Preventive Care & Screening

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (259+ words) Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine A new immunization, offered free to all infants through universal programs in Ontario and Quebec, provided strong protection against respiratory syncytial virus, commonly referred to as RSV, sharply reducing hospitalizations and intensive care unit…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (186+ words) ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to airdrop millions of rabies vaccine doses over several states, including Georgia, starting next month. The initiative follows a health advisory issued last week by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (317+ words) California voters will decide in November whether Proposition (Prop) 38 should authorize substantial state funding for immunology and immunotherapy research. The initiative would fund immunology and immunotherapy research aimed at harnessing the body’s immune system to develop new treatments, medical procedures…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (87+ words) KPCW Summit County health vaccine clinics set for early October Summit County Health Department Deputy Director Kendra Babitz discusses the department's seasonal vaccine clinics, vaccine options, and measles immunization outreach. She says the annual drive-though and walk-up clinics will have…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (303+ words) WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give a keynote address at a Children’s Health Defense conference in the nation’s capital this week, embracing the anti-vaccine organization he once led. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our founder…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (431+ words) Pennsylvania health officials say four fully vaccinated people have contracted measles, marking the first breakthrough cases identified during the outbreak. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports. Pennsylvania has reported 676 measles cases, including four people who were fully vaccinated for their age the…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (248+ words) Jackson County Public Health closed its Lee’s Summit building Monday after health officials confirmed that a resident of eastern Jackson County who had measles visited the location twice last week. Health officials said no other measles cases had been identified…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (208+ words) In recent weeks, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department (SGCHD) has detected two rabies cases in bats. While the exposure risk to the public remains low, the health department wants the community to practice prevention. Rabies is preventable, but it can…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (521+ words) Extra paediatricians are being drafted in and elective procedures are still being called off in the busiest flu season for Auckland's children's hospitals in years. PHF Science figures showed there had been about 70 children with the most severe respiratory symptoms…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (197+ words) The WHO said the last reported case of dog-to-human rabies occurred in 1972. “This validation reflects decades of commitment to protecting communities from rabies and demonstrates the impact of sustained investment in public health,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in…...