Preventive Care & Screening

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (319+ words) A rabid bat has been found in south Utica, according to Oneida County health officials. One person was exposed to the bat and is receiving post-exposure treatment. One person was exposed to the bat and receiving post-exposure prophylaxis. Although most…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (824+ words) On April 12, 1955, America threw a vaccine party. That morning, Thomas Francis Jr. — who had overseen trials of polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk — held a press conference to announce the results. Only it wasn’t a press conference. It was an…...

3+ hour ago   (303+ words) WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give a keynote address at a Children’s Health Defense conference in the nation’s capital this week, embracing the anti-vaccine organization he once led. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our founder…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (114+ words) (CNN)– The CDC is warning that rabies exposures appear to be rising across the U.S. The agency says it received 17% more rabies-related inquiries in July and August than during the same period last year. At least 8 state health departments have…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1110+ words) It’s no longer given in the stomach, for starters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert after an increase in reports of exposure to rabid or possibly rabid animals in the U.S. The alert…...

15+ hour, 48+ min ago   (762+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes New rights laws / New rights laws: Those who control evidence eventually control accountability Bangladesh's education crisis: The future has already begun Bengal and…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (745+ words) Here, Stablepharma chief executive Özgür Tuncer talks to Healthcare Today about vaccine wastage, why fridge-free vaccines are a game changer and how the technology will help health equity. Let’s start with the obvious question: how big is the vaccine-wastage problem…...

17+ hour, 30+ min ago   (270+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 14 — A forty-year-old woman in the US state of Pennsylvania has died of measles, authorities said yesterday, bringing this year’s death toll from the highly contagious, preventable disease to three, amid declining vaccination rates. The Washington Post, citing Coroner…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (672+ words) (CNN) — A 40-year-old woman who lived in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles complications, the county coroner confirmed Sunday. It’s the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing outbreak that’s sparked a political clash between state and federal officials. The…...

18+ hour, 8+ min ago   (877+ words) Martin Fisk OAM, CEO of St John Ambulance ACT, was diagnosed with an advanced and aggressive form of prostate cancer earlier this year. This month, while he undergoes treatment, Mr Fisk and his family are taking part in the Long…...