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Possible discovery of mechanism behind mysterious COVID-19 symptoms
In patients with serious and long-term COVID-19, disturbed blood coagulation has often been observed. Now, researchers at Linköping University (LiU), Sweden, have discovered that the body's immune system can affect the spike ...
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Immune sensor ZBP1 links interferon treatment and dangerous inflammatory cell death during COVID-19
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown that the innate immune sensor, ZBP1, and its associated inflammatory cell death pathway, PANoptosis, are major contributors to the negative effects of interferon ...
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The genetic underpinnings of severe staph infections
A common culprit of skin and respiratory infections, Staphylococcus aureus is highly unpredictable. Between 20 and 30 percent of people carry quiet colonies on their skin and in their nostrils, which seldom cause problems ...
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Studies reveal key clues about COVID-19 immunity, immune recall
How does the immune system remember and recognize viral invaders it has encountered in the past? A trio of newly published studies of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, vaccinated against the virus, or both are providing tantalizing ...
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Genomic differences selected through evolution may offer clues as to why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely
Though underlying medical conditions play an important role, many aspects of why COVID-19 severity can differ vastly from one patient to another have remained unclear.
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Study shines light on longevity of COVID-19 immune response
By uniting research from eight cohorts across the U.S., a group of researchers has accelerated collection of data integral in answering questions about immune responses needed for long lasting protection from SARS-CoV-2. ...
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How have changes in anemia care affected patients with kidney failure?
A recent study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has investigated how 2011 changes to anemia care have impacted clinical outcomes among patients with kidney failure who are receiving ...
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Don't take a rapid COVID test too soon: How and when to swab
With new COVID cases in Florida on the rise, taking an easy-to-get rapid test can give you quick results.
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Repurposed antibiotic may be an effective therapeutic in COVID-19–infected mice
Repurposed drugs may have a speedier path to clinical use because they have already been shown to be safe in people. A study publishing May 19 in the open access journal PLOS Pathogens by Sandrine Belouzard and Jean Dubuisson ...
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Nationwide study finds significant decline in treatment for heart attacks during pandemic
New findings from the Ascension Health System's internal National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) analyzing rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in parallel ...
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1 in 3 Americans now live in areas where indoor masks are advised, CDC says
Masks may not be required, but Americans should consider wearing one anyway if they live in an area where COVID-19 case numbers are high, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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US cases of acute hepatitis in kids keep rising: CDC
The number of American children affected by acute hepatitis of unknown cause continues to grow, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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Uptick in avian flu cases poses little threat to humans
If the recent increase in avian influenza cases has you concerned, you likely have nothing to worry about and don't need to take any added measures, according to a University of Alberta expert on influenza in birds.
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Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year
Australia's COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.
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Study examines the drug injection risk behaviors that lead to severe bacterial infections
Over the last decade, severe bacterial infections associated with intravenous drug use have been increasing in frequency in the U.S. Many studies examine the injection risk behaviors associated with transmission of HIV and ...
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What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?
European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It's a surprising outbreak of disease that rarely appears outside Africa.
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New non-invasive method of risk assessment in liver disease
In a recent study, an interdisciplinary research team from MedUni Vienna showed that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used as a non-invasive method for predicting complications in chronic liver disease. ...
May 19, 2022
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Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of COVID restrictions
The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai will reopen four of its 20 subway lines Sunday as it slowly eases pandemic restrictions that have kept most residents in their housing complexes for more than six weeks.
May 19, 2022
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US case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man
Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe.
May 19, 2022
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North Korea's suspected COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million
North Korea on Thursday reported 262,270 more suspected COVID-19 cases as its pandemic caseload neared 2 million—a week after the country acknowledged the outbreak and scrambled to slow infections in its unvaccinated population.
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