Children

Tuberculosis :: Epidemiology of TB – Updates from CDC studies to be presented at ATS 2007

The latest research from two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies looking at the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States will be presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference on Sunday, May 20, in San Francisco. The studies focus on two groups with higher-than-average rates of TB: foreign-born persons and African-Americans living in the southeastern United States.

Pregnancy :: Eating apples & fish during pregnancy protect against childhood asthma & allergies

Women who eat apples and fish during pregnancy may reduce the risk of their children developing asthma or allergic disease, suggests a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 20.

Child Care :: New way forward for children’s palliative care

Health Minister Ivan Lewis promised a new national strategy for children’s palliative care and accepted key recommendations of the independent review of services published.

Nursing :: ANA 2007 Quadrennial Policy Conference

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is hosting a major policy conference, Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster on June 20-22 in Atlanta, Georgia where experts in nursing, medicine, public health and disaster preparedness will discuss issues related to the standards of care provided during a major disaster.

HIV :: $9.7 Million Gates Grant for Pediatric AIDS Vaccine Research

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has received a five-year, $9.7-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and test candidate vaccines to prevent HIV infection in children.

Influenza :: FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Expanded Use of FluMist

MedImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDI) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted in favor of expanding the population for use of FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) to include children under 5 years of age.

Tuberculosis :: Epidemiology of TB – Updates from CDC studies to be presented at ATS 2007

Pregnancy :: Eating apples & fish during pregnancy protect against childhood asthma & allergies

Child Care :: New way forward for children’s palliative care

Nursing :: ANA 2007 Quadrennial Policy Conference

Influenza :: FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Expanded Use of FluMist

Lincoln :: Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address

Brain :: NIH study tracks brain development in some 500 children across US

Yellow Fever :: Yellow fever initiative for West Africa launched at UN-backed health assembly

Psychology :: Positive self-esteem in youth can pay big salary dividends later in life