childhood
Antibiotics for common childhood infections no longer effective in many parts of the world, finds study
Dr Phoebe Williams is an Infectious disease specialist working to reduce antimicrobial resistance. In the photo she is working in Kenya. Credit: Hamish Gregory. A new study has found that drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, due to high rates of antibiotic …
A single antibody tackles two childhood viruses
An antibody shows promise for preventing infection by two viruses responsible for common childhood illnesses1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $29.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Rent …
Health experts encourage routine infant and childhood vaccinations
MADISON (WKOW) — As more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, local health experts are emphasizing the importance of routine childhood vaccinations for kids under the age of two. Providers believe it is particularly important this year that parents and families stay up to date with checkups and vaccinations, as more children are returning to in-person …
Global rise in childhood mental health issues amid pandemic
PARIS – By the time his parents rushed him to the hospital, 11-year-old Pablo was barely eating and had stopped drinking entirely. Weakened by months of self-privation, his heart had slowed to a crawl and his kidneys were faltering. Medics injected him with fluids and fed him through a tube — first steps toward stitching …
Childhood Colds Do Not Prevent Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds
The theory was simple and compelling: Children are less vulnerable to the new coronavirus because they carry antibodies to other common coronaviruses that cause the common cold. The idea might also explain why some people infected with the new virus have mild symptoms while others — presumably without antibodies to common cold coronaviruses — are …
Study finds antibiotics before age 2 associated with childhood health issues
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a retrospective case study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or conditions, ranging from allergies to obesity. The findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Using health record data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a population-based research collaboration …
Guthrie and community partners break ground on $4.5 million early childhood learning center
SAYRE, P.A. (WETM) – Guthrie is breaking ground, announcing an early childhood learning center. Today, Guthrie and their community partners gathered outside of Guthrie Pediatrics announcing a 4.5 million dollar project for an early childhood learning center. Guthrie is partnering with U-Gro Learning Centres and Discover The World Children’s Center to offer an additional childcare …
With the school year looming, public health officials encourage catch-up on childhood immunizations
Immunization levels declined in March, April and May, but increased in June and July. With the start of school weeks away, public health experts are making a last-minute push to remind parents to vaccinate their children, after immunizations plummeted at the height of the pandemic. As families avoided doctors’ offices last spring and many in-person …
Public Health Launches Childhood Vaccination Campaign – Mix 107.3 KIOW
Area students are heading back to school in some form beginning August 24th and the Iowa Department of Public Health has launched a childhood vaccination campaign to remind families to schedule annual physicals and back-to-school immunizations. “Daily activities may have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we should all maintain routine health care that keeps …
New Strategy To Stop the Spread of Childhood Bone Cancer
Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives. Current treatment is gruelling, with outdated chemotherapy cocktails and limb amputation. But despite all of this, the five-year survival rate is poor at just 42 per …