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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
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Trump Administration cancels funding for vaccine development
Medical Watch Digest for May 29 The Trump Administration scraps funding for a vaccine development. Nearly $800 million dollars was awarded to Moderna to come up with a vaccine against potential, pandemic influenza viruses. This includes the h5n1 bird flu. The cancellation comes as the drugmaker announced positive results from a vaccine trial targeting that virus. Scientists are worried, the bird flu virus could become more harmful or spread more easily among people… Possibly causing a pandemic. The United States may be losing doctors to Canada. NPR reports that since President Trump was elected, a skyrocketing amount of doctors have filled out applications to become licensed in Canada. According to The Medical Council of Canada those applications have increased more than 750%, from 71 applicants to 615 for the same time period last year. Some doctors have disclosed they are specifically moving because of the trump administration. The White House has not commented on the report. More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch A new study has uncovered a link between cannabis use and heart troubles. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco found even people who used edible cannabis instead of smoking it had greater risk of cardiovascular issues. A study from 2024 found that people who reported using marijuana daily had a 25 percent higher risk of a heart attack, and a 42% higher risk of say using cannabis in any form could be associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Sign up for our Medical Watch newsletter. This daily update includes important information from WGN's Dina Bair and the Med Watch team, including, the latest updates from health organizations, in-depth reporting on advancements in medical technology and treatments, as well as personal features related to people in the medical field. Sign up here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
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Weight gain linked to long Covid neurological symptoms
Medical Watch Digest for May 7 The impact of weight on covid weight may contribute to long covid. Being overweight or obese is associated with neurological symptoms including headaches, vertigo, sleep problems and depression. The Journal Plos one reports covid patients who are overweight and obese develop persistent, debilitating symptoms following the covid infection. They face a long road to complete covid recovery and suffer multiple organ system disruptions involving respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological and mental health. Long covid also leads to smell and taste disorders, sleep disturbances and anxiety. Eating disorders are a hidden health crisis on college campuses according to Washington University researchers. They say students mask their struggles, hiding the prevalence of the dangerous and even deadly ailments like anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. And doctors say eating disorders do not discriminate. Their study of nearly 30,000 students from 26 colleges, funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health found the risk for eating disorders was similar for white, Black, Asian and Latino students. Experts say they never imagined the magnitude of the crisis on college campuses. And they urge parents to talk with their children about healthy eating. More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch Alzheimer's knowledge is a double edged sword. With greater ability to detect impending Alzheimer's, patients have the ability to intervene, even if there is no cure. So researchers set out to see if knowledge is power when it comes to the mind robbing disease. The Rutgers University study found the Alzheimer's realization brings unrelated health struggles. Knowing the risk for Alzheimer's reduces the motivation toward healthy behavior leading a person to spiral. Healthy habits fall by the wayside, even though adopting healthy lifestyle changes could help the scientists measured amyloid plaques in the brain to figure out Alzheimer's risk for study participants. Sign up for our Medical Watch newsletter. This daily update includes important information from WGN's Dina Bair and the Med Watch team, including, the latest updates from health organizations, in-depth reporting on advancements in medical technology and treatments, as well as personal features related to people in the medical field. Sign up here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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24-03-2025
- Health
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Measles cases grow to 351 — plus more headlines
Medical Watch Digest for March 24 The measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico now total 351 cases. Two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Cases are also being reported in 17 other states. Measles is caused by a highly contagious airborne virus and spreads easily when an infected person sneezes or coughs. Doctors warn about claims that vitamin a will prevent infection. They say, while the vitamin is part of a regulated treatment for measles, taking too much vitamin a can cause liver damage. The only way to prevent measles is a vaccine. More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch Health officials are raising the alarm over new cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus. Georgia and Florida are both reporting cases of candida auris, also called Cases have increased every year since it was first identified in 2016. Since then, more than 1600 cases have been reported in Illinois. There is no treatment for the fungus, and the CDC is now calling it an 'urgent threat.' People with a healthy immune system may be able to fight it on their own. But those with health issues are vulnerable. A rare red meat allergy believed to be caused by one type of tick, may involve other species, in other parts of the U.S. Alpha-gal syndrome can cause full-on anaphylactic shock. The CDC estimates 450,000 people in the U.S. have it. Most cases are linked to the Lone Star Tick, common in the Southeast and lower Midwest. But new reports show cases in Maine and Washington state. Scientists say tick populations are increasing all over the country. Sign up for our Medical Watch newsletter. This daily update includes important information from WGN's Dina Bair and the Med Watch team, including, the latest updates from health organizations, in-depth reporting on advancements in medical technology and treatments, as well as personal features related to people in the medical field. Sign up here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
