[ad_1] (Reuters) – Some of Ukraine’s most vulnerable orphans have reached relative safety at a hospital in Kyiv where doctors hope to be able to provide care and perform life-saving surgeries. More than 70 children, including infants, who have spent the past two weeks cared for in bomb shelters in the besieged city of Sumy…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Most children and adolescents do not have COVID-19 antibodies in their blood after recovering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, new data has confirmed. Starting in October 2020, researchers in Texas recruited 218 subjects between the ages of 5 and 19 who had recovered from COVID infections at some point in the past. Each…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A booster shot of an experimental vaccine being developed by SK Bioscience has shown “durable protection” against the Omicron variant in Rhesus macaques, according to new data. The monkeys had received two initial doses of the vaccine plus a booster 6 or 12 months later. Blood samples from the boosted primates showed…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The AstraZeneca antibody shots given to prevent COVID-19 in high-risk children and adults with weakened immune systems do not adequately protect organ transplant recipients from the Omicron variant, researchers found. The drug, Evusheld, did protect against the Delta variant in kidney transplant recipients, and lab test results released on Monday show Evusheld…
[ad_1] More than 4 in 10 (41%) family physicians report having been involved in a malpractice lawsuit in 2021, down from 40% in 2020. Attorneys who specialize in such lawsuits attributed the decline to the fact that fewer people have received healthcare in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a general sense of gratitude…
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Screening women for medication abortion eligibility by patient history alone is effective and safe, suggests a new study that included both in-person dispensing and mailed medication. The analysis of data from nearly 3,800 women in 34 U.S. states, of whom two thirds were screened in person, revealed that 94.8% had a…
[ad_1] Kelly Clarkson was totally schooled on her own talk show by Anne Hathaway. They played ‘Sing That Name That Tune’ and Anne recognized one of Kelly’s most popular songs first. Kelly Clarkson and Anne Hathaway faced off in a singing competition, and the outcome was very unexpected. On the March 22 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the two stars…
[ad_1] Kamala Harris Leigh Vogel/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images Excerpts from a forthcoming book shed new light on tensions between Vice President Kamala Harris and other members of the Biden administration and on Harris’ own frustration with her role, Politico reports. New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns describe these struggles in their book,…
[ad_1] Financial Times: Meta and Twitter have so far resisted calls by EU and US lawmakers to remove Russian embassy accounts that spread misinformation but have taken down some posts — Facebook resists calls from EU and US for bigger crackdown on Kremlin-directed misinformation [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Clinicians are not following guidelines that recommend a de-escalation in surveillance for patients with low-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), a new study concludes. These cancers are associated with low rates of recurrence, progression, and bladder cancer-specific death, and so current clinical practice guidelines recommend against frequent monitoring and testing. However, the study authors…