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• US CDC Advisers Back Moderna COVID Vaccine for Teens, Older Children Advisers to the US CDC on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17.
  Reuters Health Information, June 23, 2022
• US Expanding Monkeypox Testing Capacity as Cases Rise The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it is expanding monkeypox testing capacity to five commercial laboratory companies amid rising cases.
  Reuters Health Information, June 23, 2022
• Nearly 1 in 5 Adults Who Had COVID Have Lingering Symptoms: US Study Nearly 1 in 5 American adults in a survey who reported having COVID-19 in the past are still having symptoms of long COVID, according to data collected in the first 2 weeks of June, US health officials said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, June 23, 2022
• US State Laws Targeting Teen Dating Violence Often Lack Funding, Coordination Less than a third of US state laws addressing prevention of teen dating violence include explicit provisions for funding, designated policy leadership, or concrete details on the legal consequences for lawbreakers, researchers have found.
  Reuters Health Information, June 23, 2022
• GSK, Novartis Pledge Funds for Neglected Tropical Diseases GSK and Novartis reinforced commitments on Thursday to tackle neglected tropical diseases, as world leaders and health experts gather in Rwanda to discuss ways to better combat illnesses affecting more than a billion people, mostly in impoverished communities.
  Reuters Health Information, June 23, 2022
• Pfizer Reports 87% Efficacy for Its RSV Vaccine in Adults Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine RSVpreF has an efficacy of 86.7% in healthy adults ages 18 to 50, according to results from a small phase 2a study published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• EU to Boost Investment in Latin American Vaccine, Drug Production The European Union wants to boost production of vaccines and drugs in Latin America by investing more in the region and by sharing technologies and regulatory practices, the head of the European Commission said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccine Scheme for World's Poorest Pushes for Delivery Slowdown Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world's poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer and Moderna to cut or slow deliveries of about half a billion shots so doses are not wasted.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• Spain Denies Regional Report of First Local Cholera Infection Since 1979 Spain's national health ministry on Wednesday denied a report by regional counterparts that a case of locally acquired cholera had been detected for the first time in four decades, saying the case was in fact vibrio gastroenteritis.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• EU Seeks to Halve Use of Pesticides, Heal Nature With Landmark Laws The European Commission proposed on Wednesday legally binding targets to halve the use of chemical pesticides and restore nature across the EU, in an attempt to better protect health and recover plunging wildlife populations.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• In World's First, Spain's Seville to Name and Classify Heatwaves Seville has introduced a pioneering system to name and classify frequent heatwaves that affect the city in Spain's arid south, which will tie meteorological forecasts to health impacts, Seville Mayor Antonio Munoz said.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• US Woman Fearing for Health After Malta Refuses Abortion An American couple on Wednesday appealed to the Maltese authorities to let them leave Malta to have an abortion and avoid any risks to the mother after she suffered symptoms of a miscarriage.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• Kids More Likely to Be Seriously Injured at a Trampoline Center Than at Home Serious injuries may be more likely when kids use trampolines at specialized centers than when using trampolines at home, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• France Is Facing a New COVID-19 Wave: French Vaccination Chief France is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections fuelled by new versions of the Omicron variant, French vaccination chief Alain Fischer said on Wednesday, as daily new cases reached an almost 2-month peak the day before at more than 95,000.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• US FDA to Order Juul E-cigarettes Off Market: WSJ The US Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc to take its e-cigarettes off the market in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
  Reuters Health Information, June 22, 2022
• Years After Harvard Scandal, US Pours Millions Into Tainted Stem-Cell Field Mario Ricciardi, a young Italian molecular biologist, was thrilled when he was selected to work with one of Harvard Medical School's most successful stem cell researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, June 21, 2022
• Some Omicron Subvariants Escaping Antibodies From Sinopharm Shot: Chinese Study A small Chinese study detailed in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal showed that neutralizing antibodies against most Omicron sublineages currently circulating were largely undetectable after two doses of a Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, with a booster shot only partly restoring them.
  Reuters Health Information, June 21, 2022
• Manipulative Features of Some Apps May Push Preschoolers to Spend Money, Too Much Time Playing Certain game apps popular with young children may lure them into spending money or too much time playing, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 21, 2022
• US Supreme Court Rebuffs UnitedHealth Group Challenge on Medicare Overpayments The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear UnitedHealth Group's challenge to a government rule requiring private insurers that administer federally funded Medicare plans to return potentially billions of dollars in overpayments.
  Reuters Health Information, June 21, 2022
• Multispecies Probiotic May Help Prevent Diarrhea in Kids on Antibiotics A probiotic containing eight different strains of live beneficial microorganisms may help prevent diarrhea during antibiotic treatment in children, according to a randomized, placebo-controlled study.
  Reuters Health Information, June 21, 2022