Health

COVID vaccine questions and doubt linger amid nationwide surge  Axios America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.  vox.com What Americans Need to Know About Covid Shots This Season  Bloomberg Questions abound as FDA set to approve updated COVID vaccine  NBC Bay Area CDC’s new COVID-19 vaccine guidance could limit access for many  KUSA.com Source link

Participants in the vitamin D3 group took daily 2,000 IUs of the supplement, which is a dosage commonly found over-the-counter at neighborhood pharmacies. Researchers looked for signs of aging in participants’ cells, which split as they replicate. Over a whole lifetime, a person’s chromosomes may appear more frayed because the cells have replicated so many times, scientists said. The authors …

Vitamin D supplements and heart, kidney damage risk: Symptoms, risks and everything you need to know  The Times of India Dietitians on How To Get Your Vitamin D Dose—No Sun Required  Vogue Vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer; know key symptoms  The Times of India Vitamin D deficiency is widespread – but overusing supplements can also be dangerous  The Conversation …

NCI axes funding for pediatric brain cancer trial consortium, shifts focus to broader oncology group  Fierce Biotech A major childhood brain cancer network is ending  statnews.com Pratiti Bandopadhayay: Urgent Need to Sustain Funding for Pediatric Brain Tumor Trials  Oncodaily HHS winds down pediatric brain tumor pact after 26 years, prioritizing other childhood cancer work  Endpoints News Parvati Tiwari: Advocates Express Alarm Over NCI’s Decision …

Not pulling the rom-com-inspired strings here, but it should not even be up for debate why paying attention to heart health is so important. This one organ of the human body is glorified for all things emotional (isn’t it romantic!), and not nearly enough for all the functional purposes it serves. The heart is responsible for pumping blood, oxygen, and …

6 things people over 60 do differently, and it’s why they’re happier  VegOut If you still do these 5 things in your 60s, you are truly winning at life  Eluxe Magazine 6 signs you’re thriving after 65, even if you don’t realize it  VegOut If you’re doing these 7 things after 65, you’re winning at retirement  VegOut 9 subtle habits of people in their …

‘We are sweating’: Missouri kindergarten vaccination rates fall below immunity threshold  Missouri Independent Vaccine skepticism crisis spills over as students return to school  USA Today Data shows vax rates dropped in Lancaster County; outbreak risk increases  LancasterOnline Class preparation must include vaccines, Ohio’s health director says  Toledo Blade Ohio doctors concerned by declining vaccination rates in children  FOX 8 News Source link

2 People, 1 Cat Exposed to Rabid Bat in South Utica  WKTV Source link

By many measures, the coronavirus is a thing of the past. Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each summer, we get a rude reminder. The season of travel and fun continues to bring a spike in COVID-19 …

Researchers developing vaccines to treat cancer have been granted access to one of the UK’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers. The team at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Medicine will be allowed to use the device, know as Dawn, for 10,000 hours as part of a government scheme. They will be analysing tens of thousands of data …