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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A rare and serious inflammatory condition called MIS-C can strike kids weeks after they've recovered from their COVID infection.But now there's good news for parents: Children tend to recover completely from any heart injury within three months of falling ill, a new study from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) shows."Although it can be quite serious and very, very rarely even fatal, the vast majority of kids recover," said Dr. Kevin Friedman, a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital who was not involved in the study. "Their hearts recover. Recovery is pretty much the norm, over time."Early in the pandemic, doctors found that COVID-infected children sometimes fall prey to a delayed side effect called MIS-C...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If COVID-19 vaccines and medicines are shared equally worldwide, the pandemic could ease this year, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.However, if wealthier countries don't share their resources with poorer countries, there will continue to be high rates of deaths and hospitalizations, warned Dr. Michael Ryan, head of emergencies at WHO.“What we need to do is get to low levels of disease incidence with maximum vaccination of our populations, so nobody has to die,” Ryan said during a panel discussion on vaccine equity hosted by the World Economic Forum, the Associated Press reported.“The issue is: It’s the death. It’s the hospitalizations. It’s the disruption of our social, economic, political systems that’s...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Breastfeeding moms can rest easier: New research finds no evidence their milk transmits the virus that causes COVID-19 to their babies.“Breast milk is an invaluable source of nutrition to infants," said lead author Dr. Paul Krogstad of the University of California, Los Angeles. "In our study, we found no evidence that breast milk from mothers infected with COVID-19 contained infectious genetic material and no clinical evidence was found to suggest the infants got infected, which suggests breastfeeding is not likely to be a hazard," Krogstad said in a news release from the journal Pediatric Research, which published the findings Jan. 18.His team analyzed breast milk samples donated by 110 lactating women between March and September of 2020....

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No magic bullet exists for ending the U.S. opioid crisis, but there's hopeful news for one high-risk population: Providing addiction medication in jails reduces the odds of addicts being re-arrested after their release, new research shows."Studies like this provide much-needed evidence and momentum for jails and prisons to better enable the treatment, education and support systems that individuals with an opioid use disorder need to help them recover and prevent reincarceration," said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). "Not offering treatment to people with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons can have devastating consequences, including a return to use and heightened risk of overdose and...