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SATURDAY, Oct. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Accidental poisonings on Halloween can turn a night of fun into one that's truly scary.The following poison prevention tips -- from the Nebraska Regional Poison Center -- can help your little ones stay safe:The liquid in lighted glow sticks can sting or burn if it gets into the eyes or mouth. Know that glow sticks are soft and can easily break open if children put them in their mouths. If this happens, rinse with water and call the national poison control center (1-800-222-1222).Check your children's goodies when they return from trick-or-treating. Marijuana edibles come in many shapes and sizes and can have names and packaging similar to traditional candies.Throw out any homemade treats or anything that's not in its original wrapper, unless...

FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Think you don't need to get a COVID-19 vaccination because you've been infected by SARS-CoV-2 in the past? Think again.A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that "those who were unvaccinated and had a recent infection were five times more likely to have COVID-19 than those who were recently fully vaccinated and did not have a prior infection."According to the agency, "the data demonstrate that vaccination can provide a higher, more robust and more consistent level of immunity to protect people from hospitalization for COVID-19 than infection alone for at least 6 months."The new findings came from data collected from 187 hospitals across nine U.S. states from January to September of 2021. In total, the data...

FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change is already making Americans sick and researchers warn that the nation must take swift action to protect people's well-being."Climate change effects aren't just an abstraction, something that will happen years from now. They are happening today, and they impact every aspect of your health, from the air you breathe [more smoke, more pollen] to the nutritional quality of the food you eat [less protein]," said researcher Lewis Ziska, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. "Yet at present, at the federal level, there is almost no funding for studying the health effects," he added. "We are stumbling along with a candle, when we need a searchlight to see --...

FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Coronavirus cases have plunged by 60% since mid-September's Delta-driven peak, U.S. health officials said earlier this week. But with winter on the way, they warned that Americans still need to protect themselves and others against COVID-19."We are now heading in the right direction ... but with cases still high, we must remain vigilant heading into the colder, drier winter months," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a White House coronavirus briefing, CNN reported.Along with the arrival of winter, there's still a relatively high number of cases and many children remain ineligible for vaccination.Over the last week, new cases averaged 69,011 a day, compared to 127,531 a day in...