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Half of the U.S. military bases are located in health care deserts
As many as 50% of US military base locations face health care access issues, according to a US government analysis. The areas designated as “maternity care deserts” or areas with “low access to care” came from Health Resources and Services Administration’s shortages designations. This comes as the US prepares to deploy more than 6 lakh…
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The race to save a woman’s life consists of hope, despair, and CRISPR
A 20-year-old woman with a rare form of brain disease, Uditi Ghosh, received a gene therapy that she described as a “go-getter”. Uditi, who was diagnosed with a genetic condition called’FENIB’, received CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy through a vaccine developed by National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). The therapy was given to her by a team…
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The results of the search are Copied my original work
A report by US-based search engine Bright Edge revealed that Google’s AI answers appeared on the majority of health care keyword searches, including ‘foot infection’, ‘bleeding bowel’, and ‘telehealth urgent care’. The report also said that in comparison, queries about ecommerce return AI overviews at around 23%, while restaurants or travel very rarely trigger AI…
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The FDA reviewed MDMA for treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A US advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the available evidence doesn’t show that MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is effective. It also said that its benefits outweigh its risks. There are two FDA-approved PTSD treatments for the condition, one of which is MDMA.
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Despite the missed deadline, hope for the global treaty rises
As the World Health Assembly (WHO) concluded the final day of its meeting on June 1, a researcher with Third World Network said that one year is “a good, reasonable time” to conclude the negotiations for a pandemic treaty. “Although the negotiations…are ongoing, governments should already be considering how they’ll implement one,” KM Gopakumar, a…
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Legal experts say that Trump’s conviction won’t lead to a prison sentence
A US jury has found former US President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges against him in the “hearth money” trial. Trump was found guilty on charges of lying to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about a $130,000 (over 94 lakh) payment he made to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels ahead of…
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New hope can be offered by innovative cancer therapies
Researchers have suggested that NK cells could boost anti-cancer immunity. They’re testing a therapy called memory-like NK cells for patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. People that experienced the best outcomes received cells grown from cord blood that were frozen within 24 hours of collection and lacked nucleated red blood cells, an indicator of physical stress.…
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After a camp for displaced Gazans was hit by an Israeli strike, Israel pushed deeper into Rafah
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that it has taken a “large” number of victims to Tal as Sultan clinic and field hospitals in Rafah, where few functioning hospitals remain, after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed and over 250 were injured in an Israeli air strike on a makeshift…
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Global condemnation toward Israel mounts as the U.S. faces a firefighter shortage
A former director of the American Board of Obesity Medicine has said that people using obesity medications as “short-term solution” to their diet problems can confuse them. Rekha Kumar, who served as the board’s director, said, “People are posting on social media about using obesity medication as short-term solution to their diet problems…So there are…
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Aid trucks are entering Gaza under an agreement with Egypt
The Gaza Health Ministry said the bodies of 81 people killed by Israeli airstrikes have been brought to local hospitals over the past 24 hours. The Israeli military denied its soldiers had been kidnapped and Hamas provided no evidence to back up its claim. This comes after Israel on Sunday opened land routes to deliver…
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The UN changed the number of women and children killed in Gaza
The United Nations on Thursday said that it has revised down its tally of women and children killed over the past seven months in the Gaza Strip as the Health Ministry in the territoryConfirms most, but not all, the identities of the casualties. The UN added that it cannot independently verify each death due to…
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There are side effects of inoculations
The New York Times reported that a nurse worker in New York said she was unable to get the government to help her after she heard a loud ringing sound in her ear for more than a year and a half. She said she was unable to work and drive for long periods of time.…
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The retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear because of safety concerns
US Senator Richard Blumenthal has called for an investigation into two leading infant sleepwear companies over allegations of deceptive marketing claims. He added that there have been two fatalities involving weighted sleep products, but he doesn’t mention a weighted product at all. The autopsy reports for both the deaths mentioned unsafe sleep practices and one…
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Pentagon says medical readiness was a casualty of downsizing healthcare
A former Pentagon official has said that beneficiary care from military treatment facilities to civilian institutions emptied out and wiped out storied military medical centres like Walter Reed. “Sooner or later, somewhere, we’re not going to have air superiority,” Dr Art Kellerman, who served as the dean of the Uniform Services University of the Health…
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College student explores rare mental health condition
Vargas Arango, a 24-year-old student at Miami Dade College, said in his podcast, ‘The Monsters We Create’, that he has a schizoaffective disorder, a chronic mental health condition where a person experiences symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorders like depression. Arango also said that he’s not dangerous. “I’m just one…
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The New York Times said that dairy workers were the most vulnerable to Bird Flu
A study by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) College of Animal and Plant Sciences has found that the new coronavirus is spread through close contact with infected animals. The study found that people who came into direct contact with infected animals were at higher risk of contracting the virus. The virus has killed more…
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The gut microbes of the dad matter when pregnant and growing a baby
An experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of antibiotic-induced disruption of the paternal gut as a previously unknown mode of a sperm-mediated effect on fetal development and offspring health. The genome was binnned into sliding tiles containing 50 consecutive CpGs and an RNA-seq quantification pipeline was used to generate log 2 reads per million…
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Temporal dynamics of endurance exercise training
Researchers at the US’ University of Pittsburgh have found that exercising activates its more calming molecule, IL-10 and IL-1ra, which tone down inflammation and its harmful effects. It’s a first step in understanding their effects on the body, a researcher said. Researchers hope that the data will eventually help clinicians to develop tailored exercise prescriptions…
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There are male and female comparisons in medical research
Scientists have found that sex differences in the immune system affect people’s chances of developing autoimmune conditions, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and developmental defects in the neural tube, the embryonic precursor to the central nervous system. This suggests sex differences in immunity are evolutionarily conserved, perhaps because of a common need for females to transfer immunity…
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The ban on abortion in Florida will make it harder to get the procedure in the South
Thousands of people travelled to Florida for abortions in the past year despite the state’s new 15-week ban on abortion, state data showed. Nearly 8,000 people traveled to Florida last year for abortions, according to data from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration. The 24-hour waiting period and a ban on using telemedicine for…
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In Nebraska and Iowa, tornadoes leveled buildings and homes
One person has been killed and three others have been injured after a tornado hit the US city of Omaha in Nebraska, officials said. At least six houses were destroyed, including one that was levelled. The University of Nebraska Medical Center reported that the building collapsed with about 70 employees inside and several people trapped.
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Despite its terrible outbreak of mpox, the country has no vaccines or treatments yet
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is planning to use two types of mpox vaccines in an effort to contain the spread of the virus, which has killed over 300 people and infected more than 9,600 others. The US has committed to giving the DRC enough doses to inoculate 25,000 people, while Japan has…
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An atomic clock is aboard a naval ship
Researchers have developed a high-Performance Optical Atomic Clock, VIPER, to help accurately characterise the Earth’s magnetic field. The research, conducted by the US’ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has shown it to be more reliable than the hydrogen maser clock. The global Navigation Satellite System (GNS) has a network of high-performance microwave-based…
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The person who killed 6 people in Australia is identified by police
A man stabbed five people to death at a busy shopping centre in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) before he was fatally shot by police. “I’m content that there’s no continuing threat,” New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Cooke said. “We are continuing to work through the profiling of the offender but very clearly to…
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Is the cycle of radicalization perpetuated by Israel?
Commenting on the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he doesn’t think it is possible to destroy Hamas. “The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 33,00 Palestinians have been killed so far,” he added. “With civilian death toll being at where it is…I reckon…Hamas will actually have a lot of people that will…