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Subsequent trials showed that vaccination of pregnant women reduces infant deaths from tetanus by 94%. [10] [11] In 1988, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to use maternal vaccination to eliminate neonatal tetanus by the year 2000. Although neonatal tetanus has not yet been eliminated, by 2017 there were an estimated 31,000 annual ...
Flu vaccine is recommended for anyone who is aged 65 years and over, people with certain long-term medical conditions, health and social care professionals, pregnant women, and poultry workers. [42] The shingles vaccine is recommended for those over 70. [39] Additionally, pregnant women are advised to have the pertussis vaccine. [43]
The severity of health effects generally depends upon the size of the particles as well as the health status of the individual exposed; older adults, children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised populations are at the greatest risk for adverse health outcomes. [32]
A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on Thursday backed Pfizer's shot despite some ...
A 2014 WHO worldwide survey on maternal and perinatal health found a statistically significant association between low birth weights (LBW) and increased levels of exposure to PM 2.5. Women in regions with greater than average PM 2.5 levels had statistically significant higher odds of pregnancy resulting in a low-birth weight infant even when ...
Tracy Whitney was killed in August 1988 in Washington state.Cops have finally solved the murder of an 18-year-old woman found naked on a riverbed in Washington state more than 30...
The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation, manage symptoms and improve quality of life for people with autoimmune diseases.
Smoke from wildfires may impact sensitive groups such as the elderly, children, pregnant women, and people with lung, and cardiovascular disease. [246] It was found that in the 2008 wildfire season in California, the particulate matter was much more toxic to human lungs, as increased neutrophil infiltrate, cell influx and edema was observed ...