PRAGUE (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepts the Czech Republic’s position on mandatory vaccinations for children, it said in a landmark ruling on Thursday that rebuffed parents’ complaints that the government violated their rights. The decision…
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Breath Analysis: How Could it Improve Healthcare and Diagnosis?
insights from industrySanti Dominguez & Michael GrazCEO & Acting CEOImspex Diagnostics & Imspex Medical In this interview, News-Medical talks to Santi Dominguez and Michael Graz, CEOs atImspex Diagnostics and Imspex Medical respectively, about the role breath analysis has to play…
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Sick Kids on Medicaid Need Easy Access to Out-of-State Hospitals
Three-year-old Elizabeth Zakutansky was born with a rare genetic condition that causes multiple seizures. Her neurologist, a top expert on treating her condition, practices at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, less than an hour’s drive from the Zakutanskys’ home in…
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Harnessing previous research to mitigate the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents
A team of researchers has sought to mitigate the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents by harnessing previous research on youth physical and mental health. Their review also drew on the psychological stressors of the 2011 Great East Japan…
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Scientists discover new genetic disease that causes abnormal brain development in children
Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts. The majority of patients with the condition, which is so new it doesn't have a…
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Parents report lower rates of child car seat use in ride-share
A national survey of parents revealed that most parents who used ride-share services did so with their children, but only half of the respondents reported that children who were 8 years or younger traveled in the recommended child car seats…
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Emerging Gene Therapy Offers Window Into Potential Costs of New Class of Therapies
(Reuters Health) – The budget impact to Medicaid of gene therapy to treat severe sickle cell disease offers a window on the potential costs of this emerging class of million-dollar treatments, and requires payers to think about how to ensure…
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Arrayjet plays a key role in the development of anti-malarial vaccination
The quest to develop effective malarial vaccines is now a step closer with Scottish bio-printer manufacturer Arrayjet, selected to work with a Kenyan-based medical research group to assist ongoing R&D trials that could lead to a vaccination immunization program to…
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A Single-County Measles Outbreak Cost Millions, Study Finds
A measles outbreak that infected 72 people in Washington State cost approximately $3.4 million, including costs of the public health response, medical treatment expenses, and productivity losses, according to a study published online March 12 in Pediatrics. With measles outbreaks…
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Study reveals how lung alveolus forms at cellular level
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sense of how to develop therapies and…
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