Family Caregiving-Family Caregivers-Family Members-Ad Campaign-Awareness

New ad campaign portrays caregivers' call for help

This undated frame screen shot from video, provided by AARP and the Ad Council, is from a new public service announcement illustrating the frustration that family members can feel as they struggle to care for aging loved ones while holding down jobs, raising children and taking care of their own health. The campaign, beginning Thursday, is to raise awareness of family caregivers and point them tow

There's a campaign beginning Thursday to raise awareness of the heavy impact of family caregiving as the nation rapidly grays — and to point overwhelmed families toward resources that may ease the strain. read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-World Health Organization-Infectious Disease

Doctors split on vaccine strategy to shield babies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves. The strategy, known as cocooning, is meant to block diseases from reaching the infant in the first place and is backed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But earlier this month, Canadian government researchers suggested that at least for whooping cough, a major infectious disease worldwide, cocooning comes with a hefty price tag. ... read more..

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WHO 'deeply concerned' by mutant bird flu

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was "deeply concerned" about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs. read more..

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