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Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday.

Medical research

Olorofim Phase IIb trial shows efficacy in invasive fungal disease for patients with limited treatment options

Researchers from KU Leuven, the University of California Davis Medical Center, the University of Cologne, and over 20 collaborating institutions report that the antifungal olorofim demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hepatitis C treatment is not reaching some at-risk populations

As the opioid epidemic has worsened in the United States, prevalence of hepatitis C has also increased. Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that damages the liver. It is mainly spread through sharing needles or other injection ...

Oncology & Cancer

A key protein helps liver cancer resist heat-based treatment

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may help explain why certain liver tumors return quickly after thermal ablation, a widely used minimally-invasive, image-guided technique ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experts explain what's behind measles surge and how to stop it

The U.S. is facing its largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, with at least 1,277 confirmed cases across 36 states and Washington, D.C. Two Virginia Tech experts say the reason why is clear and explain why it's spreading ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Child hospitalized as bird flu cases climb in Cambodia

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a five-year-old boy from Kampot province, is currently in intensive care with severe ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

South Carolina sees first measles case of 2025, officials say

An Upstate South Carolina resident has the measles, the South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed on July 9. It is the first case of the disease in the state since September 2024, the agency said.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Harmless' virus might trigger Parkinson's disease, researchers say

A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson's disease, a new study says. The germ, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with Parkinson's, but not in any ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Exposure to trihalomethanes linked to chronic kidney disease

Exposure to trihalomethanes—especially brominated trihalomethanes—in residential community water supplies (CWS) is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online ...