An advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday gave the green light to Moderna’s vaccine for kids 6 through 17, bringing it closer to becoming the second vaccine in the U.S. eligible for use in children. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Thursday unanimously endorsed Moderna’s vaccine for use in those […]
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Our sensory systems include touch (tactile), sound (auditory), taste (gustatory), smell (olfactory) and sight (visual). When all of these systems are working together and balancing the world around them, children can adapt to daily changes and feel great! But what happens to a child when these systems are not working together? This is what we call sensory integration dysfunction. There […]
In recent months, many states have enacted laws to either prohibit abortions or to expand and protect access to abortion in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s likely ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case. There has been less clarity, however, about what abortion access will be like in the 17 states that do […]
Deborah Birx, the former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, told a House committee on Thursday that the Trump administration failed to communicate the seriousness of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic, leading to inaction and a false sense of security throughout the government. Testifying before the House select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Birx said a clear and concise message […]
The past two and a half years have been a global crash course in infection prevention. They’ve also been a crash course in basic math: Since the arrival of this coronavirus, people have been asked to count the meters and feet that separate one nose from the next; they’ve tabulated the days that distance them from their most recent vaccine […]
Radius Health, a biopharmaceutical company that has commercialized an osteoporosis drug and is developing new medicines for cancer and rare diseases, has reached an agreement to be acquired by two private equity firms in an $890 million deal. According to financial terms announced Thursday, Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital will acquire all Radius shares for $10 each. […]
Colorado will be the first state in the nation to amend a federal waiver to create a public health insurance option for 2023, the Health and Human Services Department announced Thursday. HHS greenlighting the state’s amended Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver will create a “Colorado Option,” which will use federal funds to create a public health plan intended to narrow […]
Integrated design firm SmithGroup (Detroit) opened an office in Houston. Jay Rambo, who serves as director of the firm’s Dallas location, will lead the new office. The post SmithGroup Expands Footprint In Texas first appeared on HCD Magazine.
Dive Brief: A thousand nurses are waging a one-day strike Thursday at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center after being unable to reach a deal with the system on new contracts, according to a release from the California Nurses Association, which represents the nurses. The nurses want measures in new contracts that ensure they have adequate supplies and ancillary staff, […]