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Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Children's hospitals this week called on the Biden administration to declare a national emergency in response to surging cases of respiratory syncytial virus and the flu. The Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics said short staffing, limited bed capacity, and a surge of kids falling ill with respiratory illnesses is pushing hospitals to the breaking point. The situation could get worse if Covid starts picking up again, but the vaccine makers say their new boosters appear to hold up well against emerging subvariants. Moderna and Pfizer this week said their boosters triggered a robust immune response against omicron BQ.1.1, the variant that seems destined to displace BA.5 in the coming weeks.
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Doctors are calling on the Biden administration to declare an emergency in response to an "alarming surge" of children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus and flu this season.
The Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics warned President Joe Biden and Health Secretary Xavier Becerra in a letter this week that "unprecedented levels" of RSV combined with increasing flu circulation are pushing some hospitals to the breaking point. |
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A variant of the flu that hits kids and seniors worse than other strains of the virus is dominant in the U.S. right now, setting the country up for a potentially bad flu season.
Public health labs have detected influenza A(H3N2) in 76% of the more than 3,500 respiratory samples that have tested positive for the flu and were analyzed for the virus subtype, according to a surveillance report published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The H3N2 variant has been associated with more severe flu seasons for children and the elderly in the past, according to Dr. Jose Romero, director the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease. |
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Pfizer said its omicron booster triggers a stronger immune response against a number of emerging Covid subvariants circulating in the U.S.
The booster triggered more antibodies against omicron sublineages BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1 in adults older than 55 compared with a fourth dose of the original vaccines, according to new data released by the company on Friday. |
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The world population reached 8 billion people on Tuesday, and India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country in the next year, according to projections from the United Nations.
The global population has more than tripled since 1950 as mortality dropped and life expectancy increased, due in large part to better sanitation, access to clean drinking water and the development of vaccines and antibiotics, along with improved nutrition. |
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Amazon is taking a more consumer-focused approach now to telehealth with Amazon Clinic, after shuttering its employer-aimed Amazon Care virtual service. The idea is to provide a platform where Amazon customers can access other providers' services, making it as easy to shop for virtual care as it is to buy goods right in Amazon's app. "The key thing for us is starting with the customer… incremental changes over a large scale will help a lot of people," said Amazon Health VP Aaron Martin of the new partnership strategy at HLTH in Las Vegas. |
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The pandemic propelled telehealth adoption by patients and providers, but that tech adoption has not tackled the fundamental problems in our health system. "If you think about the definition of health...it has to be affordable, acceptable and accessible.
That hasn't changed with or without the pandemic or economic shifts," said Dr. Maulik Majmudar, of Biofourmis at CNBC's inaugural Spark event in Las Vegas on Monday. It was a great conversation led by John Fortt. |
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Increasing your chances of living to 90 could boil down to your behaviors, not just genetics, research shows.
Currently, one in 5,000 people in the U.S. are centenarians, or people who are 100 or older, according to Dr. Thomas Perls, professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and director of the university's New England Centenarian Study.
The study, which is the largest and most in-depth of its kind, has tracked over 2,000 people aged 100 and older, since 1995, to determine if certain factors contribute to living a longer life. |
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