FluMist nasal spray loses approval as kids’ flu protection fades
An advisory panel urged doctors to stop using AstraZeneca FluMist after CDC studies showed no protection against the dominant flu strain last season. Shots remained reasonably effective, while FluMist failed across three consecutive winters. Experts cite possible strain changes, multiple ingredients, and prior performance as reasons for the reversal.
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New York
Joseph Bresee
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
AstraZeneca
Federal Advisory Committee On Immunization
CDC
Cines
Bresee
Autism Glass aids autistic kids in reading emotions
In San Jose a Stanford study tests Google Glass based autism glass to help about 100 autistic children read facial expressions. The headset shows labels like happy or sad and cues during 20 minute daily sessions, aiming to boost social engagement and home use.
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San Jose, Calif
Julian Brown
San Jose
Autism Glass
Stanford University
Google Glass
Julian
Stanford
Dennis Wall
Stanford School of Medicine
Wall
Catalin Voss
Nick Haber
Voss
Google
Silicon Valley
Brain Power
Cambridge, Mass
Robert Ring
Autism Speaks
Nurse who stole painkiller from dying vets jailed
Nathan Baum of East Greenbush pleaded guilty to stealing oxycodone from hospice patients at the Albany VA hospital in 2014. He admitted taking the opioid from at least 25 syringes and replacing it with haloperidol. He was sentenced to seven years in federal prison as family members described the suffering caused to veterans.
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Albany
Veterans Affairs Hospital
U.S
Baum
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Crouse Neuroscience Institute
Esther S. Lubinga, M.D
Rebecca Dottolo
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Fulton
FBI
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