A North Carolina family is appealing for help after their adopted 14-year-old daughter was denied a kidney transplant by Duke University Hospital because she was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Yulia Hicks was hosted by Lee and Chrissy Hicks in January 2021 from Ukraine. They knew she had a rare genetic kidney disease, Loken senior syndrome, …
They aimed to identify a small set of signals detectable during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy that could form the basis of a simple and inexpensive diagnostic test that can be used in low-, middle- and high-income countries. To estimate the accuracy of the machine learning models, the researchers first built the models with …
article Incarcerated women walk on the grounds of FCI Dublin in 2004. WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) sent a letter Friday to the new director of FCI Dublin asking why it appears incarcerated women face “significant obstacles” to talking to their lawyers and demanding that this practice unconstitutional changes immediately. The letter, …
This year’s flu vaccine appears to be “a very good match” for the circulating strains, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a news conference on Monday. . (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes WASHINGTON — This year’s flu vaccine appears to be “a pretty good …
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Columbia pediatrician Dr. Deborah Greenhouse treated children Dec. 7 in her office with strep throat, bronchiolitis and other illnesses caused by a wave of respiratory illnesses that swept through South Carolina. She shudders to think what it would be like if thousands more were uninsured and had to seek treatment in an already crowded emergency …
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Scientists behind a new study may have found the biological reason why we have more respiratory illnesses in winter and it turns out cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the body. nose. (Caroline Hayeur, Alamy) Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes WASHINGTON – A chill is in the air, and you all know …
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Nearly 20,000 people in the United States were admitted to hospital with flu last week, nearly double the number of admissions from the previous week, according to data updated Dec. 2 by the Centers. for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States. (Tero Vesalainen, Adobe Stock) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes WASHINGTON — Nearly …
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Nursing home group accuses Matt Hancock’s diary and memoir of events of ‘nothing like the facts’, with official saying ‘it was a man who lied’ Matt Hancock’s defense of Covid care home management sparked industry outrage The former health secretary explained many of his decisions in his pandemic diaries But industry insiders said his memory …
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“Sometimes in the shower I realize they’re gone. I just have these scars. Camille Kiefel, 32, had her healthy breasts removed in 2020 to align with her non-binary gender identity. She says her doctors approved the operation after two Zoom meetings, overcoming a range of mental health issues. Now that Camille is mentally better, she …
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All pathology orders at Stanford Health Care are now fully digitized, enabling faster results, ease of tracking, and greater patient safety. Since 2015, Stanford Health Care has used a software system, Epic System’s Beaker CP, to track analysis of bodily fluids such as blood and urine (CP refers to clinical pathology). Last month, it deployed …
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