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Financial coaching offered through pediatricians offices could improve infant health

Saturday, February 18, 2023

New parents who get help from a trained financial coach in a pediatric clinic are less likely to miss well-child visits, which are recommended by the six-month mark.

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A new, experimental approach to male birth control immobilizes sperm

Friday, February 17, 2023

For decades researchers have struggled to find a contraceptive methods for males. A new fast-acting compound shows promise — assuming it turns out to work as well in men as in mice.

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How financial counseling at the pediatrician's office can help families thrive

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Researchers paired new parents with financial coaches in a pediatric clinic. They found the families were more likely to come for well-child visits and vaccinations — and they got ahead financially.

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Financial coaching offered through pediatricians offices could improve infant health

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

A paper says new parents who get help from a trained financial coach in a pediatric clinic came to more of their babies' preventive care visits and missed fewer vaccinations in the first six months.

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Junk food companies say they're trying to do good. A new book raises doubts

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

As the marketing of soda and fast food ramps up around the world, the companies involved forge partnerships to help the poor. The new book 'Junk Food Politics' casts a critical eye at their efforts.

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In praise of being late: The upside of spurning the clock

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

People who lose track of time aren't rude, researchers say — they may just be listening to their inner timekeeper instead of an external clock. Living according to "event time" has its benefits.

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Encore: Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors

Friday, January 06, 2023

Fairfax County, Va., high school students are training to become public health "ambassadors." The program gives them a head start on a career while improving trust in the health system.

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Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors

Sunday, January 01, 2023

In Fairfax County, Va., the health department is training high school students to become health ambassadors in underserved communities and get a leg up on future careers in public health.

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New doctors aren't choosing to go into infectious disease

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

New U.S. doctors aren't choosing to specialize in infectious disease, despite the clear need. In 2022, 44% of the training programs went unfilled. The pay is relatively low, and the hours are long.

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Newest doctors shun infectious diseases specialty

Monday, December 12, 2022

The pandemic put infectious diseases doctors in the spotlight. The 'Fauci Effect' raised the number of fellowship applicants in 2020, but this year almost half of the training programs went unfilled.

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Encore: Infusions of antibodies used to treat COVID are being phased out

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

More than 3.5 million infusions of antibodies have been used to treat COVID. The treatment is being phased out because the antibodies have lost their efficacy against new variants of coronavirus.

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The disease formerly known as monkeypox has a new name

Monday, November 28, 2022

The disease formerly known as monkeypox has a new name: "mpox." It's not much of a depature, but it's less stigmatizing, according to advocates who have been calling for a change of name.

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How monoclonal antibodies lost the fight with new COVID variants

Sunday, November 20, 2022

The treatments were highly popular earlier in the pandemic. One by one, they got knocked out by more convenient, less expensive treatment options, and new COVID variants.

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New VA study finds Paxlovid may cut the risk of long COVID

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

For those at high risk, Pfizer's antiviral drug helps stave off severe COVID-19. Now research suggests it may also reduce their chances of long COVID.

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CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain

Thursday, November 03, 2022

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.

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CDC underscores the importance of Black and Hispanic adults getting flu shots

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

About half of U.S. adults get their flu shot each year, but a new report finds that Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are less likely to get a flu vaccine — and more likely to be hospitalized.

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Monkeypox cases in the U.S. are way down — can the virus be eliminated?

Monday, October 17, 2022

Early fears of an escalating outbreak have not come to pass. Scientists are finding that the virus needs a very particular set of circumstances to spread effectively.

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Monkeypox cases in the U.S. have been falling since a peak in early August

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

New daily monkeypox cases have been falling, and the CDC says cases are probably going to plateau or decline over the next few weeks.

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Senators grill top health agencies on the U.S. response to monkeypox

Thursday, September 15, 2022

In the first congressional hearing on monkeypox, federal officials were criticized for being slow to act, and struggling to apply the lessons of the pandemic to the current outbreak.

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What happened in the Senate's hearing on the federal response to monkeypox

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Congress held its hearing on the federal response to the monkeypox outbreak. That comes as cases — and vaccinations — slow down in the U.S.

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