Mumps epidemic hits young people
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Doctors are seeing an epidemic of mumps after a 10-fold increase in suspected cases in a year.
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A substantial minority of young  adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at  least one severe health problem, according to a report  presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of  the American Medical Association.
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Young people should be informed about sexual health services and have access to them, ministers say.
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Nearly 30 percent of women in  their late teens suffer recurrent infection with Chlamydia, a  rate higher than previously recognized in this population, new  research shows.
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Cancer is less common in adolescents and young adults than in older people. But in some ways it is more alarming.
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The number of under-18s admitted to hospital in England with alcohol-related illness jumps by 20%.
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Nigerian health officials on Wednesday said an outbreak of measles in a village in the northern state of Borno had killed 20 children and caused a further 100 children to be hospitalised.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of
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Teenagers are facing a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns.
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Pupils at three Birmingham schools are given an overdose of the MMR vaccine, health chiefs confirm.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Most young U.S. children are getting their recommended vaccinations, but rates for teens are lagging, especially for some newer vaccines, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.
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Teenage emotional and behavioural problems are increasing, research shows.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An increase in flu incidence among children and adults in recent years in Britain revealed trends and problems with an initially successful vaccination program, according to researchers.
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HONG KONG - Health authorities are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a children&#39;s hospital, where at least 30 young patients have been infected, reported Channel NewsAsia.
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NEW YORK  - Applying a topical anesthetic  half an hour beforehand reduces pain for children getting a  measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot, according to a report by  Canadian researchers.
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When an estimated 4 million people encountered a deadly epidemic called Corrupted Blood that left the landscape strewn with corpses, scientists were intrigued, not horrified. Similarly, when Whypox, a measles-like disease, was unleashed into a community of over 1.2 million young adults, researchers sat back and took notes.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.