Category: Public Health

Public Health

NIH Grant Funds Study on Effects of Prenatal Vaping Exposure

Wayne State University researchers are investigating how prenatal vaping exposure alters infant lung immunity and increases infection risks.

Public Health

AAP Updates RSV, COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations

AAP recommendations expand second-season RSV protection criteria for children ages 8 to 19 months, alongside updated infant COVID-19 vaccination recommendations.

Public Health

High-performance ICUs Had Lower Pandemic Mortality Rates

ICU mortality rates during the pandemic were significantly lower in ICUs that exhibited high efficiency, pre-COVID-19.

Pediatrics

Early Alert for CooperSurgical Neonatal nCPAP Device

CooperSurgical has issued a letter to affected customers recommending certain ventilators be removed from where they are used or sold, according to a USFDA early alert.

Smoking

How Big Tobacco Helped Derail a Menthol Cigarette Ban

Ninety-seven percent of the 246,000+ public comments sent to the FDA before it withdrew a proposed menthol cigarette ban were non-unique form letters, and half traced back to Big Tobacco.

Healthcare & Policy

Quartz Countertop Work Tied to Rise in Silicosis

A study of California workers identified nearly 600 cases of the incurable lung condition silicosis, prompting experts to call for national surveillance and stronger safety standards.