Health
Resolve to keep your allergies, asthma in check in 2024
If you're one of the 50 million Americans with asthma or allergies, 2024 is another year to redouble efforts to manage them.
Dec 18, 2023
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News tagged with new virus
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Childhood pneumonia is surging—while the germs causing it are known, the effects of co-infections aren't
You may have heard reports about outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in the Netherlands, Denmark and parts of the US and China, which are higher than usual for this time of year. Parents are keeping a watchful eye on ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cache valley virus: Another mosquito-borne illness making inroads in US
A potentially deadly infection carried by mosquitoes may be more prevalent than once thought, U.S. health officials report.
Oct 19, 2023
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Vaccination
IDSA: Maternal RSVpreF vaccine would cut clinical, economic burden
Maternal vaccination with a bivalent stabilized prefusion F subunit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (RSVpreF) is projected to reduce the clinical and economic burden of RSV lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What Canadians need to know about West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be life-threatening
During the late summer of 1999, New York City recorded an unusual number of cases of encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). At the same time, the Bronx Zoo reported a massive death of birds and mammals.
Sep 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Examining the dynamics of COVID-19's pandemic peak
The SARS-CoV-2 virus swept across the globe at the beginning of 2020, and one of the earliest and hardest-hit areas of the United States was New Jersey.
Aug 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With coronavirus uptick, should I get a COVID shot? When are new vaccines available?
The fall vaccination season is just around the corner, and officials are set to roll out another updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as new tools to protect against RSV.
Aug 15, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
RSV is everywhere right now. What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus
This winter, we're having to get our heads around another respiratory virus—RSV.
Jul 26, 2023
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Health
Human metapneumovirus is filling ICUs this spring—a pediatric infectious disease specialist explains
In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration—not to discover lands or riches, but to identify unknown causes of acute respiratory infections.
Apr 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows New York City rats carry SARS-CoV-2
A new study has demonstrated that rats are susceptible to infection with Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 and wild rats in the New York City municipal sewer systems and elsewhere in the city have been exposed ...
Mar 9, 2023
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