[ad_1] New York: Older Americans should roll up their sleeves to get another COVID-19 vaccine, even if they received a booster dose in the fall, US health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September … Read more
[ad_1] Arlington: Lung cancer is not the most common type of cancer, but it is the deadliest. Despite therapies such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all people with the disease will live more than five years after diagnosis, and the World Health Organization estimates that lung cancer kills to more … Read more
[ad_1] Los Angeles: According to a US study, children born in October are more likely to be vaccinated against influenza and less likely to be diagnosed with the disease than children born in other months. The results of the study were published in The BMJ. According to the findings, birth month is associated with both … Read more
[ad_1] Geneva: The World Health Organization expressed alarm on Tuesday over the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year, a 79 percent increase from 2022. “In the measles world we are extremely concerned,” said Natasha Crowcroft, WHO technical advisor on measles and rubella. However, he stressed that measles cases … Read more
[ad_1] So far, more than 2,500 cases of the JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19 and its lineages have been detected in the country, INSACOG said on Thursday. There are 1,084 JN.1 SARS-CoV-2 sequences in 18 states and UTs, while its JN.1.1 sublineage has been detected in 1,111 cases, according to data compiled by the SARS-CoV-2 Genomics … Read more
[ad_1] Kathmandu / New Delhi, February 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization has congratulated Nepal for restricting levels of industrially produced trans fatty acids in the food supply through legislation, a move aimed at promoting health and saving lives. “Elimination of trans fatty acids is a cost-effective measure with great health benefits in preventing premature … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: Cervical cancer is at the center of public health concern with the government’s push for vaccination in the interim Union budget, a move that is a potential game-changer for the disease that kills the most of 77,000 women in India every year. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her speech last week … Read more