COPENHAGEN, Denmark — European recommendations and overarching principles for the management of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have remained largely unchanged since 2016 – with a few notable but very important exceptions. Dr Sofia Ramiro The 2022 updated recommendations include a new point regarding which biologic agents to use for patients with recurrent uveitis, active

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine became available for children aged five to 11 in the UK in April 2022. Those aged 12 and up had already been eligible since 2021. But if you have a child aged under five, you might be wondering, when will they be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19? Children under five represent

Since California expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a large number of people have been mistakenly bounced between Covered California, the state’s marketplace for those who buy their own insurance, and Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for low-income residents. Small income changes can cause people’s eligibility to shift, but when bad information is

Professor Kevin Fenton, London regional director for public health said: “Monkeypox can affect anyone but we know that many of the most recent diagnoses are in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, many of whom live in, or have links to London. Source link

The KangDuo Surgical Robot-01 (KD-SR-01) system is safe and effective for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, according to a study published online May 18 in The Journal of Urology. Shubo Fan, from Peking University First Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues assessed the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of the KD-SR-01 system for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Data from

You may have a sniffly child under two years old at home. Is it just a cold? Or could it be COVID? You may be tempted to reach into the cupboard for a rapid antigen test to find out. But some manufacturers say their COVID tests aren’t suitable for children under two. Can you use

A new study from researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that using telemedicine to evaluate patients with rare genetic conditions resulted in a similar rate of proper diagnosis as in-person visits. However, collecting genetic material from patients who are seen remotely is more challenging, suggesting there is room to improve telemedicine evaluations. The

Fewer than 10% of parents followed recommended safe sleep practices for their infants aged 12 months and younger at both sleep onset and after nighttime waking, based on data from a survey of 1,500 parents published in Pediatrics. Sleep-related death remains a major cause of infant mortality in the United States despite the early success

The World Health Organization (WHO) has seemingly assured the public that there’s nothing to worry about the monkeypox outbreak causing another global health crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  On Monday, an official from the specialized agency maintained that it’s unlikely for the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa to lead to another pandemic, Reuters reported.   As

A couple who lost their baby say staff had no idea what to do for them when they arrived at A&E. Source link