Ralph Ellis

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Whooping Cough Rising Fast, Especially Among Teens

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: September 23, 2024

Waning immune response, return to social behaviors post-COVID behind recent spike in pertussis cases across the country.

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Almost 10% of Infected Pregnant People Develop Long COVID

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: July 17, 2024

“This is something that does continue to affect otherwise reasonably healthy and young populations.”

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Weight Loss Drugs Cut Cancer Risk in Diabetes Patients

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: July 8, 2024

Researchers examine electronic health records of patients who had type 2 diabetes, no prior diagnosis of obesity-related cancers, and had been pres...

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Cardiovascular Health Becoming a Major Risk Factor for Dementia

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: July 1, 2024

“Cardiovascular risk factors may have contributed more to dementia risk over time, so these deserve more targeted action for future dementia preven...

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FDA Approves New Pneumococcal Vaccine

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: June 20, 2024

Merck injectable vaccine to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia and 21 serotypes of invasive pneumococcal disease approved by the FDA.

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Sugar Substitute Tied to Higher Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: June 10, 2024

Xylitol is naturally found in small amounts in fruit and vegetables and has been used more as a sugar substitute over the past decade in processed ...

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COVID Virus Can Remain in the Body Over a Year

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: March 11, 2024

The antigens were found more often in people who were hospitalized with COVID or who reported being very sick but were not hospitalized.

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Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: March 7, 2024

Social distancing likely ended a flu strain, and trivalent vaccines are now recommended for next season.

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1 in 3 women have lasting health problems after giving birth: Study

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: December 13, 2023

“Broader and more comprehensive health service opportunities are needed, which should extend beyond 6 weeks postpartum and embrace multidisciplinar...

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‘Hidden hearing loss’ may cause tinnitus: Study

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: December 6, 2023

“In other words, the brain tries to compensate for the loss of hearing by increasing its activity, resulting in the perception of a phantom sound, ...

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CDC says child vaccination exemptions hit all-time high

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: November 15, 2023

The overall national vaccination rate remained steady at 93% for children entering kindergarten for the 2022-2023 school year.

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People with long COVID have specific blood biomarkers, study says

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: September 27, 2023

The findings may be a step toward creating blood tests to positively identify people with long COVID so specialized treatments can be employed.

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Study: Antiviral med linked to COVID mutations that can spread

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: September 27, 2023

“There aren’t any widely circulating variants that have the signature. At the moment there’s nothing that’s transmitted very widely that’s due to m...

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Paxlovid weaker against current COVID-19 variants

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: September 25, 2023

But when looking at death alone, the antiviral was still highly effective.

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Getting COVID shots in same arm may be more effective, study says

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: August 23, 2023

There’s greater immunological response if the immune cells in the lymph nodes are restimulated in the same place, according to one expert.