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Children and adults have similar risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but kids do not show symptoms

New research addresses the misconception that children are less susceptible to infection with the new coronavirus.

30 Oct 2021

CDC: Blood lead reference value for children updated

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its blood lead reference value (BLRV) from 5 µg/dL to 3.5 µg/dL in response to the Lead Exposure Prevention and Advisory Committee (LEPAC) recommendation made on May 14, 2021.

30 Oct 2021

CDC releases orders to implement the President’s new travel policy

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing Orders to implement the new travel policy announced by the Biden administration to safely resume global travel to the United States while protecting the health and safety of American communities from COVID-19.

30 Oct 2021

Countermarketing messages convinces many parents to avoid buying sugary drinks for children

Public health messages such as in the image (associated with this release) - designed to reduce parents' purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages marketed as fruit drinks or children - convinced a significant percentage of parents to avoid those drinks, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Pennsylvania.

30 Oct 2021

Consortium of Louisiana's research institutions to investigate the mysteries of "long COVID"

A consortium of Louisiana's leading biomedical research institutions, headed by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, partnered with LSU and Tulane Health Science Centers in New Orleans, will investigate the mysteries of "long COVID" under a National Institutes of Health award.

29 Oct 2021

Study: mRNA vaccines associated with more immunity than prior COVID-19 infection

A nationwide study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are associated with significantly more immunity than a prior COVID-19 infection.

29 Oct 2021

Drug-like molecule can counteract the effects of mutated epigenetic regulators that drive cancers

A decade ago, genome sequencing revealed a big surprise: about 50 percent of human cancers are linked to mutations in what are known as epigenetic regulators, which control the activity of genes.

29 Oct 2021

Johns Hopkins Children's Center brings Halloween to pediatric patients

Johns Hopkins Children's Center brought Halloween to pediatric patients today with its annual celebration.

29 Oct 2021

Researchers develop eToeholds for safe, effective RNA and cellular therapies

RNAs are best known as the molecules that translate information encoded in genes into proteins with their myriad of activities.

29 Oct 2021

Study discovers inflammatory mediator critically involved in bacterial pneumonia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that a recently discovered inflammatory mediator, interleukin-26, appears to have an important role in pneumonia and contribute to the killing of bacteria.

29 Oct 2021

Environmental and social factors associated with higher rates of pediatric pneumonia

A new study led by researchers in the Louisiana State University Superfund Research Program demonstrates that children who are exposed to a certain type of environmental air pollution are more likely to contract community acquired pneumonia, or CAP, and to be hospitalized for longer periods of time.

29 Oct 2021

Radical decarbonization in cities has potential to dramatically improve child health, study says

Improved air quality in cities resulting from cutting carbon emissions could lead to large reductions in childhood asthma cases, premature births and incidences of babies born at an unhealthily low weight, according to a study carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

29 Oct 2021

Children News and Research

Children and adults have similar risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but kids do not show symptoms

CDC: Blood lead reference value for children updated

CDC releases orders to implement the President’s new travel policy

Countermarketing messages convinces many parents to avoid buying sugary drinks for children

Consortium of Louisiana's research institutions to investigate the mysteries of "long COVID"

Study: mRNA vaccines associated with more immunity than prior COVID-19 infection

Drug-like molecule can counteract the effects of mutated epigenetic regulators that drive cancers

Johns Hopkins Children's Center brings Halloween to pediatric patients

Researchers develop eToeholds for safe, effective RNA and cellular therapies

Study discovers inflammatory mediator critically involved in bacterial pneumonia

Environmental and social factors associated with higher rates of pediatric pneumonia

Radical decarbonization in cities has potential to dramatically improve child health, study says

Large study reveals worldwide trends in childhood asthma rates

Study finds immunity against SARS-CoV-2 delta variant waned after BNT162b2 vaccine second dose

SARS-CoV-2 incidence and mortality in US school opening model

Causal effect of school closures on reducing COVID-19 spread in Japan

England could be the first to prescribe e-cigarettes to tackle disparities in smoking rates

Low- and middle-income parents receiving universal payments increase spending on children

Combining clinical and EEG factors can help better predict treatment response in epilepsy patients

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden social-spending ‘framework’ pulls back on key health pledges

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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