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Medications

New drug could help fight against treatment-resistant malaria

An international team of researchers have developed a promising new drug that could help combat the spread of treatment-resistant malaria.

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New study of seven million records reveals who gets long COVID in Australia

A study of 7 million medical records found that in Australia, patients with long COVID are more likely to be women than men, or people aged 40–59 and those living in a high socioeconomic area. They usually have pre-existing ...

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Pandemic accord deal in sight as talks resume

Countries reconvened on Monday in a bid to finalize a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics, with the specter of mpox, Marburg and H5N1 adding fresh urgency to seal a deal.

Oncology & Cancer

Oncologist suggests steps to reduce the risk for liver cancer

Liver cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. The most common type of liver cancer in adults is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and men are more likely to develop HCC than women. It typically develops ...

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How Indigenous knowledge helped solve a mysterious outbreak

When a mysterious and deadly illness began to sicken members of the Navajo community in the Four Corners region of the Southwestern U.S. in 1993, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators were stumped.

Medical research

Women, girls at lower risk of acute kidney injury: Study

Boys and men carry a greater risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) than women and girls across all age groups, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

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Rwanda steps up measures against Rift Valley Fever

Rwanda has been stepping up measures to combat Rift Valley Fever (RVF) following the country's second outbreak in two years, amid concerns it could spread to humans.

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Climate shifts and urbanisation drive Nepal dengue surge

Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country's high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanization nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new zones.

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Nigerians are experiencing neuro-long COVID, finds study

For the first time, scientists have found that individuals in Nigeria are experiencing neurological manifestations of long COVID—called neuro-long COVID—such as brain fog, mild cognitive impairment, fatigue, sleep problems, ...

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Q&A: How to avoid E. coli in your food

Federal and public health officials in multiple states are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials are determining ...

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Protecting the family from seasonal respiratory infections

Cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19 all have one thing in common: They are respiratory infections that cause similar symptoms such as coughing, fever and fatigue. These illnesses can range from mild to severe, especially in people ...

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Q&A: Is bird flu a threat to humans?

As California's Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and interim health officer ...

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How SARS-CoV-2 defeats the innate immune response

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more infectious than the previous SARS and MERS-causing viruses. A Kobe University ...

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Floor swabbing could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals

COVID-19 is here to stay. As restrictions and human testing have waned, new research is tackling the challenge of how we can monitor, predict, and prevent cases and outbreaks of COVID-19, especially among vulnerable groups ...

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Washington becomes 6th state to report bird flu in humans

Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report human H5N1 infections this year.