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Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination21:38 This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles -- not just severe cases -- but experts warn that this shouldn't be seen as a replacement for vaccination. In a recent opinion piece for Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote that studies support the administration of vitamin A "under the supervision of a physician for those with mild, moderate, and severe infection"… Historic Strike Involving Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Comes to an End21:38 This is a MedPage Today story. A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to an end. Late Monday, eight RN bargaining units voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts and end the strike, which was believed to be the largest involving healthcare workers, and the first involving physicians, in the state's history, according to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), which represented the workers. Among the key provisions in th… A 2-year-old at the center of a Texas brain-death dispute is taken off life support and dies17:53 A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died Police describe a father's horror as he realizes then-wife Lindsay Clancy killed their 3 kids16:17 First responders have given jurors firsthand accounts of what they found after Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and tried to take her own life One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid9:48 Wiza Bondele works at an Ebola treatment hospital in eastern Congo, risking his life without pay since the outbreak began in May Iran war renews concerns about the lasting toll of traumatic brain injuries to US troops6.srpna Military officials say the majority of American troops wounded in the Iran war have suffered traumatic brain injuries WHO chief says Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as aid workers strike over pay6.srpna The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo is still spreading faster than efforts to track it, according to the head of the World Health Organization US moves to shut a Kentucky organ donation group, citing safety failures6.srpna The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life Nanny says Lindsay Clancy appeared to be a loving mother before killings5.srpna Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, the family's former nanny said she saw her deal with significant weight loss, insomnia, and postpregnancy mental health issues Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment tees up legal debate and contempt vote5.srpna Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week Ebola has killed 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges4.srpna Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, marking the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease |