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air pollution
Children's Health
Air pollution is putting children at higher risk of diseases in adulthood
Lourdes Antenor Feb 23, 2021

Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of

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dementia
Hospitals
My Grandma has Dementia: helping kids understand the disease
Lourdes Antenor Feb 22, 2021

Dementia is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – in which there is deterioration in cognitive function (i.e. the ability to

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Australia
Healthcare News
Australia officially starts COVID-19 vaccine rollout today
Lourdes Antenor Feb 22, 2021

Australia remains on track and begins rolling out the COVID-19 Vaccination Program starting today, February 22, 2021. Initial doses of vaccines will go to: aged

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gift
Hospitals
$80 Million gift for the health of mothers and babies
Lourdes Antenor Feb 18, 2021

Elizabeth and Bruce Dunlevie have made an $80 million gift to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine to launch a bold new clinical

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Taeniasis
Healthcare News, International News
Large-scale treatment of Taeniasis shows interesting and far-reaching results
Lourdes Antenor Feb 18, 2021

Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by T. solium tapeworm and occurs when humans eat raw or undercooked, infected pork. A three-year pilot project for

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listeria
Healthcare News
Possible Listeria outbreak under investigation by CDC
Lourdes Antenor Feb 17, 2021

Listeria can cause severe illness (known as invasive listeriosis) when the bacteria spread beyond the gut to other parts of the body. The CDC and the

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childhood cancer
Children's Health
Childhood cancer programmes to get effective new tools
Lourdes Antenor Feb 16, 2021

A suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer is being released by the World Health Organization, on International Childhood

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palliative
Aged Care, Opinion
The Heart of Palliative Care
Kellie Cooper-Smith Feb 16, 2021

As we all go through our journey of life, at some stage we may be faced with a terminal health diagnosis.  Family, friends, colleagues, health

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malnutrition
Children's Health
Acute Malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen
Lourdes Antenor Feb 15, 2021

Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned.

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mental health
Mental Health
Mental health response during public emergencies in need of improvement
Lourdes Antenor Feb 12, 2021

The importance of integrating mental health into preparedness and response plans for public health emergencies was emphasized by WHO Member States at the WHO Executive

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behavior
Hospitals
How people’s behavior can complicate epidemic outcomes
Lourdes Antenor Feb 11, 2021

A new model of disease spread describes how competing economic and health incentives influence social contact – and vice versa. The result is a complex

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climate change
Healthcare News
Climate change may have played a role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Lourdes Antenor Feb 10, 2021

Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by

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