Meningitis contributes to higher child mortality rates than estimated by the WHO, according to a new study by the CHAMPS network and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study, published in the ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Doctors may soon use an AI-driven solution to swiftly prescribe a personalized antibiotic regimen for patients with just a few mouse clicks instead of giving general treatment. The antibiotic regimen can then be adjusted, ...
Nov 19, 2024
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San Diego County's public health department warned local doctors Friday that the region is in the midst of a significant increase in walking pneumonia cases, especially among children ages 2 to 4, echoing a national trend ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Do you have a runny nose and nagging cough that has persisted for weeks but you've still managed to drag yourself to work and school?
Nov 1, 2024
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Two patients being treated for pneumonia, an infection that causes difficulty breathing due to fluid-filled sacs in the lungs, can look vastly different and have opposing outcomes. Yet doctors struggle to accurately predict ...
Oct 29, 2024
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The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
Oct 24, 2024
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Cases of "walking pneumonia" have been rising sharply in the United States since the spring, especially among young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Oct 23, 2024
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Walking pneumonia cases are surging among young children in the United States, federal health officials warn.
Oct 21, 2024
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A proof-of-concept study promises the speedy diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections through analysis of human breath. The work is published in PNAS Nexus.
Sep 24, 2024
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About one-third of patients with schizophrenia do not respond to conventional medications, leaving them with one effective treatment option: clozapine. Clozapine's most serious side effect, a life-threatening drop in white ...
Sep 18, 2024
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