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How Climate Change Likely Contributed To Libya ’ s Devastating Flooding
The Mediterranean storm that dumped torrential rain on the Libyan coast, setting off flooding that’s believed to have killed thousands of people, is the latest extreme weather event to carry some of the hallmarks of climate change, scientists say.
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Daniel — dubbed a “medicane” for its hurricane-like characteristics – drew enormous energy from extremely warm sea water. And a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor that can fall as rain, experts said.
It’s difficult to attribute a single weather event to climate change, “but we know...
Source: TIME: Science - September 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: TAMMY WEBBER and ISABELLA O'MALLEY / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
What to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee recommended that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot.
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended on Sept. 12 that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen endorsed the recommendation made by the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts.
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That shot will be the newest vaccine greenlit by the Foo...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Trial Shows Keytruda With Chemotherapy Superior to Chemo Alone
Results of a new phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicate that a chemoimmunotherapy regimen combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy drugs improves patient survival more than chemotherapy alone for pleural mesothelioma.
Study researchers used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alongside platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy. Christina S. Baik, MD, MPH, reviewed the phase 3 trial results during the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2023 Best of ASCO Seattle annual meeting.
The overall response rate for patients receiving Keytruda with chemotherapy was 63% compared to 40% for th...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 13, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs Immunotherapy Mesothelioma Treatment Source Type: news
Israel ' s Health Ministry Recommends Some Wear Masks Indoors Israel ' s Health Ministry Recommends Some Wear Masks Indoors
Israel ' s health ministry has advised people with compromised immune systems to wear masks in crowded indoor spaces as it marks an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations ahead of the Jewish holidays.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Researchers took aim at mucins, glycoproteins that protect cancer cells from drugs and the immune response, and engineered a revolutionary targeted tool for oncology and beyond.
Source: The Scientist - September 13, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
4 Ways to Help Your Child Adapt to Life ’s Rapid Changes
If you’re a parent, you often feel that life today is complicated, overloaded, and moving at warp speed. Technological advances like AI are creating exponential change, the world is getting hotter, and the future is hard to imagine–both for ourselves and our kids. The world is brimming with uncertainty as life races forward. Scientists are calling our era “The Great Acceleration,” and it’s creating unprecedented challenges for us as we raise our children.
As mental health professionals working with families, we meet so many parents who are afraid that their kids aren’t equipped for al...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heather Tedesco, Jennifer Weaver, and Catherine McCarthy Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine shows promising results
Trial finds latest version elicited better immune response than existing jabs
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - September 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A protein on cancer cells supports the immune response against tumors
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) identify a new and surprising function of a membrane protein on the surface of cancer cells: It supports and stabilizes an important "co-stimulatory" factor that enhances the activation of T cells, thus improving the immune response against the tumor. The study was conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute.
Source: World Pharma News - September 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Mumbai-based Kale Logistics, which offers cloud-based tools to assist airports, seaports, and others with logistics, raised a $30M Series B led by Creaegis
Kale Logistics Solutions, an Indian startup offering a vertical SaaS platform to assist logistics needs, has raised $30 million in a fresh funding round, as the 14-year-old startup eyes expansion in the U.S. and Europe. Bengaluru-based private equity fund Creaegis Advisors led the Series B round,…#bengaluru #creaegisadvisors #inflexorventures #narendrakale #vipuljain #kalelogistics #rajeshpanicker #coo #mumbai #amarmore
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - September 12, 2023 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Scientific retractions may become easier to spot as Retraction Watch finds new partner
Retraction Watch, the influential website and database that tracks retractions in scholarly literature, is joining forces with another publishing nonprofit, Crossref, in hopes of helping researchers and journals flag articles that have been retracted and sustain the literature’s veracity. The deal announced today will link information about the 42,000 retractions in
Retraction Watch
’s database to
Crossref
’s digital object identifier system in return for $775,000 over 5 years.
The arrangement “is huge and like a dream come true for what I’d want in retraction information,” says Jodi Schneider,...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Salesforce to bring AI assistant to all of its applications with Einstein Copilot
Salesforce Inc. today rolled out an artificial intelligence conversational copilot assistant for its applications that can assist users in their everyday work alongside a studio that will allow companies to build their own prompts, actions and models. The new generative AI assistant, dubbed…#salesforceinc #einsteincopilot #openailps #copilot #einsteingpt #servicecloud #datacloud #salesforce #siliconangle #copilotstudio
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Walgreens In Deal With Tech Firm Pearl Health To Enhance Work With Primary Care Doctors
Walgreens has partnered with the technology company Pearl Health to assist primary care doctors with software and services they need in the shift to value-based care.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Retail /retail pharma standard Source Type: news
Plans to Expand Maternal Telehealth, Aid More Rural Patients
Offers overview of plans to continue telehealth for maternal and other health conditions in rural Hawaii following significant increases during COVID-19. Hawaiian healthcare leaders recently met to discuss ways to make telehealth sustainable for rural areas. Describes the use of "digital navigators" to assist with the technology needed to make more complex appointments successful as well as the role of libraries in providing broadband access.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - September 12, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
F.D.A. Approves New Covid Shots
A nationwide rollout of the vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna should begin later this week, after the C.D.C. considers guidelines to prepare Americans for this season when infections usually tick upward.
Source: NYT Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Deaths (Fatalities) Influenza Elderly Health Insurance and Managed Care Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Coronavirus Omicron Variant Immune System BioNTech S Source Type: news
