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Updated Covid booster cuts the rate of infection from the predominant
omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 by nearly half, according to the US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
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These findings indicate
that the latest boosters offered 48% effectiveness against symptomatic infection from
the XBB.1.5 subvariant in adults up to age 49, which decreased to 40%
effectiveness in adults aged 50 to 64 and 43% effectiveness in people
aged 65 and older.
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declares that 13 is too young for
children to have access to and be active on social media platforms.
Murthy’s medical opinion
is rooted in the critical development of that age,
along with the importance of developing their identity, establishing their
self-worth, and building healthy relationships outside of the distorted
scope of social media.
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While dense breast tissue has been associated with up to a four times
higher risk of breast cancer, this fact is largely overlooked by women at
risk.
This new finding
highlights the huge importance of education and
awareness, especially with a disease as widespread and threatening as
breast cancer.
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VEXAS Syndrome, characterized by anemia, and inflammation in the
skin, lungs, cartilage, and joints, is far more common than previously
expected, as cases are hiding in plain sight and being mistaken as other
rheumatic or hematologic diseases
. This rare disease has only been
identified in 25 men in the United States, but
new findings suggest
the numbers are more accurately represented as 1 in 13,600 people, many of
whom have been misdiagnosed.
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