Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Covid: No longer an emergency, but not going anywhere
The World Health Organization may no longer consider COVID-19 a global health emergency, but the virus is not going anywhere.
May 5, 2023
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Infectious Diseases
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study highlights racial disparities in ovarian cancer risk for women
A new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (also known as fibroids) and a common intervention for these conditions—hysterectomy—changed ...
May 4, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO mulls whether to lift COVID emergency status
Dwindling COVID deaths may have allowed "normal" life to largely resume but uncertainties persist, the WHO chief said Thursday, as experts debated if the global health emergency should be declared over.
May 4, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers uncover new details on rare immune disease
In an 11-year study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have further characterized idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune ...
May 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Venous thromboembolism associated with COVID-19: Therapeutic management and long-term outcomes outlined
The risk of new thromboembolic events after discontinuation of anticoagulant therapy in patients with pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis associated with COVID-19 is low and similar to that of patients with venous ...
May 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC reports no new mpox cases in over a week for first time since outbreak began
For the first time since the mpox outbreak began last spring, no new cases have been reported in more than a week, fresh government data shows.
Apr 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Covid deaths down 95 percent this year: WHO
The WHO said Wednesday that COVID-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year—but warned the virus was still on the move.
Apr 26, 2023
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Vaccination
COVID vaccines are not in the food supply
Anti-vaccine advocates have for years used foreboding imagery of syringes to paint immunizations as dark and dangerous. But recent vaccine conspiracy theories are casting an air of fear around more mundane things—like cows ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows most children recover from Lyme disease within six months of treatment
A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within six months of completing antibiotic treatment, according to a new joint study from Children's National Research Institute ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Medical research
Scientists get closer to a 'universal' flu vaccine
Researchers are reporting progress on the path to a "universal" flu vaccine—one that would battle all strains of the virus and give the world a weapon against future flu pandemics.
Apr 20, 2023
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