All posts by LadyLively

  • CDC Pulls Vaccine Slide After Expert Cites Study Doesn’t Exist

    A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist. The...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Illinois Reports First West Nile Virus Case of 2025

    Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say. The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne virus, according to the U.S. Centers for...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • NIH Stops Canceling Research Grants Following Court Ruling

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal. This decision comes just days after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the NIH...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Online Videos For Kids Rife With Junk Food Messaging

    Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says. About 75% of 6- to 8-year-olds and 36% of 3-...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Typos, Slang Trip Up AI Medical Assessments

    Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says. Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Wastewater Can Accurately Predict COVID-19 Surges

    Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Updated COVID Vaccines Effective Against New Strains

    Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Education Suffers After Even A Single Brush With Childhood Trauma

    Violence, addiction and abuse can keep children a step behind other kids when it comes to their education, a new study says. Children who’ve experienced only a single traumatic event are more than twice as likely to...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • School Vaccination Requirements Widely Supported By Americans, Poll Says

    There’s widespread support among Americans for requiring that kids be vaccinated before they can go to school, a new Harvard survey has found. About 4 in 5 U.S. adults (79%) say parents should be required to have...

    • Posted June 26, 2025
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  • Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

    Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health...

    • Posted June 25, 2025
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