Joanne Silberner
Stories
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Health
Whatever happened to fly-in medical missions that got kayoed by the pandemic?
The COVID emergency brought widespread cancellations for short-term fly-ins to run clinics. Are the missions — praised for the help they provide and criticized for a colonialist mindset — coming back?
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Health
The death rate for children has dropped dramatically. Yet there's cause for alarm
A new report confirms a deep decrease in the world's childhood death rate. But it takes note of what the authors call an "astronomically high" rate of death after hospitalization.
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Health
Research sheds light on what's killing young people, especially boys and young men
Globally, boys and young men made up two-thirds of all deaths among young people in 2019. A recent report finds that many such deaths in this "neglected" age group are preventable.
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Health
COVID is changing medical fly-in missions — and it might be for the better
For decades, Western docs and nurses have parachuted into poor countries to perform surgeries. That's not working in this pandemic. But there's a new twist that holds promise.
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Health
Pfizer's COVID Vaccine In Teens And Myocarditis: What You Need To Know
Health officials are investigating reports of mostly mild, temporary and treatable heart inflammation that may or may not be causally linked to vaccination with an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.
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Health
Can Drug Trial Volunteers Get The Drug After Approval? Depends Where You Live
When a new drug is up for FDA approval, trials may be held not only in the U.S. but other countries as well. A study looks at global availability after approval. Big Pharm disagrees with the findings.
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Health
Will My Sense Of Smell Ever Return? Olfactory Insights From COVID And Beyond
COVID-19 has renewed interest in a key way humans perceive the world. A reporter who hasn't been able to tell the scent of a rose from a sweaty gym shoe for decades takes heart in the latest science.
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Science
Scientists Say The Rush To Do COVID Research Led To A Whole Lot Of Waste
That's the perspective in new papers in Lancet Global Health that assess the nearly a quarter of a million studies on treatments for COVID-19.
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Health
Anxiety, Depression Increased During Pandemic. Why Not Loneliness?
When the pandemic hit, mental health professionals predicted lockdowns and social distancing would result in a wave of loneliness. But researchers who study loneliness say that hasn't happened.
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Health
They Thought This HIV Strategy Couldn't Work. But It Did
An unprecedented 5-year study aimed to find out if the treatments to stop the spread of HIV in the West would work in sub-Saharan Africa.