MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Sleep-deprived night shift nurses are at greater risk for the common cold and other infectious diseases, a new study says. Shift work and its impact on quality sleep can wreak havoc on nurses’ immune systems, making them more vulnerable to infection, researchers reportContinue Reading
Death marks second fatality in growing outbreak, following the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child in TexasContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a team to help local health officials respond. The CDC announced the plan on X, explaining that its Epidemic IntelligenceContinue Reading
Number of measles cases has risen to 124 in Gaines County, Texas, since JanuaryContinue Reading
Majority of cases presenting in unvaccinated individuals; at least 16 patients hospitalizedContinue Reading
Four cases identified in self-reported vaccinated individuals; 13 patients have required hospitalizationContinue Reading
All the cases are in unvaccinated residents of Gaines County; nine patients have required hospitalizationContinue Reading
Gaines County, Texas, has very high number of vaccine exemptions compared with the national averageContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine is leading some parents to skip important vaccinations for their children. Young children of parents who declined the COVID vaccine are about 25% less likely to get the standard measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, researchers reported in a new studyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More Americans believe in the effectiveness of vaccines developed to protect newborns and seniors against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). More than half of U.S. adults (52%) think the RSV vaccine given to pregnant women will protect newborns from the infection, up from 42%Continue Reading