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Fake news and fake science
In a recent editorial, the New York Times wrote about ‘the breakdown of a shared public reality built upon widely accepted facts’. As a scientist, I am appalled by the disdain for facts shown by many in this country, including the President-Elect. Unfortunately, science is not without its share of fake information.
The Times argues that at one time, nearly everyone had a unified source of news – the proverbial Walter Cronkite. Social media and the internet changed all that, allowing people to have their own sources of news, whether they be real or fake. The web developers in Macedonia who are paid $30,000 a ...
Source: virology blog - December 16, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary fake news fake science scientific fraud vaccine viral virology virus viruses Walter Cronkite Source Type: blogs
Superbugs, Anti-Vaxxers Make WHO ’ s List Of 10 Global Health Threats
(CNN) — From climate change to superbugs, the World Health Organization has laid out 10 big threats to our global health in 2019.
And unless these threats get addressed, millions of lives will be in jeopardy.
Here’s a snapshot of 10 urgent health issues, according to the United Nations’ public health agency:
Not vaccinating when you can
One of the most controversial recent health topics in the US is now an international concern.
“Vaccine hesitancy — the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines — threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-prevent...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Local TV Source Type: news
Study: New Form Of Coronavirus Spreads Faster, But Doesn ’ t Make People Sicker
(CNN) — A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make them any sicker than earlier variations of the virus, an international team of researchers reported Thursday.
“It is now the dominant form infecting people,” Erica Ollmann Saphire of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology and the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium, who worked on the study, told CNN.
“This is now the virus.”
The study, published in the journal Cell, builds on some earlier wo...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
Expert Q&A: Childhood Vaccine Safety
WebMD Health News
By Kathleen Doheny
Reviewed by Jennifer Shu, MD
For parents, childhood vaccines are a source of reassurance — protecting your child against disease naturally helps you sleep better at night — but also anxiety about side effects and reactions.
With misinformation about vaccines and health problems, it can be difficult for a parent to sort it all out.
For help, WebMD turned to the CDC’s Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, director of its immunization safety office.
Are there dangerous side effects or reactions to childhood vaccines?
Fortunately, dangerous side effects or reactions to vaccines are fe...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
HIV-Positive Youth May Lack Immunity to MMR DiseasesHIV-Positive Youth May Lack Immunity to MMR Diseases
Despite vaccination, one third to one half of children who contracted HIV at birth did not show immunity to measles, mumps, or rubella (MMR) in a retrospective study. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
Effective HAART Reduces HBV Risk in Men With HIVEffective HAART Reduces HBV Risk in Men With HIV
Treatment that brought HIV viral loads to undetectable levels also prevented additional susceptibility to HBV, but HBV vaccination is still needed. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
HIV Guidelines Make Special HPV Recommendations for Gay Men HIV Guidelines Make Special HPV Recommendations for Gay Men
New European guidelines differ from American guidelines in that they recommend that gay and bisexual men get vaccinated for human papillomavirus until age 40.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
Scientists Hope New Tech Aids Coronavirus Vaccine Scientists Hope New Tech Aids Coronavirus Vaccine
Early trials in people suggest that such a vaccine can stimulate an immune response very well. But it has never been tried during an outbreak.WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Is The Shocking News of the Sugar Industry's Influence Over Harvard Researchers Really Shocking?
Hey, Sugar, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association dropped an alleged bombshell when it disclosed that the sugar industry lobby influenced research on coronary heart disease by effectively bribing Harvard researchers to promote the theory that dietary fat, and not sugar, causes heart disease.
The story is trending on Facebook at this very moment, and the JAMA Facebook post states that "Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry-funded studies, and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effec...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The spread of medical fake news in social media – The pilot quantitative study
Conclusions Analyzing social media top shared news could contribute to identification of leading fake medical information miseducating the society. It might also encourage authorities to take actions such as put warnings on biased domains or scientifically evaluate those generating fake health news.
Source: Health Policy and Technology - June 25, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
NIDCR's Winter 2020 E-Newsletter
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NIDCR Welcomes New Director Rena D’Souza
Rena N. D’Souza, DDS, MS, PhD, was sworn in as the director of NIDCR by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, on October 13. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. D’Souza was the assistant vice president for academic affairs and education for health sciences at the Unive...
Source: NIDCR Science News - December 4, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
NIDCR's Spring 2021 E-Newsletter
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NIDCR & NIH Stand Against Structural Racism
NIDCR Director Rena D’Souza, DDS, MS, PhD, said in a statement that there is no place for structural racism in biomedical research, echoing remarks from NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, in his announcement of a new NIH initiative—called UNIT...
Source: NIDCR Science News - April 7, 2021 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
NIDCR's Summer 2021 E-Newsletter
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NIDCR to Release Report on Oral Health in America
As a 20-year follow-up to the seminal Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, NIDCR will release Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges in the fall of 2021. The report will illuminate new directions in the prevention and t...
Source: NIDCR Science News - July 1, 2021 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
