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Adding the COVID-19 Vaccine to the Childhood Immunization Schedule Is a Mistake

Blue states may require the vaccine after the CDC recommends it, stripping families of a choice that should be theirs.

Reason · Oct 24, 2022

"Variant soup" could drive COVID surge

A "soup" of COVID variants could make for a challenging winter surge unlike anything we've seen before, experts say

Salon · Oct 24, 2022

Federal Government Still Tells Kids To Wear Masks on Halloween, For COVID-19 Safety

"Keep safe from COVID by following CDC advice to wear a mask."

Reason · Oct 24, 2022

Teenage boy dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba while swimming in popular lake

The infection is caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as brain-eating amoeba, which is common in warm bodies of freshwater such as lakes, rivers and hot springs

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Las Vegas teenager dies from brain-eating amoeba after exposure at Lake Mead

Authorities in the US have urged people to be cautious but not panicked

Wales Online · Oct 22, 2022

Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US

Experts say the death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Respiratory illness in children is surging "like never before"

RSV case numbers have reached peak levels from 2021.

Axios · Oct 21, 2022

Brain-eating amoeba killed boy after he swam in Lake Mead, authorities say

A boy has died of a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in Lake Mead this month, authorities in Nevada said.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 21, 2022

Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable

More than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the "fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born," one researcher says.

WEKU · Oct 21, 2022

French charity argues sending children to naughty step is ‘violent’

Stop VEO campaigns to change parenting guidance

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022