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Journalists Dive Deep Into Roots of Vaccine Distrust in Prisons and Covid’s Toll on Public Health

04/03/2021 Health News

Reporter Eric Berger discussed vaccine hesitancy among inmates at a Missouri correctional center with Newsy on Thursday. Click here to watch Berger on Newsy Read Berger’s “Inmates’ Distrust of Prison Health Care Fuels Distrust of Covid Vaccines” KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed how the U.S. has focused on international terrorism at the expense of public health with the Los Angeles […]

Iraqi boy becomes first child ever to be born with three penises

04/03/2021 Health News

Iraqi baby is first boy ever to be born with THREE penises, doctors claim A boy from Duhok in Iraq had to have surgery to remove two extra penises He was born with a 2cm penis on the base of his phallus and another 1cm one Supernumerary penises occur in between one in five and six million boys born A […]

China reports COVID-19 outbreak on border with Myanmar

04/03/2021 Health News

At least nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 in a Chinese city on the border with Myanmar, health officials said Wednesday. Five are Chinese citizens are four are Myanmar nationals, the Yunnan Province Health Commission said in a report posted online. The city of Ruili, with a population of about 210,000 people, said all residents would be tested for […]

¡Deben haber tenido una vida dura! Celebridades que han envejecido mal en las últimas décadas

04/03/2021 Health News

Carlos Villagrán es el actor que estuvo durante más de 30 años en la piel del popular personaje Quico, de la legendaria serie El chavo del 8. Esta serie fue extremadamente popular en Latinoámérica, concediéndole a Carlos la oportunidad de ser considerado en pocos años toda una estrella. Con el paso del tiempo terminó encarando proyectos propios, alejado del elenco […]

China aims to vaccinate entire city in 5 days after outbreak

04/03/2021 Health News

A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 began a five-day drive Friday to vaccinate its entire population of 300,000 people. State broadcaster CCTV showed people lining up and getting vaccinated in Ruili, where 16 cases have been confirmed since Tuesday. Twelve of them are Chinese and the other four are nationals of Myanmar, which lies across […]

Brazil faces "very serious situation" in pandemic: WHO

04/03/2021 Health News

FILE PHOTO: Elderly people wait in line to receive a dose of the Sinovac’s CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 65-year-old and older citizens in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesGENEVA (Reuters) – A number of states in Brazil are in critical condition and hospitals are overwhelmed by the […]

Scientists seek Covid treatment answers in cheap, older drugs

04/03/2021 Health News

Could a decades-old antidepressant be a secret weapon against Covid? A few scientists think so, after two small studies showed that fluvoxamine, typically prescribed for obsessive-compulsive disorder, prevented serious illness in all participants who took the pills soon after developing symptoms. It's an exciting notion: A $10, two-week course of this drug could reduce death and hospitalizations. The drug could […]

Some Should Stop Methotrexate for 2 Weeks After J&J Vaccine

04/03/2021 Health News

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The National Psoriasis Foundation COVID-19 Task Force now recommends that certain patients on methotrexate consider stopping the drug for 2 weeks after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, said at Innovations in Dermatology: Virtual Spring Conference 2021. The new guidance states: “Patients 60 or older […]

LOL! Kim Kardashian's Kids Interrupt Her Tanning Time: 'Mom Life on Vacay'

04/03/2021 Health News

These pictures are worth a thousand words — and then some! Since Kim Kardashian and Kanye West added Mom and Dad to their résumés in 2013, they’ve been sharing adorable photos of their family. The KKW Beauty creator gave birth to their eldest daughter, North, in June 2013, followed by son Saint two years later. The couple went on to […]

In-hospital cardiac procedures up for those with gout, rheumatoid arthritis

04/03/2021 Health News

(HealthDay)—Rates of in-hospital cardiac procedures continued to increase in people with gout and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 1998 to 2014, although they decreased for the general population, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease. Jasvinder A. Singh, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., and John Cleveland, M.D., both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, used data […]

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