All posts by LadyLively

  • Picky Eating, Social Phobia Often Linked in College Students

    Parents frazzled by their little ones’ finicky food choices often sigh in exasperation, thinking: “They’ll grow out of it by college.” Maybe not, suggests a new study from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Some young people...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Pfizer Seeks FDA Emergency Approval for COVID Vaccine in Younger Kids

    Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval for its coronavirus vaccine to be given to children between the ages of 5 and 11. “We’re committed to working...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • AHA News: A 3-year-old girl with Down syndrome is already a model and ambassador of the heart

    THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Heart surgery can be tough. It can be stressful. And while it can lead families on a path they might not have chosen, sometimes that path guides them...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19

    It is an excruciating statistic: One in every four COVID-19 deaths in the United States leaves a child without a parent or other caregiver, researchers report. The analysis of data shows that from April 2020 to July...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Kids With Food Allergies Are Often Targets for Bullies

    Life is challenging enough for teens and pre-teens with food allergies. But bullying often comes with the territory, making their situation worse. In a new study of more than 100 kids with food allergies, nearly one-third said...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Los Angeles Passes Country’s Strictest Vaccine Mandate

    One of the strictest coronavirus vaccine mandates in the United States has been approved in Los Angeles. The city council on Wednesday voted 11-2 in favor of a measure that requires proof of full vaccination for all...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Studies Show Power of Pfizer Vaccine Starts to Wane After Two Months

    THURSDAY, Oct. 7Two new studies confirm that the immunity offered by two doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine drops off after about two months, although protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death holds strong. The reports, from Israel...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Japanese Scientists Discover New Disease Carried by Ticks

    Scientists in Japan have discovered yet another tick-borne virus that can make people sick. The Yezo virus is transmitted by tick bites, and triggers fever and a reduction in blood platelets and white blood cells. “At least...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Oct. 7, 2021

    Over 140,000 U.S. children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19. New CDC data shows that between April 2020 and July 2021, 1 in 4 fatal cases of COVID-19 left a child without a parent or other caregiver....

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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  • Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study

    You might think that wildfires in the western United States would only affect folks in places like Colorado, California or Oregon. But a new study estimates that three-quarters of smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room...

    • Posted October 7, 2021
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