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Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both lost their senses of taste and smell. Dante, 9, had a low-grade fever for a day or so. Michael, 13, had a "tickle in his throat," said their mother, Michele DeMaino, of Danvers, Massachusetts. At […]
A cell-based influenza vaccine has effectively provided protection against the flu in children and adolescents, according to a new study. The research found the cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVc) produced a sufficient immune response in children aged two to 18 years. The lead investigator on the study was Professor Terry Nolan, head of the Vaccine […]
A recent study by researchers from the Netherlands highlights that introducing vaccination programs against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to adolescents and children may reduce infection rates and severe disease outcomes – both in these age groups and in the population a whole. The paper is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server while it undergoes […]
Workplace infection risk and failing crisis information dissemination are both factors contributing to high incidence of COVID-19 among foreign-born workers in low-status occupations, a report from the University of Gothenburg’s Unit of Occupational and Environmental Medicine shows. Prevalence of COVID-19 is not only high among employees in the health and social care sectors. Overrepresentation is […]
Children are just as likely to contract Covid as adults are – but only 50% of kids show symptoms compared to nearly 90% of over-18s, study finds Children are just as likely to contract COVID-19 as adults, though cases in kids are less severe, a new study finds Researchers found that around five out of […]
A vaccine has proved safe and effective in protecting children against typhoid, raising hopes of fighting the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study says. More than 1.2 million cases of typhoid and 18,703 deaths from typhoid occur every year in the region, according to the researchers. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the typhoid conjugate […]
A digital toolkit for early childcare workers, parents and families designed to ensure nutritious food is provided to children under five is being developed by University of Queensland researchers. Professor Helen Truby from UQ's School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences said the project had been awarded $1.2 million over three years from the Australian […]
Four in five people aged 16 and over in the UK have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures show. A total of 43,535,098 people have received two doses (80.1%) and 48,292,811 people have received one dose (88.8%). More than half of all teenagers aged 16 to 17 in England have already […]
With an average accuracy of 88%, a deep learning technology offers rapid genetic screening that could accelerate the diagnosis of genetic syndromes, recommending further investigation or referral to a specialist in seconds, according to a study published in The Lancet Digital Health. Trained with data from 2,800 pediatric patients from 28 countries, the technology also […]
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