1-Minute Healthcare News Today—December 14, 2022

Even after COVID-19, the global vaccine strategy has failed.??

In the?news ?published by Nature, without the need for a worldwide, publicly supported plan, the market will fail to supply vaccinations to avert pandemics before they reoccur.??

If the world had learned from previous epidemics vaccinations could have been available for clinical testing at the start. The fact that they haven’t done that is a considerable setback leading to another failure.?

Still,?COVID-19 variant XBB ?is spreading in North Texas, but experts advise the public not to panic.?According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the subvariant accounted for less than 5% of COVID-19 strains in Texas in the week ending Nov. 26, up from less than 2% the previous week.?

Meanwhile, the dangerous flu virus is triggering hallucinations in children. Dr. Kathryn MacKinlay, a pediatrician, claims her child began hallucinating, and she has seen the same symptoms in other children.?

In a?report , MacKinley said that the Vernon Jubilee Hospital has been attended by children who have heard loud noises, seen objects that are too big or far, and are afraid that somebody or something will harm them.?

Meanwhile, Quebec's flu crisis is starting to ease.?As influenza cases have started to fall, public health experts in Quebec may have hit the plateau of the holiday season.??

The Institut national de santé publique (INSPQ) published new figures on Monday morning showing a modest decrease in the number of positive flu tests last week, from 27% to 25.2%. Read more?here. ?

Interestingly, respiratory illnesses are not the only concern this winter season.?Heart failure deaths ?are more likely when temperatures are extreme. A recent study found that being exposed to excessive heat or cold increases the likelihood that a person with heart disease would die. The study has been recently released in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.??

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