Mumbai: Soon, every child’s routine immunisation schedules will be maintained digitally. An app or a web-based portal is likely to be started in a pilot manner next month and could be an amalgamation of two or three web programmes including Cowin, which was used successfully for the national Covid vaccination programme. A civic doctor said … Read more
Pune: The upgraded version of CoWIN app to be rolled out this month-end would help authorities digitally track the vaccination status of all beneficiaries against preventable diseases, along with the Covid vaccination programme, said Dr NK Arora, the chief of the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunisation. The focus would be on tracking the “zero … Read more
By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your children’s school clothes may look neat, but are they safe to wear? Maybe not. Researchers found high levels of dangerous chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in school uniforms sold across North America. These … Read more
By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Kids who walk, skateboard or ride their bikes to school when they are young are more likely to keep it up as they get older, reaping the health benefits, recent research suggests. “The walk to school is … Read more
Sept. 6, 2022 – Attention parents: The nation’s leading pediatric medical society is urging you to make sure your children get a flu shot this fall to prevent and control the spread of the illness. The American Academy of Pediatrics this week called on parents and caregivers to seek flu vaccines for their kids as … Read more
Sept. 6, 2022 – Don’t count on a runny nose. Young kids with COVID-19 often have no symptoms at all, even when they have a high amount of the virus in them, according to a new study. Just 14% of adults who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had no symptoms of … Read more
Lily Coulter, a 17-year-old high school senior from Charleston, SC, isn’t sure what finally set her off last March. She was at volleyball practice when she suddenly broke down into uncontrollable sobs. It was quite out of character for Coulter, an academic high-achiever, an athlete, and now senior class president. “It all … Read more
By Sydney Murphy HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning the public that colorfully dyed fentanyl — dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” — is readily available across the United States. “Rainbow fentanyl — fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, … Read more
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that exposure to lead can harm young children’s brain development. Now a new study suggests that racial segregation may be compounding the detrimental effects of lead on Black children. The study, of close to 26,000 … Read more
Aug. 15, 2022 – When Spencer Siedlecki got COVID-19 in March 2021, he was sick for weeks with extreme fatigue, fevers, a sore throat, bad headaches, nausea, and eventually, pneumonia. That was scary enough for the then-13-year-old and his parents, who live in Ohio. More than a year later, Spencer, still had many of the … Read more