Medical
Trump vows to end HIV spread within 10 years, critics skeptical
Redfield said he was "shocked" to see that just 48 out of 3 000 counties in the United States accounted for half of all new HIV infections. That raised a flag for state officials. However, Trump's 2019 financial year budget, submitted in February 2018, includes cutting 40 million dollars from CDC's HIV prevention programs, and 26 million dollars from federal housing programs for people liv... [Full Article...]
Wine first or beer, drinks cost you dear
However, as unpleasant as they are, hangovers do serve a objective - experts say they are nature's warning system to encourage us to drink less. The study, published in the February issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , was inspired by researchers wondering whether the rhymes regarding drinking have any basis in reality. [Full Article...]
Patient Being Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital
Preliminary testing indicated the patient has another condition, he noted. "All hospital operations continue as usual, and there was no impact on other patients or visitors during this standard evaluation process", Richter said. The latest WHO External Situation Report provides up-to-date details on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a total of 785 cases reporte... [Full Article...]
Measles breaks out across the Philippines after Dengvaxia vaccine scare
As early as December previous year, health experts warned against a possible outbreak of measles in the Philippines due to the declining trust in vaccines in the wake of a controversy that hounded a dengue immunization program in 2017. "In this scenario we have a pool of children building up over time who are not protected and who are susceptible to measles", Dr Weiler said. Aside from getting v... [Full Article...]
China: Tests show no HIV in 'tainted' medical item
According to the South China Morning Post , Shanghai Xinxing is " China's second-biggest medical blood products manufacturer". There were 12,229 50-mL bottles of blood plasma produced in this batch. During the 1990s and earlier 2000s, thousands of Chinese were infected with HIV when they sold blood that was pooled and the plasma removed. Also, this week some 29 children were given wrong vacci... [Full Article...]
Why Do More and More Americans Use Medical Marijuana?
Researchers compared the symptoms and conditions with a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence: a 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The study was published Monday in the journal Health Affairs . Beside the fact that it is extremely common-about 100 million Americans say they have chronic pain-he said pain is a "very, very, very open-ended di... [Full Article...]
Anti-vaxxers partly responsible for Europe's highest measles cases in a decade
Clark County also listed 11 suspected cases of measles. The Multnomah County health department said Wednesday that the three new cases were in close contact with a person who tested positive for measles a week and a half ago. In Washington state, permissive vaccination rules are being blamed for the outbreak. The WHO says the 2018 surge in measles cases followed a year when European countr... [Full Article...]
Preliminary Ebola Test of Pennsylvania Patient Was Negative — CDC
P.J. Brennan, MD, Penn Medicine's CMO, said preliminary testing found the patient has another condition. A patient at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is being monitored for possible Ebola as the Philadelphia hospital takes precautions. [Full Article...]