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Viruses Unicef says virus is ‘canary in the coalmine’ that shows up the gaps in vaccination campaigns for preventable illness Agence France-Presse Wed 27 Apr 2022 23.32 EDT Measles cases have surged nearly 80% worldwide this year amid disruption caused by Covid-19, the UN has said, warning that the rise of the “canary in a coalmine” illness indicated that outbreaks of other diseases were likely to be on the way.The coronavirus pandemic has interrupted vaccination campaigns for non-Covid diseases around the world, creating a “perfect storm” that could put millions of children’s lives at risk, the UN’s children’s agency Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.Measles is a disease caused by a virus that attacks mainly children. The most serious complications incl...

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When hunger strikes, it can be hard to resist shoveling anything and everything into your mouth, at speed. But the problem comes with telling when enough is enough. As babies, we were primed to bat food away when full. But as adults, it’s trickier. We grown-ups not only eat food for fuel, but let’s be honest, pleasure and comfort are key driving forces. As a result, it’s harder to gauge when we are full, leading us to overeat and in some cases, gain weight. But experts have revealed that you can use a simple tool that can stop you from over-fuelling yourself and might even help you lose weight. By visualizing a “hunger scale” experts at MyFitnessPal said you can start to understand what your hunger cues really mean. They say you should imagine your...

Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February, federal health officials reported on Tuesday — another remarkable milestone in a pandemic that continues to confound expectations. The highly contagious Omicron variant was responsible for much of the toll. In December 2021, as the variant began spreading, only half as many people had antibodies indicating prior infection, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the numbers came as a shock to many Americans, some scientists said they had expected the figures to be even higher, given the contagious variants that have marched through the nation over the past two years. There may be good news in the data, some experts said. A gain in ...

Despite recent progress, the world is at risk of failing to meet child and adolescent health targets, with more than 86 lakh deaths among children and adolescents (aged 0-20 years) recorded in 2019, according to a new series on optimising child and adolescent health and development, published in The Lancet. Stillbirths (23%) and neonatal deaths (28%) together accounted for over half these deaths, while another one-third (32%) of the deaths occured in children between one month and five years of age (see chart). “By looking at mortality and nutrition from the third trimester of pregnancy until age 20, we can have a more complete understanding of child and adolescent health. Our analysis clearly indicates that the first two years of life are crucial indicators of future health, but th...

WE KNOW ABOUT THE NEWEST LOCATION. PORERTER: IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A COMMERALCI TABLE BIG LAYER FACILITY, THAT THOSE OF THE CHICKENS THAT LAY THE EGGS THAT YOU BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE. CONFIRMATION CAME TODAY FROM THE USDA RESULTING IN THE KILLING OF MORE THAN 300,000 CHICKS.EN THIS IS THE FIFTH FLOCK HIT BY THE AVIAN FLU IN LANCASTER COUNTYN I THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 3.8 MILLION BIRDS HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED SFAO R. WE DO KNOW THAT THE FIRST FOUR LOCATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN WITHIN THAT SIX MILE RADSIU OF THE FIRST CONFIRME CDASE. AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE FIFTH FACILITY IS LOCAD,TE ONLY THAT IT IS IN LANCASTER COUN.TY AVIAN FLU IS DEADLY TO BIRDS AND CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY FROM FLOCK TO FLOCK BUT IT IS SAFE FOR US TO EAT. IN PENNSYLVANIA, THIS IS A BIG DEAL ...

Global health experts are puzzled over a recent onslaught of liver disease in children, warning a mysterious outbreak of pediatric hepatitis has been detected in the US, Europe and Asia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a nationwide health alert last week that previously healthy children were suddenly developing hepatitis, or liver inflammation caused by a number of viruses. The first US case was discovered in Alabama in October while cases in the UK popped up in January. Children as young as 1 month old to 16 have been affected. While most cases are in Europe, experts said nearly 200 children globally have experienced sudden liver disease, while at least one has died and several others have required liver transplants. Global health ex...

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Targeting Nsp1 with montelukast (Singulair) helps prevent shutdown of host protein synthesis. Credit: Mohammad Afsar An oral medication used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to and block a crucial protein produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and reduce viral replication in human immune cells, according to a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug, called montelukast, has been around for more than 20 years and is typically prescribed to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hives, and hay fever. In the United States, montelukast is sold under the brand name Singulair. In the study published recently in the journal eLife, the researchers show that the drug binds strongl...