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The US Supreme Court has voted to overturn the federal constitutional right to abortion, which will now leave the issue to be decided on a state-by-state basis. According to some estimates, some 25 million women of reproductive age will now live in states that ban or severely restrict abortion. Twenty-six states are “certain or likely”

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The two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has received a recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for use in children ages 6 and above.  All 15 voting members of the public health agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in favor of the Moderna vaccine for kids, CNN reported Thursday.  They

Bacteria that cause typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics worldwide, a new analysis indicates. Resistant strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S Typhi) — almost all originating in South Asia — have spread across borders nearly 200 times since 1990. Until now, analysis has been limited by small samples. This genome analysis

The United States has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months after receiving the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The following are some details about the two messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE for young

Globally, as of June 22, the number of patients with monkeypox has risen to 3308, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Germany, 521 people have been infected to date. “There does not seem to be a monkeypox pandemic,” writes Germany’s Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, MD. At the moment, the

Children and adolescents with COVID had more prevalent long-lasting symptoms than those never infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Long COVID Kids DK study showed. In every age group, previously infected children in Denmark had higher odds of experiencing at least one symptom lasting more than 2 months than their uninfected peers, reported Selina Kikkenborg Berg, PhD,

As long COVID research continues to gain steam, scientists unearthed more shocking information about the condition. Among them is the idea that women are significantly more likely to develop long-term COVID-19 symptoms than men.  After analyzing data from more than 1.3 million patients, researchers from Johnson & Johnson’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer for

It’s rare for a child to die after a tonsillectomy, but children who die are more likely to have a complex chronic condition such as cerebral palsy or Down syndrome, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA. “Among children undergoing tonsillectomy, the rate of postoperative death was 7 per 100,000 operations overall, [but] among

People may have varying opinions about tattoos, but a team of researchers has developed an “electronic tattoo” that can actually be a valuable tool in health monitoring as it can measure blood pressure. The graphene e-tattoo that the researchers created is far from the rather bulky blood pressure measuring devices that we are used to. Theirs

In patients with solid tumors, the simple process of counting the number of metastatic lymph nodes (LN) offers the best predictor of mortality, a new analysis shows. It turned out to be better than more complicated processes involved in staging the lymph nodes, which involves examining the size of each node, its location, and how

We all know that physicians can make a good amount of money every month, but they’re not exempt from financial blunders at some point in their lives. It is essential for both young and experienced physicians to understand what possible mistakes they can make and how to avoid them. Here are some of the most

All Americans ages 6 months and older are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially endorsed the administration of the vaccines in all children below 5.  The public health agency issued a press release on Saturday, saying the eligibility for vaccination has been expanded to nearly 20

Many infants in some countries are misdiagnosed with allergy to cow, sheep, or goat milk, and they’re prescribed specialized formulas they don’t need, according to a  consensus study. “Milk allergy overdiagnosis is common in some regions and can potentially harm mothers and infants,” the authors write in Clinical & Experimental Allergy. “These new consensus recommendations

The southwestern region of North Korea is currently fighting an outbreak of an “unidentified gastrointestinal disease,” according to state media. At least 800 families in South Hwanghae province are suffering from what was described as an “acute enteric epidemic,” CNN reported, citing the country’s state news agency KCNA. The outbreak, which was first reported Thursday, may

“I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.” That was what then-President George H.W. Bush said in 1990, famously declaring his hatred for the tree-like cruciferous vegetable. Turns out, Americans in 2022 do not agree. In the new Green Giant “Favorite Veggie” survey of 5,321 American consumers, broccoli

Patients with inflammatory conditions who have the CC genotype were at greater risk both for discontinuing the use of azathioprine (Imuran) due to hematopoietic toxicity and for needing to switch to lower doses, a retrospective cohort study found. In a competing-risk analysis involving over 1,400 such patients starting on azathioprine, those who carried the CC

COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the United Kingdom, and two new subvariants of the dominant omicron variant are spreading fear that the worst is yet to come.  The new subvariants — labeled BA.4 and BA.5 — are not only driving the surge in cases, they are also posing a threat to

A tracking tool on approximately one third of hospital websites in the United States has sent private patient information to Facebook, based on an investigative report jointly published by STAT and The Markup. The tracker, known as Meta Pixel, was identified in online appointment schedule features in 33 of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America;

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal appeals court on Friday to take a fresh look at whether glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer, poses unreasonable risks to humans and the environment. In a 3-0 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with several environmental, farmworker

Over the past decade, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new cancer drugs twice as fast as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), often using accelerated pathways, a new analysis shows. Between 2010 and 2019, the FDA approved almost all oncology therapies ahead of the EMA. Drugs entered the US market about 8

“You’ve got to remember that medicine is not a stable thing.” — Dev GnanaDev, MD, former president of the Medical Board of California, discussing a bill that would grant the state’s licensing agencies specific authority to take disciplinary action against disinformation doctors. “This is the American Medical Association, not the American Hunting Association or the

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A small helping of good news from the COVID-19 pandemic: Americans didn’t seem to fill all that time spent at home during the early months of the outbreak by filling their stomachs. A study of over 100,000 adults found that the

Experts engaged in a contentious debate on the usefulness of the NOVA system, which divides foods into different categories based on how much they have been processed, during a session at a virtual conference sponsored by the American Society for Nutrition. The NOVA system divides foods into “fresh or minimally processed,” such as strawberries or

The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include missing fentanyl,

Looking at your own face during an online chat can end up worsening your mood, a new study has found. Adding alcohol to the mix doesn’t help either. The pandemic moved many of our meetings and gatherings online, so much so that many people ended up experiencing the so-called Zoom fatigue, or the exhaustion individuals

Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months to 5 years of age are now ready to go. Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, has endorsed a unanimous recommendation by the agency’s vaccine panel today, allowing vaccinations to begin as early as

Children who can play well with their peers at pre-school age will have better mental health later, a new study has found. This shows the potentially protective effects of peer play on mental health. Playing with others is important to children as it has various benefits. For instance, it helps them improve their physical skills and