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Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak
13+ hour, 45+ min ago (937+ words) While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. The latest data…...
Study finds loss of child support grant damages mental health
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (891+ words) A study by academics linked to Stellenbosch University and Erasmus University in Rotterdam has found evidence of a decline in the mental health of adolescents ageing out of South Africa's child support grant (CSG). The grant, meant to eradicate widespread…...
Unprecedented gift will advance pediatric research at USask
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (324+ words) SASKATOON " A $4 M gift is establishing a pediatric research chair at USask to study how early life factors shape chronic disease risk and improve lifelong health. What if we could stop a disease before it started? Factors in early life…...
Pioneering Pediatric Gastroenterology Technique Achieved in Matanzas
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (420+ words) Friday, July 3, 2026 by Henry Cruz The Eliseo Noel Caama'o Provincial Pediatric Hospital in Matanzas has set a new milestone by performing an esophageal variceal ligation on a pediatric patient for the first time in the province. This high-precision endoscopic procedure…...
Matanzas sets a precedent in pediatric gastroenterology with an unprecedented technique
7+ hour, 45+ min ago (467+ words) For the first time in Matanzas, an esophageal variceal ligation was performed on a child, with support from the Faustino P'rez Hospital and the Swiss organization medi Cuba-Suisse. Friday, July 3, 2026 - 6: 04 PM The Provincial Pediatric Hospital "Eliseo Noel Caama'o" in Matanzas…...
The Kids Nobody Builds For: Why Pediatrics is the Hardest Problem - Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 68
1+ week, 1+ day ago (242+ words) Check out the main topics of discussion for this episode of the Life Sciences Today podcast: Podcast (lifesciencestoday): Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | i Heart Radio | Youtube Music | RSS | More Subscribe'to…...
RAINBOW RUN: Fun run raises vital hospital funds
18+ hour, 9+ min ago (215+ words) Pink Pages" Advertise with us " Local Business Guide View Now " Published on: 3rd July 2026 | By: The Newsdesk | Category: Featured A colourful charity fun run raised more than "20, 000 for Hertfordshire hospitals, including Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood. Rainbow Run, an annual…...
Asthma: How vitamins A and D may help fight lung cell aging
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (1037+ words) There are currently 13 recognized essential vitamins, two of which are A and D. Vitamin A is typically linked to eye health, while vitamin D is most closely associated with bone health. However, both vitamins have also been linked to supporting other…...
Vitamins A and D may improve lung health in people with asthma, study finds - AOL
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (1110+ words) Vitamins A and D are among the 13 currently recognized essential vitamins." Both vitamins have been linked to helping maintain certain body systems, such as lung function." A new study has found that vitamin A may help improve lung function in…...
Study Links Low Birth Weight to Long-Term Disease Risk
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (613+ words) Babies born smaller than expected may carry a biological signature at birth that increases their risk of developing heart, lung, and metabolic diseases decades later, according to a new study. Researchers identified a group of proteins in umbilical cord blood…...