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| Whooping cough immunity may wane after vaccination: study reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 01:23 PM PST (Reuters Health) - Unvaccinated youngsters were nine times more likely to contract whooping cough during a recent outbreak in California than those who had received the entire five-shot series, researchers found. However, the effectiveness of the vaccine waned as more time elapsed since a child's final dose of the so-called DTaP vaccine for whooping cough, also known as pertussis. ... Whooping cough immunity may wane after vaccination reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 01:13 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - During a recent whooping cough outbreak in California, kids who hadn't been vaccinated against the disease were nine times more likely to get it than those who had received the entire five-shot series, researchers found. But even among children who were fully vaccinated, the longer it had been since their final dose of the so-called DTaP vaccine, the higher their risk ... Salary growth lagging for primary care doctors reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 01:12 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite rising spending on health care in the United States, primary care doctors don't seem to be reaping the rewards on their paychecks, a new study suggests. The findings could have implications for what some predictions say will be a primary care shortage in some parts of the country in the coming years. Researchers found that since the late 1980s, the average ... Journals to heart researchers: Get your words right reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 01:03 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to describing medical findings, researchers may need to tone it down a bit, according to a group of heart journal editors. "It's a plea to not get ahead of the evidence," said Dr. Christopher Cannon, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston and one of a group of cardiology journal editors publishing a statement this week. ... Health reforms in Bulgaria after Cannes-winning film afp.co.uk Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 12:35 PM PST An award-winning documentary about a hard-working Bulgarian paramedic crew to be released at home Friday has highlighted problems in the country's chronically underfinanced state emergency care system. Chronology: Hugo Chavez's battle for health reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 12:27 PM PST (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Cuba on Tuesday for medical treatment, months after he underwent chemotherapy and radiation there for cancer. Following is a chronology of the 58-year-old Socialist leader's battle with illness: 30 JUNE 2011 A pale-looking Chavez addresses the nation by television from Cuba, where he says doctors operated on him to remove a cancerous ... Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth reuters.com Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 12:00 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of young people in the United States who are infected with HIV are not aware of it, according to a new report by government health officials that zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIV infection in America. Young people ages 13 to 24 account for 26 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... UPDATE 1-Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth reuters_news_xe Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 11:43 AM PST * More than half of young people with HIV do not know it * Black gay, bisexual youths at high risk CHICAGO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - More than half of young peoplein the United States who are infected with HIV are not aware ofit, according to a new report by government health officialsthat zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIVinfection in America. Young people ages 13 to 24 account for 26 ... | |
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