The News Review:
- Yreka schools see large number of flu cases
- Protecting Families Against the H1N1 Virus
- Maternal And Child Health In Tajikistan
- When nutrition no longer can help will mtDNA replacement in human …
Yreka schools see large number of flu cases
Siskiyou Daily News
• Keep sick children at home. No one should return to school until they have had no fever for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine even if they feel better. If you have questions about your child’s health or symptoms call your child’s healthcare provider. • Do not send children to school if they are sick. Any children who are determined to be sick while at school will be sent home. • Get your child vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall and H1N1 influenza when it becomes available. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that young people are more susceptible to flu.
Protecting Families Against the H1N1 Virus
Washington Post
: I have a child with egg allergy. Is it possible for him to get the vaccine or is there one that is acceptable?Amy Garcia: Ask your child’s health-care provider about his or her specific need. _______________________Philadelphia: I’ve heard conflicting advice about mask-wearing. Are masks effective?Amy Garcia: Cold and flu viruses are typically transmitted through the nose and mouth. In certain settings masks may make sense.
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Maternal And Child Health In Tajikistan
Voice of America
Quast launching Maternal and Child Health Program in Hissor. Maternal and child health is a challenge in Hissor Tajikistan. The United States Agency for International Development or USAID and its partner Mercy Corps have launched a Maternal and Child Health program in this district to help meet this challenge. Mercy Corps an international non-governmental organization is implementing the program. The program develops and uses community capacity to improve health. The Ministry of Health and Mercy Corps staff will work to expand the use of proven methods that reduce infant and maternal mortality by improving the health of women and of children under the age of 5.
When nutrition no longer can help will mtDNA replacement in human …
Examiner.com
The experiments were done at the prestigious regon primate centre in the USA. What the scientists have proved so far is the principle: that transmission of mitochondrial disease might be avoided. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development provided funding for the study which is ironic as Kennedy was Catholic and the research is all about removing mtDNA genes from human eggs and replacing them with healthier genes. How would Kennedy feel about the research in gene modification?The goal is good–allowing parents to have healthier children if the mother’s own mtDNA has defective genes in the first place. But where do you find egg donors with perfectly healthy mtDNA?The goal of the research study is to have the potential to allow couples to have children that are biologically their own but free of any conditions associated with defects in maternal mitochondria. But that’s if the diseases in question are actually caused by defects in the mitochondria rather than stress lifestyle or toxic enviroments such as air and water pollution or other diseases. The big question now is if the treatment is effective will governments change their regulations? About 150 known disorders are directly caused by mitochondrial mutations some of which cause severe disabilities or shorten life.
