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U.S. veterans infected with COVID-19 have an increased risk for mortality during days 0 to 90 and 91 to 180, but risk is reduced thereafter through two years, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A Medicaid “glitch” is removing health care coverage for potentially millions of children, U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.

Summer is winding down, and soon kids will be heading onto the field to play their favorite fall sports. But before they can check into the game, they have to head into the doctor’s office for sports screenings.

The National Cancer Institute estimates that 97,610 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2023, making up 5% of all new cancer diagnoses. Fortunately, screening and treatment have improved, allowing care teams to catch melanoma earlier when it’s easier to treat. As a result, the number of people who survive the disease has steadily increased.

Myocardial ischemia, a condition characterized by inadequate blood supply to the heart muscle, affects millions of people worldwide. While the focus of treatment has traditionally been on opening blocked arteries, recent research has shed light on the role of abnormalities in coronary microvessels and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in myocardial ischemia.

A recent study published in Nature Metabolism has revealed the pathogenic mechanism underlying a rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorder known as mitochondrial enoyl reductase protein-associated neurodegeneration (MEPAN) syndrome.

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging, titled “Dectin-1 stimulation promotes a distinct inflammatory signature in the setting of HIV-infection and aging.”

Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren’t distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic minorities—and Black people in particular—still experience disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease-related deaths caused by exposure to fine particulate matter, according to the research.

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The Catholic Church has identified the need for modern society in Zambia to embrace foster family care for vulnerable children, especially those that are orphaned, to enable such children grow up with family values.

Speaking in an interview on the side-lines of official opening of the Catholic Care for Children regional conference in Lusaka, The Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Southern Africa ACWECA President Rosalia Sakayombo says investing in children is cardinal for society’s wellbeing.

Sister Sakayombo noted that the Catholic Care for Children is a project which will be done in Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia will identify families that will take in vulnerable children from care homes.

Sister Sakayombo said children in orphanages or care homes are living in an artificial environment as there are no mother and father figures in such places, hence the need for them to grow up in a family setup so that their livelihoods are well taken care of.

She said the wellbeing of children who are in vulnerable positions, including those on the streets need to be protected against the ills that they will be exposed to once left to grow into adults on the streets.

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New research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2–6 October) shows that use of low dose (100mg daily) aspirin among older adults aged 65 years and older is associated with a 15% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.