Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention in Douglas County
The piece discusses high gun injury and death rates in the U S with Pew data showing 50000 deaths in 2021. Douglas County sheriff s office sergeant Johnathan Jurgensmeier notes annual firearm injuries including accidental cases and outlines four safety rules. Nurse Kenna Young describes local treatment variability and trauma coordination at SMH Health.
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Pew Research Center
Douglas County
Johnathan
Jurgensmeier
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Kenna Young
SMH Health
RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards newborns against RSV
Federal advisers backed Pfizer's RSV vaccine for pregnant women aiming to protect newborns. The shot, given between 24 and 36 weeks gestation, showed 82 percent protection against severe RSV in the first three months of life and 69 percent at six months in a 7,400-woman trial, with safety data deemed adequate by advisers.
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Washington
Pfizer
Jay Portnoy
Food and Drug Administration
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Missouri
FDA
Paul Offit
Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Katherine Fleming-Dutra
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Children's Mercy Hospital
GSK
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nih
National Institutes OF Health
LMH Health
LMH
Imh.org