A unique study purposely giving participants Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) to learn how much penicillin it takes to prevent infection has found the amount needed is much lower than previously thought—a discovery that ...
Jun 9, 2025
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To enhance existing strategies for controlling the Aedes aegypti mosquito, geoinformation scientist Dr. Steffen Knoblauch has created a high-resolution environmental suitability map for Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) that can help ...
Jun 6, 2025
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Jail time has a huge effect on both an individual's and a community's long-term health, even after their release, a new study says.
Jun 5, 2025
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The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was hard hit. Today, mpox remains an ongoing public health emergency, according to the World Health ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Australian researchers have taken a major step toward using real-time genome sequencing in routine hospital care for patients with severe Staphylococcus aureus infections, or "golden staph," a superbug responsible for more ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Researchers from the University of Liverpool have worked on a UCL-led study that illustrates efforts to reduce child mortality in Africa. Their work investigates how mass treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) may ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Routine testing for multiple infectious diseases among migrants will benefit health care systems by identifying key infections earlier, a new study finds.
Jun 3, 2025
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For the second year in a row, California is on track to have a record-breaking number of valley fever cases, which public health officials say are driven by longer, drier summers.
May 31, 2025
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Scientists at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) have investigated potential risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood and adolescence as part of the ...
May 30, 2025
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University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how ...
May 29, 2025
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