By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has canceled a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop a vaccine for bird flu and other dangerous flu strains, raising concerns among experts.The deal, forged under the Biden administration, aimed to prepare for future flu …
Read More »Considerable Decline Seen in Self-Reported Maternal Mental Health
From 2016 to 2023, excellent mental health decreased by 12.4 percentage points, while fair/poor mental health increased by 3.5 percentage points
Read More »Low Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Rates Seen in Cancer Survivors
One-year incidence of psychosocial therapy initiation was 12.6 percent, while incidence of medication initiation was 2.8 percent
Read More »Unconditional Cash Transfer May Increase Breastfeeding Rates
UCT through social programs has little or no effect on postpartum mood; evidence lacking for all other associations
Read More »Total Number of Excess Deaths >14.7 Million in U.S. in 1980 to 2023
U.S. mortality rose rapidly in 2020 and 2021, then declined in 2022 and 2023, remaining higher than in 2019
Read More »RFK Jr. May Block Government Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he may no longer allow government scientists to publish research in top medical journals.Kennedy made the statement on a podcast called The Ultimate Human where …
Read More »Youth Deaths Attributable to Synthetic Opioids Alone Increasingly Predominant
Since 2020, fatal synthetic opioid-only overdose rates higher than polydrug overdose rates involving synthetic opioids
Read More »MRI, Mammography Outperform Whole Breast Ultrasound for Dense Breasts
Contrast-enhanced techniques have superior performance compared with whole breast ultrasound
Read More »HPV Genome Sequencing Superior in Detecting Head & Neck Cancer
Whole-genome sequencing-based ctHPVDNA detection has highest sensitivity, specificity for HNSCC
Read More »American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 16-18
By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) was held from May 16 to 18 in Minneapolis and was attended by more than 4,000 clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in obstetrics and gynecology. The conference highlighted recent advances in the prevention, …
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