(2024-02-27). Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school. nationofchange.org The CDC reported that childhood immunization rates hit a 10-year low.
(2024-02-27). Africa's First Routine Malaria Vaccination Campaign Begins. jamanetwork.com The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners rolled out the first routine malaria vaccination campaign in Africa, representing a historic milestone, the agency announced. The campaign to get children vaccinated began in Cameroon at the end of January, with plans to expand access to 9 additional African countries later this year. More than 90% of malaria cases and deaths are in Africa, with children accounting for the majority of deaths.
(2024-02-27). Zhangjiajie looks forward to rebound in South Korean tourist numbers. ecns.cn Tourism industry insiders in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, are optimistic about a rebound in the number of tourists from South Korea this year as they look to recover from the market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2024-02-27). Capitalism Has Left the Building. Enter Technofeudalism. pressenza.com The Search for a Definition | Over the last four or five years, like just about everyone else, I've been feeling that some kind of huge shift, some sort of sea change has taken place that I haven't quite been able to define. There were certainly occurrences that stood out. There was the Trump presidency, there was the COVID pandemic, there are the horrible wars in Ukraine, in Gaza and elsewhere, etc.. However, none of these phenomena held up, by themselves or in conjunction with one another, as a satisfying answer to my query. | Inverted Socialism? | Two years ago, I wrote an article for Pressenza entitled, "We H…
(2024-02-27). Dr. Phil's border and pandemic school views spark outrage on 'The View'. albawaba.com Dr. Phil McGraw, the popular TV psychologist and host of Dr. Phil Primetime, sparked a heated debate with the co-hosts of The View on Monda, when he shared his controversial views on the border crisis and the pandemic school closures.McGraw claimed that he had interviewed the head of the border guards at the Southern border, who told him that many of the children coming into the U.S. with phone numbers and addresses written on their arms were being sent into prostitution rings or sweat shops. He said that this was happening with the knowledge and funding of the U.S. government, which he called "unconscionable".JU…
(2024-02-26). Governor of Buenos Aires Sues Milei with the Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net Axel Kicillof, governor of Buenos Aires (Argentina), announced on Monday that the provincial prosecutor will sue the Milei government before the Supreme Court of the Nation. | RELATED: | The lawsuit is made after the government of Javier Milei eliminated the suffrage of Buenos Aires established during the pandemic by Alberto Fernández. | The mayor in an official note reported "We exhausted the administrative instances, t…
(2024-02-28). Airlines made US$33 billion from baggage fees worldwide last year, and they could make even more this year. scmp.com Last year's estimate is up almost 15 per cent from 2022, and it's the first time it's crossed US$30 billion since before the pandemic.
(2024-02-27). Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Serbia this year, says its leader Alexander Vucic. scmp.com Balkan nation, a close ally of Beijing in recent years, is the first confirmed stop on the Chinese president's first post-pandemic trip to Europe.
(2024-02-27). Measles outbreak hits several states in U.S. ecns.cn A measles outbreak has infected nine people in Florida including children and an adult after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that there have been 35 cases of the highly transmissible virus in more than 15 U.S. states this year.
(2024-02-27). Dengue fever: A Mayo Clinic expert explains the mosquito-borne infection. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent outbreaks of dengue fever in Brazil have prompted public health officials to launch an immunization campaign targeting children ages 10 to 11. Dengue fever is a potentially life-threatening viral infection transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. "Four different subtypes of the virus can cause infections in humans," says Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist. "Wherever you have a significant number of mosquitoes and warm hot environments is where you see dengue transmission." Watch: Dr. Stacey…
(2024-02-27). Perú emite alerta epidemiológica por epidemia de dengue. telesurtv.net El reporte del Ministerio alerta sobre las 28 personas fallecidas por la enfermedad.
(2024-02-27). Commercial Blood Test May Identify Alzheimer Disease Brain Pathology. jamanetwork.com A commercially available blood test that measures levels of a tau protein known as phosphorylated tau 217, or p-tau217, was able to identify people whose brains showed signs of Alzheimer disease pathology, according to data from an observational study. The research involved about 800 participants with and without cognitive impairment.
(2024-02-27). Including Cystatin C Levels May Be Better for Diagnosing CKD. jamanetwork.com To diagnose chronic kidney disease (CKD), clinicians look for a low glomerular filtration rate (GFR), typically based on creatinine levels in serum. But estimated GFR isn't as strongly associated with clinical outcomes in older adults as it is in younger people. In a recent study, estimating GFR based on both creatinine and cystatin C levels was linked more strongly with a variety of adverse outcomes in older people, including acute kidney injury as well as all-cause hospitalization and heart failure.
(2024-02-27). Bariatric Surgery Produces Long-term Benefits in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. jamanetwork.com Nearly 30 years ago, Pories and colleagues published a landmark case series provocatively titled "Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves to Be the Most Effective Therapy for Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus." The operation was the gastric bypass for obesity. The excellent well-controlled study published in this issue of JAMA by Courcoulas and colleagues provides the most robust evidence to date of the long-term efficacy of bariatric surgery for improving control of type 2 diabetes. Effective therapies are critically needed for this disease, which affects more than 14% of adults in the US, is associated with…
(2024-02-27). Types of encephalitis: A Mayo Clinic expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: February 22 is World Encephalitis Day. Encephalitis is a disease referring to the inflammation or swelling of the brain. Broadly, it can happen because of infections, including viral infections, or the immune system acting up. That's why Dr. Sarosh Irani, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and researcher, says it's essential to recognize World Encephalitis Day. "A number of physicians, and certainly the public, are not aware of encephalitis as an entity. Yet, it is a medical emergency,…
(2024-02-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Health disparities in gynecologic cancers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each year, thousands of women are diagnosed with gynecologic cancers in the U.S. While cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer affects all races, Black women are often diagnosed at later stages and are more likely to die from these diseases. Dr. Kristina Butler, a Mayo Clinic gynecologic oncologist, discusses health disparities and prevention. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/qnJg1eEtcN0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…
(2024-02-27). Newborns diagnosed with syphilis at alarming rates. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that looks at sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has some concerning news, especially when it comes to syphilis. While cases of other STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, have decreased or seen modest increases, syphilis has jumped 80% in the four years from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily transmitted through sexual contact. But she says…
(2024-02-27). How specialized blood cells could transform treatments for inflammatory disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers are studying whether specialized T cells taken from blood could harness the body's immune system to treat or someday cure complex inflammatory diseases. Researchers are probing whether a subset of T cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs, have the power to suppress out-of-control immune responses. If so, they want to know if this could offer a new therapeutic option for chronic inflammation that does not respond to standard treatment. William…
(2024-02-27). Spotlight on early detection of 3 heart diseases using ECG-AI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Too often, the first sign of cardiovascular disease may be a major event like a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest. Now, researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to flag heart problems earlier, boosting the abilities of a diagnostic test that has been around for over a century — the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early detection of heart disease can make a significant difference in a patient's…
(2024-02-27). Norwegian Dawn cruise ship allowed to dock in Mauritius after tests show no cholera aboard. scmp.com Authorities on the island nation off the coast of east Africa prevented the Norwegian Dawn from docking over the weekend over what they said were 'health risks', without elaborating.
(2024-02-27). Norwegian Dawn passengers start to exit cholera-suspected US cruise ship near Mauritius, but many remain on board. scmp.com The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship has been stranded off the East African island of Mauritius, following a series of gastrointestinal illnesses on board.
(2024-02-27). Take heart murmurs seriously. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eau Claire, Wis. — Detecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or persistent. Heart murmurs may be present at birth or develop later in life during pregnancy, phases of rapid growth like adolescence, or from a fever or anemia. "The murmur may…
(2024-02-27). Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Noting the differences in anerobic coverage between cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam, Dr Chanderraj and colleagues inquire how commonly clinicians in our recent ACORN trial elected to co-administer antibiotics with anerobic coverage (eg, metronidazole or clindamycin) to patients in the cefepime group vs the piperacillin-tazobactam group. In the 14 days after enrollment, 564 patients (46.5%) in the cefepime group and 248 patients (19.1%) in the piperacillin-tazobactam group received either metronidazole or clindamycin, of which 535 (44.1%) and 173 (13.3%), respectively, received them during the first…
(2024-02-27). Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent randomized clinical trial compared empirical cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in adult patients who presented to the hospital with suspected infection. However, we urge caution in accepting the authors' conclusion that empirical use of cefepime resulted in more neurological dysfunction vs piperacillin-tazobactam. This conclusion was based on the finding that patients in the cefepime group experienced fewer days alive and free of delirium and coma within 2 weeks, with a mean difference of only 0.3 days (odds ratio [OR], 0.79 [95% CI, 0.65-0.95]).
(2024-02-27). Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We applaud the execution and reporting of the Antibiotic Choice on Renal Outcomes (ACORN) pragmatic, randomized clinical trial of cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in hospitalized adults with suspected infection in the emergency department or medical intensive care unit.
(2024-02-27). Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Acute Infection in Hospitalized Adults. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent randomized clinical trial reported that among adults hospitalized with acute infection, patients treated with cefepime had similar incidence of acute kidney injury as those treated with piperacillin-tazobactam and more neurological dysfunction. We have some concerns about this study.
(2024-02-27). Hezbollah hits Israeli targets at Upper Galilee with 40 missiles. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- According to reports from Al-Mayadeen correspondent in the south, Hezbollah has launched 40 missiles towards Israeli targets in the Western Galilee. This escalation follows Israeli raids on the city of Baalbek, resulting in three fatalities and numerous casualties. Additionally, Hezbollah has confirmed the martyrdom of three of its fighters. ŸÑÿ®ŸÜÿߟÜ: ŸÖÿ±ÿßÿ≥ŸÑ ÿߟџ֟äÿßÿØŸäŸÜ ŸÅŸä ÿ&sz…
(2024-02-27). In Jenin, brazen Israeli raids fuel fiercer Palestinian resistance. 972mag.com
(2024-02-27). Term of office for SARS Commissioner extended. sanews.gov.za