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[ad_1] ANKARA A campaign to vaccinate 1.5 million children against polio has been launched in South Sudan, as 15 cases of irreversible paralysis for children under the age of 5 have been confirmed in five states, WHO Africa said Friday. The campaign was implemented after South Sudan, along with other …

[ad_1] An ancient tomb in Austria may represent the oldest twin burial ever recorded, according to a new study. The 31,000-year-old burial dates back to the Upper Paleolithic (a period from 40,000 to 10,000 years ago), also known as the Old Stone Age. One of the babies died shortly after …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A new prediction model designed by Vanderbilt could make it easier to determine which babies will develop neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns that occurs after exposure to opioids during pregnancy. According to the recommendations of the American …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A team of researchers has for the first time found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals present in their home environment. The work, published this month in …

[ad_1] Children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sometimes develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is associated with high morbidity. The underlying mechanism associated with T cells is described by the researchers in a new study published on the prepress server bioRxiv* in November 2020, in response to superantigen …

[ad_1] British nurse Lucy Letby, 30, was arrested and charged with killing eight children and attempting to murder ten others at a hospital in Chester (north-west England), police reported Wednesday. (Read also: The European country Colombians must submit negative covid test to enter) The woman, already suspected of crimes since …

[ad_1] The current 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread around the world, with a resurgence of new cases reported in many countries. Overall, the toll of the COVID-19 case exceeded 51.37 million, with over 1.27 million deaths. These numbers are expected to increase further in the coming weeks as …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 10, 2020 The causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including genetic and environmental factors, are not fully understood. Many studies have already shown that severe maternal infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk to offspring in both humans and animals. New research, …

[ad_1] It was a big pandemic conundrum: Why are children less likely than adults to contract the new coronavirus and, if infected, less likely to get sick? One possible reason could be that many children already have antibodies to other coronaviruses, according to researchers from the Francis Crick Institute in …

[ad_1] Meghan Markle may be expecting her second child and there are a few reasons why the rumors grow. According to “Marie Claire”, it all started with the decision of the Duchess of Sussex to postpone the hearing in which she accuses ‘Mail Sunday’ of violation of privacy for nine …