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COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Awarded Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Research on Covid Vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2021)—Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing

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lifespans
COVID-19, International News
Updated analysis of U.S. COVID-19 deaths shows drops, disparities in average lifespans
Lourdes Antenor Jun 25, 2021

An updated analysis of American COVID-19 deaths throughout 2020 reveals an even bigger drop in average lifespans as well as still substantial disparities by race

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childbirth
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Hospitals/Clinics, International News, Learning - Topics
The out-of-pocket expense for childbirth in the US could cost up to $10,000
Lourdes Antenor Jun 21, 2021

The price tag for childbirth in America may bring some families sticker shock — even for those with private insurance. And when delivering moms require

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deaths
COVID-19, International News
U.S counties underestimate COVID-19 deaths by 20 per cent
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Deaths caused by indirect effects of the pandemic emphasize the need for policy changes that address widening health and racial inequities. More than 15 months

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family
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
What works in family planning and reproductive health programmes?
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

The following are real-life lessons from family planning interventions and reproductive health programmes in 15 different countries.   Paola is part of a community-based, partner-led programme to reduce pregnancy

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Emotion
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Understanding feelings and emotion: When less is more
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person’s emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on

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Natural Killer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the natural killer cells of the Immune System
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T

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Global
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Global warming already responsible for one in three heat-related deaths
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to

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black fungus
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Rare but fatal black fungus on the rise in COVID patients in India
Lourdes Antenor May 12, 2021

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in India, doctors have begun to notice another alarming trend. Some COVID-19 patients who have recently been released

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midwives
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives

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Germany
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Germany launches new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and

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firefighters
Healthcare News, International News, Medical Science and Technology
Volunteer firefighters have higher levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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