(HealthDay)—More than half of all Americans have been personally affected by COVID-19 at this point in the pandemic, according to a new HealthDay-Harris Poll survey. The national survey was conducted by The Harris Poll between Oct. 8 and 12. It found that 55% of U.S. adults now say they know someone in their immediate or […]
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Comparative study: The Hartz IV System makes many seriously ill
Hartz IV recipients are more likely to be sick Recipients of Hartz IV benefits are more likely to be ill, as the result of a study by the General local sickness funds (AOK) Rhineland/Hamburg. Accordingly, the social Status of statutory health insured is an important factor for the health of the Insured. But why is […]
Children are 23% less likely to become ill if they use hand sanitiser
Children are 23% less likely to become ill if they wash their hands with a sanitiser instead of soap and water Spanish researchers studied hand-washing in 911 infants in Almeria Those using hand sanitiser were the least likely to get infections like colds Being stricter with soap and water caused a minor reduction in illness […]
Littler girl saved by her mother’s HIV-infected liver in world first
Little girl saved – by an HIV-infected liver: World first as doctors transplant organ from HIV-positive mother into her daughter in a desperate bid to cure her end-stage liver failure Nearly every nation in the world faces a critical organ shortage Antiretroviral therapies and PrEP have rendered HIV a manageable infection A little girl in […]
Rapid genomic sequencing to diagnose critically ill children with rare diseases
A multidisciplinary team at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) has developed a test to enable faster diagnosis of rare diseases to help critically ill children. Rapid genomic sequencing or RapidSeq of critically ill children in the neonatal and children’s intensive care units is a test, the first of its kind in Singapore, to provide […]