-
Toxic chemicals on trains are a risk
An evacuation order in US’ East Palestine has been lifted after authorities found air and water samples taken on Tuesday showed that it’s now safe. Officials had earlier warned that the burning of vinyl chloride, which was in five of the derailed tanker cars, would send hydrogen chloride and the toxic gas phosgene into the…
-
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel on the fragile US drug supplies
A shortage of a drug in the US is a problem that occurs when there are not enough drugs or there is a shortage of an ingredient in a drug. For example, a shortage of an ingredient in a drug can affect how it is prepared or stored. A shortage of an ingredient in a…
-
Law enforcement body camera footage shows an interaction between an attorney and a first deputy on the scene
Alex Murdaugh, a 53-year-old US man who is on trial for murdering his wife and 22-year-old son in 2021, dabbed his eyes and clenched his jaw when a doctor revealed the extent of the injuries to them. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon…
-
A missing link between social media and teen mental health
A preliminary study by a North Carolina-based nonprofit revealed the importance of checking social media for adolescents’ well-being. Researchers studied 169 students in sixth and seventh grade and found the students who reported checking their social media more regularly showed greater neural sensitivity in parts of the brain like the amygdala. The study established a…
-
There should be legal recourse for farm animals that have been mistreated
Animal rights activists who took two injured piglets from a farm in Utah have been allowed to leave the state. The jury found that they didn’t have permission to be there. “We sneaked onto the farm one night. One of them couldn’t walk properly or reach food because of an infected wound to her foot,”…
-
A judge says that there is a ban on trans school athletes in West Virginia
The US’ California has become the first state to pass a bill that would make gender-affirming health care services illegal for minors, the Los Angeles Times reported. The bill, signed by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday, allows families to get private health care for their minor children. The state is one of several US…
-
C.D.C. found teen girls’ record levels of sadness
The number of children who are seen in emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts has risen even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought record-high demand for psychological services for children, a study said. The increase started even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought record-high demand for psychological services for children. The study found that a lot…
-
A state is trying to get children out of the ER
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on Tuesday issued new guidelines for screening for anxiety among children and adolescents. It recommended that doctors screen all children between the ages of 8 and 18 for anxiety, with the exception of children with serious, life-threatening or life-altering medical conditions. The guidelines also suggested that parents should…
-
A disgraced scientist thinks the editing of human embryos should be banned
Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who made the world’s first COVID-19-resistant baby in 2018, said that he wants to use gene therapy instead of heritable changes to human embryos to help families with rare diseases and other diseases. However, he also wants to use gene therapy to treat people who already have the disease rather than…
-
The first baby in Kentucky was surrendered at a fire station
Baby boxes that can be left inside hospitals to surrender a child under the age of 30 have been installed in hospitals in several US states, according to reports. They are installed into the exterior walls of hospitals and then locked on the outside, triggeringsilent alarms to alert the staff. Over 4,505 infants were surrendered…
-
The furry ambassador for veterans and service dogs has died
Kaya, a Marine Corps veteran who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), passed away last year at the age of 9. Kaya had become an ambassador for service dogs and veterans’ mental health across the US. “She was an extremely smart dog, even from the very beginning,” Lyle, Kaya’s owner, said.
-
As the death toll climbs, search teams try to find survivors
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said that the recent earthquake in northern Syria has been termed as “the disaster of the century”. Ghebreyesus said, “This is the first earthquake of the century in the world and it is a major problem for us.” The death toll in the earthquake rose…
-
Experts debate who is to blame for gun violence in America
Gun violence is the second leading cause of death in the US after heart disease, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Gun Violence Archive. “Gun violence…is the third-leading cause of death in the US,” it added. According to Johns Hopkins, there are over 2 million deaths from gun violence in the US every year.
-
Western aid to fight a disease is backfiring
African countries should train field epidemiologists, Ph.D. scientists and frontline health-care workers to build capacity on the ground to fight the African monkeypox epidemic, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has said. This comes after South Korea donated 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine to the African Union. According to ACDC, monkeypox causes death…
-
There’s a lawsuit trying to ban medication abortions
Texas has become the sixth state with an abortion ban after Idaho, Michigan, Tennessee, South Carolina and Rhode Island. The US Supreme Court had earlier ruled that a key part of the Texas law was unconstitutional. “If…doctors…don’t speak up, who’s going to provide…evidence about the effect [abortion bans are] having on patients?” Dr Werner said.
-
More than 20,000 people have been killed in a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey has risen to over 21,000, Turkish Health Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said. At least 1,200 people have died in Syria’s Hama and Idlib province, the Syrian Health Ministry said on Thursday. The US Geological Survey said that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Damascus on…
-
The assignment was done with Audie Cornish
Talking about the death of NFL tight end Damar Hamlin who collapsed on the field after sustaining a cardiac arrest, former NFL player Daniel Kilgore said, “I believe kids who are drawn to the game of football end up being the best players.” Kilgore added that it’s easier to justify playing football when athletes take…
-
The league denied former players disability benefits
A former US football player has sued the National Football League’s (NFL) Players’ Disabilities Plan, alleging it failed to utilise full medical records of ex-players during its review of disability claims. The lawsuit claimed when the plan and the Board of Supervisors reviewed players’ disability claim, they chose to only use case summaries prepared by…
-
Immune cell hacking increases the effectiveness of cancer treatments
A team of scientists, led by Ahmad Khalil at Boston University, has wired a system of 11 DNA sequences into CAR T Cells to help them recognise and kill cancer-associated proteins. Researchers can use drugs that are already approved to Control when and where the T cells are active, as well as the production of…
-
Polygenic architecture of rare coding variation across exomes
Researchers have said that genetic variation from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies can lead to significant risks of cardiovascular diseases and other diseases. Dajiang Liu at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine said that tobacco and alcohol consumption are influenced by environmental and social factors and there is evidence that genetics can affect tobacco and…
-
Athletes in Florida won’t have to report periods after the emergency vote
The board of Florida High School Athletic Association has voted to remove questions about menstruation from the medical form, which is typically filled out by a physician and submitted to schools. “The intent of this proposal is to provide an updated…form which protects a student-athletes’ privacy while including pertinent medical information a health care provider…
-
There is an easy way to fix the Supreme Court legitimacy crisis
The Supreme Court of the US will hold a hearing on the constitutionality of a law introduced by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, which imposes restrictions on abortions. The law has been criticised by rights groups who argue that it violates women’s access to abortion services in Texas. The law requires doctors who perform abortions to…
-
There is a proposal that divides US scientists
The US has asked people this year to get not just one vaccine but to get the annual influenza vaccine, as well as the Covid-19 booster, Dr William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said. “The public health message…was, you can’t protect yourself against COVID-19 right now, but you can definitely…
-
Hidden harms of indoor air pollution can be exposed with five steps
The World Health Organization has warned that indoor air pollution kills over 3 million people every year across the world and accounts for more than half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. The WHO added it is essential that decarbonization, building improvement and gains in indoor air quality are delivered equitably…
-
The increases in mental health emergency department visits are on the rise among children
Mental health revisits increased by 6.3% annually between 2010 and 2019, according to a study. Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said that the factors associated with revisit did not change substantially during the study period, even as the pediatric mental health crisis worsened.