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Canada’s national advisory body on vaccines now recommends giving third doses of COVID-19 vaccines to certain immunocompromised individuals, but still hasn’t reached a decision on whether to provide additional shots to the broader population. Released on Friday, the new recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) stipulate that moderately to severely immunocompromised Canadians

After a steep decline in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth with suicidal thoughts and behaviors visiting an emergency department (ED) resurged with an overrepresentation among girls and children without a prior psychiatric history, according to a cross-sectional study conducted at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. The latest findings, published in JAMA Psychiatry, are highly consistent

Mask mandates are needed in schools as part of a layered approach to prevent the spread of COVID-19, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, said during a New York Times event on Thursday. COVID vaccines could become available for some children under the age of 12 as early as this fall, he said, but until that

As the world observes World Suicide Prevention Day this September 10, it aims to raise mental health awareness. It’s important for everyone to understand that even simply talking to someone you trust can help you feel better. However, really opening up especially about a topic like mental illness can be quite hard most especially now with so many restrictions to

Artificial intelligence may predict the course of geographic atrophy in individual patients, helping clinicians determine whether patients are benefiting from drug therapy. Accurate predictions will become important if, as expected, drugs now in the pipeline are approved to slow the progress of the disease, said Tiarnán Keenan, MD, PhD, a staff clinician who researches age-related

The average cost of treating a COVID-19 patient who needs intensive care in Canada is estimated at more than $50,000, compared with $8,400 for someone who’s had a heart attack, a new report says. Data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows the average cost for patients being treated for the virus is more

The new guideline on management of heart failure (HF) from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) seemed to bear an asterisk or footnote even before its full unveiling in the early hours of ESC Congress 2021. The document would offer little new in the arena of HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), so understandably the

Presentation A 39-year-old man went to urgent care complaining of red, blanching patches in a linear configuration on his lower leg. The area was tender to the touch and edematous compared to his other leg. He was also running a slight fever. Although he was typically physically well, he was recently hospitalized with an infection

Cannabidiol has become immensely popular in recent years and CBD gummies are among the most enjoyable methods of consumption. These handy little treats are portable, wildly tasty, and easy to use. It’s no wonder so many people love them!  Being that CBD gummies are in such high demand, just about every CBD brand manufactures its

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The 2022 update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes from the American Medical Association (AMA) incorporates a series of 15 vaccine-specific codes, including boosters. These codes represent “the model for efficiently reporting and tracking immunizations and administrative services” against the

Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, Canada’s first Inuk heart surgeon, has taken a job in Newfoundland. At 31, “Dr. K,” as she’s known, has a plethora of awards and designations behind her, including a 2018 Indspire Award for Inuit youth. Now — as cardiac surgeon at Eastern Health Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s — she has a platform that

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. This is a collaboration between KHN and “Science Friday.” Listen to the conversation between KHN senior correspondent Christina Jewett and Science Friday’s host and executive producer, Ira Flatow. As students return to school, parents are getting a lot of mail about

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. For the first time since the pandemic started, Idaho activated its “crisis standards of care” in two districts in the northern part of the state due to staffing shortages and a lack of ICU beds; only four of the state’s 400 ICU beds remain open. (Boise

When it comes to alcoholic drinks that have surprising health benefits, red wine has always been the most popular one. But did you know that beer also has its own share of secret health benefits? Is Beer Healthy? People usually see beer as a guilty pleasure and associates it with beer belly, weight gain and other negative side effects.

A simple prediction model may accurately predict aneurysm rupture within 1 year after growth is detected on imaging, new research shows.    The “triple-S” prediction model assesses aneurysm size, site, and shape and can be used as a “starting point” to guide treatment and management, investigators note. The model is “ready for clinical use, since

Doctors say vaccine incentives like Alberta’s “Open for Summer” lottery and the recently announced $100 gift cards for people who get their first and second doses aren’t enough to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in the province. As of Monday, Alberta has the lowest percentage of eligible people with a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals one after another, doctors and nurses have become all too accustomed to the rampant denial and misinformation about COVID-19 in the nation’s least vaccinated state. People in denial about the severity

One study of an immunotherapy for reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations missed its primary endpoint and failed to show a statistically significant benefit even in the subgroup that showed the greatest response. Another study, involving a similar product, showed results so dramatic that an independent expert suspected they were “too good to be

As children return to school this year –- the third academic year to be affected by COVID – many parents, carers and teaching staff are worried about their safety from infection. They will also be concerned about the impact the pandemic has had on their academic progress and their mental health. For children, the return

A novel liquid biopsy test has been shown to distinguish between patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have benign plexiform neurofibroma (PN) precursor lesions from patients who have malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), say authors of a multi-institutional cross-sectional study. “Transformation from PN to MPNST is challenging to detect by imaging…or by biopsy…which

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam released new COVID-19 modelling today that warns Canada could see up to 15,000 cases per day by the end of the month if the rate of vaccination does not increase and more restrictive public health measures are not introduced. “This is a crucial moment,” Tam said. “We have a

Patients with nonmetastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can live for years and are more likely to die from a noncancer-related cause than from their cancer, new data from a population-based retrospective cohort study indicates. “NETs are unique in two ways: First, they are slow growing, meaning that patients can live for years with a NET even