Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Missouri bird flu case raises possibility of human transmission

In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials have reported that a person who lived with a Missouri resident infected ...

Medical economics

The elderly still take too many potentially inappropriate drugs

In Canada, prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)—drugs whose harms may outweigh their benefits, which may be ineffective, or for which a safer alternative exists—remains very common among the elderly. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dengue recovery linked to higher long-term health risks than COVID-19

People who caught dengue and recovered are more likely to face long-term health complications about a year later compared to those who contracted COVID-19, according to the findings of a nationwide study led by Nanyang Technological ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spike mutations that help SARS-CoV-2 infect the brain discovered

Scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system. The findings may help scientists understand its neurological ...

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