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US measles case count climbs slightly to 1,046 cases, while Indiana's outbreak ends
The U.S. saw a small increase in measles cases this week, an indicator that outbreaks are slowing down, though exposures at a busy airport in Colorado and a Shakira concert in New Jersey are keeping public health experts ...
May 24, 2025
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US excess deaths continue to rise even after the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
There were over 1.5 million "missing Americans" in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if US mortality rates matched those of peer countries. Excess US deaths have been increasing for decades, with working-age ...
May 23, 2025
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Novel immune cell population may offer alternative target for tuberculosis vaccines
There is no highly effective vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), which remains an infection of global concern. Charles Kyriakos Vorkas, MD, an infectious diseases physician-scientist at the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) ...
May 23, 2025
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Blood test offers faster, less invasive diagnosis for rare genetic diseases in children and infants
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have developed a blood test capable of rapidly diagnosing rare genetic diseases in babies and children, eliminating the need for ...
May 23, 2025
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Bird flu outbreaks in mammals double, raising human risk: Report
Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could potentially spread between humans, an international agency warned on Friday.
May 23, 2025
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North Macedonia reports first cases of mpox
North Macedonia said on Friday that two mpox cases were registered for the first time in the Balkan country.
May 23, 2025
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Children among four dead in Mexican measles outbreak
A measles outbreak in Mexico has left four people dead this year, including three unvaccinated children, authorities said.
May 23, 2025
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Rethinking COPD diagnosis to improve accuracy and early detection
University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), identifying individuals at risk for severe respiratory outcomes who ...
COVID virus 'reprograms' infection fighters into immune system suppressors, study shows
A study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering finds that neutrophils—the most abundant type of white ...
May 22, 2025
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Viral mechanism uses mitochondrial remodeling to block immune response, presenting a new drug target
Researchers at The Wistar Institute have identified a previously unknown mechanism by which viruses can reprogram mitochondrial structure to silence immune responses and ensure successful viral reproduction.
May 22, 2025
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Pandemic predictions that promised certainty—and delivered confusion: What we must learn
In the early months of 2020, a curious thing happened. Around the globe, a new kind of number began appearing in government briefings and newspaper headlines. These weren't just case counts or hospital admissions. They were ...
Tropical disease fungus thwarts treatment with gene duplication that blocks key drug
Mycetoma is a chronic and progressively debilitating disease that affects thousands of people living in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly those in low-resource settings. Characterized by painful swelling, skin ...
May 22, 2025
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Personalized nerve stimulation shows promise for overactive bladder relief
Urinary and bowel disorders, manifesting as symptoms like frequent urination or difficulty in bowel movements, can greatly impact one's quality of life, even though they are not outwardly visible. While many people dismiss ...
May 22, 2025
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Tuberculous meningitis: Study finds metabolism drives mortality
Radboudumc researchers used metabolomics to study cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from tuberculous meningitis patients in Vietnam and Indonesia, with long-standing collaborators from Bandung and Jakarta (Indonesia), the ...
May 22, 2025
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A machine learning tool can help with diagnosing, monitoring colorectal cancer
Scientists aiming to advance cancer diagnostics have developed a machine learning tool that is able to identify metabolism-related molecular profile differences between patients with colorectal cancer and healthy people.
May 22, 2025
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Could cold sores increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease? A new study is no cause for panic
A new study has found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, may be linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease.
May 22, 2025
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Childhood cancer survivors have increased risk for chronic kidney disease and hypertension: Study
Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) have an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension, according to a study published online May 19 in JAMA Network Open.
May 22, 2025
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Universal vaccines could reshape how we fight future outbreaks—but a broad approach is needed
Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.
May 22, 2025
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Early preemptive kidney transplantation does not reduce risk of death, finds research
New research finds that early preemptive kidney transplants do not reduce the risk of death, according to a Yale School of Medicine (YSM) study published in Transplantation Proceedings.
May 22, 2025
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Household mold linked to 1 in 4 hypersensitivity pneumonitis cases
Mold thrives where moisture lingers. Spores can flourish after floods, heavy rains, or the unseen drip of a leaky pipe, turning bathrooms, bedrooms, and air-conditioning units into fungal incubators. Behind drywall, around ...
AI-powered framework can predict the evolutionary fitness of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Viral infectious diseases pose significant challenges due to the rapid evolution of viruses through mutations. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, when emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 sparked new waves ...
May 21, 2025
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When fungi take your breath away—how a mold can unbalance the lungs
An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, can become a serious danger if the immune system is weakened—and change the entire bacterial ...
May 21, 2025
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Malaria control strategy that efficiently kills parasites in the mosquito could lead to more effective bed nets
A potent combination of antimalarial compounds added to bed nets blocked parasite transmission in mosquitoes while circumventing insecticide resistance, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School ...
May 21, 2025
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