CNN — Vaccination rates for measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases are falling among American children, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The immunization rate for required vaccines among kindergarten students has increased from 95% to approximately 94% in the 2020-21 school year. It has fallen further … Read more
CNN — When Covid-19 patients under the age of 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to get sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study has found. Among hospitalized children under age 5, testing positive for Covid-19 and another respiratory virus at the same time is associated with about twice … Read more
CNN — When Covid-19 patients under the age of 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to get sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study has found. Among hospitalized children under age 5, testing positive for Covid-19 and another respiratory virus at the same time is associated with about twice … Read more
CNN — Jessica Richman felt fear wash over her – again. In October, she saw her 3-year-old daughter, Layla, become abnormally lethargic, develop a high fever and start to have shortness of breath. It was a painful reminder of her other daughter, Cayden, who died of the flu in December 2014. Cayden was the same … Read more
CNN — Pregnant women and their developing babies are at higher risk of serious consequences if they catch Covid-19, and now a large international study is helping to underscore just how devastating those risks can be. The study draws on data from 12 studies conducted in as many countries, including the United States. In total, … Read more
CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there was a possible safety issue with the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech but is unlikely to pose a real risk. . The agency said it continues to recommend people keep up to date with Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC … Read more
CNN — The flu continues to be widespread in the United States, but the first wave of the season – which swept the country weeks earlier than usual – appears to have peaked. The weeks following the holiday season brought sustained high levels of transmission and hospitalizations, but influenza activity does not appear to have … Read more
CNN — The majority of long-lasting Covid symptoms disappear within the first year after infection for people with mild cases of Covid-19, according to a large study conducted in Israel. “Mild disease does not lead to serious or chronic long-term morbidity in the vast majority of patients,” study co-author Barak Mizrahi, a senior researcher at … Read more
