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Doctor Deters Death With Drone-Delivered Defibrillator Rescue workers in Sweden say they have used a drone to convey an automated external defibrillator to the scene of a cardiac arrest in just over 3 minutes, potentially saving the patient's life.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
US to Study Whether Longer Paxlovid Course Needed to Combat Reinfections The National Institutes of Health is in talks with Pfizer about studying whether a longer course of the drugmaker's COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid is needed to prevent infection recurrence, top US infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Pollution Killing 9 Million People a Year, Africa Hardest Hit: Study Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015, countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
In Patients With CBD Stones, Cholecystectomy Wound Infection Rates Similar With Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics In patients with common bile duct stones undergoing same-admission cholecystectomy, surgical site infection rates are low and similar with broad- and narrow-spectrum antibiotics, observational data suggest.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Global Smoking Rates Fall for First Time, but Rise for Kids, Africa: Report Smoking rates have declined globally for the first time on record, according to a new report on tobacco use from a public health campaign group and US academics.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
CBD Fails to Relieve Functional Dyspepsia in New Trial Cannabidiol (CBD) did not relieve functional dyspepsia in patients with normal gastric emptying in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
COVID Is Rising in the Americas, Virus 'Not Going Away Anytime Soon': PAHO COVID-19 is on the rise again in the Americas as many countries have abandoned measures like masking and social distancing and many lag in vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
As COVID Cases Rise, US Health Officials Mull Widening Additional Booster Eligibility Health officials are considering extending the eligibility for a second COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to people under 50 amid a steady rise in cases, with the United States seeing a threefold increase over the past month.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Mozambique Detects First Case of Polio in 30 Years Mozambique on Wednesday declared a polio outbreak after the virus was detected in a child living in the northeastern Tete region, the first case of the poliovirus in the country in almost three decades, the World Health Organization said.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Post-Pulmonary Embolism Impairment Frequent, Follow-Up Urged After Acute PE In a large study of patients with acute pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was rare, but post-pulmonary embolism impairment was not.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Why Monkeypox Cases Are Rising in Europe A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are suspected in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
Portugal Identifies Five Monkeypox Infections, Spain Has 23 Suspected Cases Portuguese authorities said on Wednesday they had identified five cases of rare monkeypox infection and Spain's health services are testing 23 potential cases after Britain put Europe on alert for the virus.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
When Africans Asked for COVID Shots, They Didn't Get Them. Now They Don't Want Them It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
'Huge' Pressure for Shanghai to Stay COVID-Free as Lockdown End Nears Health authorities in Shanghai faced 'huge' pressure to keep China's most populous city free of COVID-19 as residents were counting down the days until June 1 when their lockdown is set to end after almost two months of isolation.
Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
What Is the Optimal Treatment for Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? In patients with multifocal intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, hepatic arterial infusion pump floxuridine chemotherapy may be an effective alternative to surgery, a cohort study suggests.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
Liquid Biopsy Predicts Resistance to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Cancer Researchers have developed and validated a liquid biopsy assay that can predict response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma, which may lead to more personalized treatment decisions.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
In Europe's First, Spain Aims to Introduce Paid Menstrual Leave Spain's leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain the first country in Europe to offer state-funded paid leave for women who suffer from painful periods.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
Orthopaedic Surgeons Offer Gaza's Injured Animals a New Lifeline Two Gaza orthopaedic surgeons, having treated thousands of people with broken limbs since 2019, are now applying their skills to saving animals in a community where veterinary services focus on more basic interventions.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
Nestle Flies Baby Formula Supplies to US From Europe Nestle is flying baby formula supplies to the United States from the Netherlands and Switzerland to alleviate the shortage in US supermarkets, the company said on Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
US Calls for Taiwan's Inclusion at Upcoming WHO Assembly Taiwan should be allowed to attend a World Health Organization's annual assembly next week, the US State Department said on Tuesday, arguing the democratically governed island's exclusion at China's behest was unwarranted and a concern for global health.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022

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