Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Understanding the CDC's updated COVID isolation guidance
For the first time since 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its COVID isolation guidance.
Mar 6, 2024
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Vaccination
Investing in a universal COVID-19 vaccine would be worth it
Four years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is still responsible for more than 3,000 U.S. deaths a month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mar 6, 2024
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Immunology
Researchers investigate immune response of a man who received 217 COVID vaccinations
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have examined a man who has received more than 200 vaccinations against COVID-19. They learned of his case via newspaper ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Immunology
Scientists report positive immune response against mpox using a COVID-19 vaccine
Scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, show that a COVID-19 vaccine developed at the organization's Los Angeles campus also protects against mpox, ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Zika vaccine safe and effective when administered during pregnancy, finds study in marmosets
A vaccine against Zika virus is safe and effective when administered both before and during pregnancy, according to new research published in npj Vaccines.
Mar 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Video: The link between HPV and throat cancer
There are more than 100 strains of HPV. Some types of the virus can cause cancer. HPV 16 has been linked to the rising cases of oropharyngeal cancer, commonly known as throat cancer. It is the most common HPV-associated cancer ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy
An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination—and potentially boost vaccine uptake.
Mar 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases—and one of the most easily preventable
"You don't count your children until the measles has passed." Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from parents in countries ...
Mar 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Only nine percent of older Americans were vaccinated against RSV before the disease hit this fall and winter
A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that only 9 percent of older Americans had been vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prior to this fall and winter, despite the threat ...
Mar 2, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New antibodies target 'dark side' of influenza virus protein
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored "dark side" of the neuraminidase (NA) protein ...
Mar 1, 2024
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