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Emma Harvey is global head of medical affairs at F2G Ltd, a UK and Austria based biotech where she is responsible for the global medical and commercial strategies for a novel antifungal drug for serious systemic infections, in clinical development.

Julvonnia McDowell was making dinner one evening when she got a call saying that her 14-year-old son, JaJuan — a gentle boy who loved animals, who was so generous that he gave a pair of shoes to a classmate who was being teased — had been shot. He was visiting a relative’s home when another teenager pulled a gun out from a drawer, where the firearm had been stashed under a T-shirt. “JaJuan told him to put it away, but the other teenager said that it wasn’t load...

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric case fatality rates have increased over the past decade, driven by a reduction in nonfatal injuries and increasing fatal injuries, according to a research brief published online Oct. 5 in Pediatrics. Cordelia Mannix, from Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, and colleagues compared trends in fatal and nonfatal

The finding underscores additional data showing that firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 20, excluding deaths of infants born prematurely or with congenital abnormalities.

Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among young children and teenagers in the United States.

Children are generally medically healthy, which is why accidental injuries pose the greatest threat to their lives.

According to an analysis published Thursday, the rate of firearm fatalities among children younger than 18 increased by 87% from 2011-21 in the United States.

According to an analysis published Thursday, the rate of firearm fatalities among children younger than 18 increased by 87 percent from 2011 to 2021 in the United States. The death rate attributable to car accidents fell by almost half, leaving firearm injuries the top cause of accidental death in children.

Fitchburg State field hockey senior Jenna Morse and sophomore Autumn Tibbetts were named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively, on Monday. Morse registered her first weekly honor of the 2023 season after totaling 30 saves with a 3.00 goals against average and […]

Nov. 15, 1947: Bill Richardson is born in Pasadena, Calif., to William Blaine Richardson Jr. and María Luisa López-Collada.