Russell Vance is an immunology professor, infectious disease researcher, and the director of UC Berkeley's Cancer Research Laboratory. By studying the immune system's response to bacteria that cause tuberculosis and dysentery, ...
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More than 160 measles cases have been reported across nine states this year, with one death and more than 30 patients needing hospitalization, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker.
Mar 7, 2025
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Variations in temperature, precipitation, and humidity can influence the spread of infectious diseases, including by altering the habitats of disease transmitters such as mosquitoes. Extreme weather events can disrupt health ...
Mar 7, 2025
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Researchers have discovered how antibodies help to protect against contagious bacterial infections caused by Strep A, including strep throat. And the findings are already contributing to efforts to accelerate the development ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a new study by researchers at UCSF has found.
Mar 6, 2025
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Pediatric hospital admissions for influenza have been rising across the United States since the beginning of the year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Mar 5, 2025
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Dr. Francis Collins, the famed geneticist who led the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 12 years and helped guide the U.S. through the COVID pandemic, has stepped down.
Mar 3, 2025
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In Australia, more than 40,000 people are imprisoned every day. More than half of these people experience drug addiction, including addiction to heroin or opioids.
Mar 3, 2025
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A clinical trial has found that the medication omalizumab, marketed as Xolair, treated multi-food allergy more effectively than oral immunotherapy (OIT) in people with allergic reactions to very small amounts of common food ...
Mar 2, 2025
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A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a quick end to the outbreak that began at the end of ...
Mar 2, 2025
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