COVID-19 as we head toward the end of summer. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 infections are increasing or likely increasing in…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (293+ words) The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops responded to Attorney General James Uthmeier’s warning that a refusal by Catholic schools to grant religious exemptions to vaccine mandates is “troubling and may disqualify them from state scholarships and vouchers.” In a letter…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (23+ words) WTKR What vaccines your child needs before the first day of school...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (190+ words) Pfizer and Valneva have announced that the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for their Lyme disease vaccine candidate has been validated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The MAA is for PF-07307405, the companies’ 6-valent outer surface protein A (OspA)-based…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (314+ words) Fall is finally here. We can feel it in the crisp autumn air, in the fuzzy cardigans we recently unearthed from the box buried in the back of our closets. We love fall. But you know what we don’t love?...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (329+ words) The Kentucky Department for Public Health has confirmed a measles outbreak in Western Kentucky after the contagious virus has spread to more than 10 people in four different counties. On Thursday, Aug. 13, the health department reported a positive measles case in…...