LUBBOCK, Texas — A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious—but preventable—respiratory disease since 2015. The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night amid the widespread outbreak, Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years. Since it … Read more
Roll your tongue around your mouth, and you might feel a sting from a new tender spot. A tiny, unwelcome crater of pain, a red circle of fire tucked against your cheek. It feels worse with every prodding poke. Another canker sore. What did you do to deserve this? Maybe nothing at all. “Most times, … Read more
Feb. 26 (UPI) — Eighty-eight people aboard a Holland America cruise ship, the Eurodam, in the Caribbean were sickened in a norovirus outbreak — the fifth striking the line since … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
The vaccine meeting canceled by the FDA is the second federal vaccine panel meeting Trump administration officials have canceled since RFK Jr. took over HHS. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein
The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil, Lena H. Sun
The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the bill to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox (R) last week after it passed both chambers largely along party lines. View original article Contributor: Anumita Kaur
A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with brain cancer, new research suggests. The test can measure the … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say. View original article Contributor: Michael Levenson
Feb. 25 (UPI) — The first measles death in the United States in a decade was announced Wednesday in Texas as an outbreak in that state’s panhandle spread to New … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Blood flow problems within the lungs could be driving long COVID in some children, according to scans using an advanced form of MRI. Children and teens with long COVID appear … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor: