South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening nearly 1,000 people
South Carolina's measles outbreak—the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years—is over, state health officials declared Monday.
Apr 27, 2026
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Remote monitoring may improve hospital overcrowding
A new featured report details how advances in remote monitoring and portable medical technology are dismantling the traditional hospital walls. The article, "Hospital-at-Home: New Technology Brings Acute Care to Patients' ...
Apr 21, 2026
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Obesity can derail vaccine response, forcing lung T cells to defend instead
New findings reveal that obesity significantly impaired the quality and longevity of antibody responses to a Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine in a mouse model. The impaired antibody production was due to defects in germinal ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks
With baby Arthur too young for the measles vaccine and a sibling due in June, the Otwells grew nervous when the threat of the highly contagious virus started factoring into their grocery run.
Apr 10, 2026
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How to tell if spring symptoms owe to allergy, cold or something more serious
When your head is splitting, your nose is running nonstop, your eyes are itching and you're coughing, coughing, coughing, what's the best way to fight back? That depends on what's causing your symptoms, said Dr. Ian Tullberg, ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Can AI manage an entire medical decision process?
Artificial intelligence has already proven it can perform specific medical tasks, such as interpreting X-rays or flagging risks in patient data. But caring for patients is a dynamic process that unfolds over time, requiring ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Inequalities in childhood pneumococcal vaccine uptake persist in England despite schedule change
Vaccine uptake data have been examined to assess the impact of moving from a "2+1" to a "1+1" Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) dose schedule on vaccine coverage and health inequalities among infants in England. Persistent ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Severe infections may raise dementia risk
Severe infections increase the risk of dementia independently of other coexisting illnesses, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Pyry Sipilä of the University of Helsinki, Finland, ...
Mar 24, 2026
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A virus without a vaccine or treatment is hitting California. What you need to know
A respiratory virus that doesn't have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts of California—but there's no need to sound the alarm just yet, public health officials say.
Mar 5, 2026
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Lesser-known virus rises in Northern California: What is human metapneumovirus?
It's not COVID-19 or the flu, but a respiratory virus has been hammering Northern California cities, including Sacramento and Davis, testing shows. WastewaterSCAN data shows "high concentrations" of human metapneumovirus, ...
Mar 4, 2026
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