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Battling Public Health Misinformation Online
Social media and web-based news channels became a communication superhighway for correct and incorrect public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study of thi...Full Article
Prototype App for Mobile Devices Could Screen Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
NIH-funded research project develops app to track eye movements in response to videos. A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum d...Full Article
New Poll of U.S. Adults Reveals Widespread Inaction on Hearing Loss
With hearing loss ranking as one of the most common chronic health conditions that U.S. adults experience, affecting an estimated 48 million people nationwide, the American Sp...Full Article
New American Academy of Dermatology Survey Finds One-Third of Americans Fail Basic Quiz on Skin Cancer and Sun Exposure
In a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, the American Academy of Dermatology found that one-third of Americans lack a basic understanding of skin cancer and sun protection — l...Full Article
Parents Should Get Their Children The Covid Vaccine, Says St. Jude Pediatric Virologist
With children as young as 12 able to get the COVID vaccine as soon as today, Miguela Caniza, MD MPH, Director of the St. Jude Global Infectious Diseases Program at St. Jude Ch...Full Article
Nih-Funded Research Team Develops Language Test For People With Down Syndrome
A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a test to evaluate the expressive language skills of people with Down syndrome, a condition resultin...Full Article
Most Differences In DNA Binding Compounds Found At Birth In Children Conceived By IVF Not Seen In Early Childhood
NIH study results bolster previous studies finding no growth, development differences with IVF. Compared to newborns conceived traditionally, newborns conceived through in vi...Full Article
Autism Biomarkers Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs According to Recent Study
The use of accurate biomarkers for detecting autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could result in saving billions of dollars in healthcare costs, according to a paper recently publi...Full Article
Researchers Trace Spinal Neuron Family Tree
Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neu...Full Article
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated and How to Protect Yourself and Others
Choosing Safer Activities If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without we...Full Article
Nursing Homes See 96 Percent Decline In COVID Cases Since Vaccine Rollout
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the ...Full Article
Digital Reset - 10 Tips For Families Transitioning Out Of The Pandemic
With millions of Americans getting vaccinated every day, parents, teachers, clinicians, and others must begin preparing children and teens to readjust to “normal” life. “Altho...Full Article
May is National Better Hearing Month
Mask wearing has forced many of the 37.5 million Americans with hearing loss to face their hearing loss. Often people will compensate by reading lips and may not realize, or a...Full Article
NIH Establishes New Childhood Asthma Clinical Research Network
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $10 million in first-year funding to establish a clin...
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Survey Compares COVID-19 Perceptions from March 2020 vs March 2021
One-year into the COVID-19 pandemic and even with the light of the vaccine on the horizon, a majority of Americans are still fearful, according to a new healthinsurance.com na...Full Article
Clinical Research Forum Presents Moderna and Pfizer with Award for Extraordinary Impact on Health
The Clinical Research (CR) Forum, a non-profit membership association of top clinical research experts and leaders from the nation’s leading academic health centers, announced...Full Article
NIH Effort Seeks to Understand MIS-C, Range of SARS-CoV-2 Effects on Children
The National Institutes of Health has launched a new research effort to understand how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affects children, who account for roughly 13...Full Article
How Parental Controls, Monitoring Apps, And Media Plans Can Support Healthy Digital Media Use
Keeping children safe while still giving them room to grow and develop can feel like a delicate tightrope walk for parents, especially when it comes to the internet. On the on...Full Article
Free Bilingual Texting Service Helps Parents Worried About Their Child’s Speech and Language Development
Parents and caregivers who have concerns about their child’s speech and language development have a new, free, and easy resource to lean on, as announced today by the American...Full Article
Study Identifies Risk Factors for Elevated Anxiety in Young Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic
A new study has identified early risk factors that predicted heightened anxiety in young adults during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The findings from the study, suppor...Full Article
St. Jude/Who Virologist Says Vaccines Are Effective Protection Against The Covid Virus, With Some Providing Good Protection Against Variants
As COVID vaccines continue to rollout across America, there is widespread concern about their effectiveness against the variants currently circulating. Today, an interview fro...Full Article
Statement from NIH and BARDA on the FDA Emergency Use Authorization of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson for its single-shot COVI...Full Article
St. Jude Recognizes Women In Science And Medicine By Showcasing Contributions To Childhood Cancer Research
For United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science in February, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced a series on women in science and medicine at S...Full Article
What Parents Can Do to Protect Children's Mental Health During Remote Learning
In many places throughout the U.S., virtual classrooms have become the new norm for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the drivers of suicide risk are multi-dimensio...Full Article
Maintaining Your Kids’ Ocular Health In A Digital World
Against the current backdrop of virtual learning, lockdowns, and fewer hours of outdoor play, children are using digital devices more than ever before -- and the continued spr...Full Article
