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Study identifies potential novel drug to treat tuberculosis
A new study published in Microbiology Spectrum demonstrates that a novel semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds to produce potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant ...
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How to improve public health communication for the next pandemic? Tackling distrust, misinformation is key
There's a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency measures such as isolation and ...
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How COVID-19 restrictions really impacted older people's health across Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a fair deal of stress to everyone, but especially older people worldwide. Between December 2019 and March 2020, 32% of those infected were hospitalized, 2.4% developed acute illness requiring ...
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Lyme disease and ticks that carry it spread across the US
Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as the West Nile virus.
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Suspected Marburg cases in Germany were false alarms: Officials
Two people recently returned to Germany from Rwanda who feared they had contracted the deadly Marburg virus have tested negative, health officials in Hamburg said Thursday.
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WHO launches plan to rein in 'alarming' dengue spread
The World Health Organization announced Thursday a global plan to battle dengue and other diseases carried by mosquitos as they spread faster and further amid climate change.
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Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated
Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said Thursday, as the East African country searches for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities.
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New genomic surveillance tools could help efforts to eliminate damaging parasitic infections
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new genomic-based approach that could aid global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic roundworm infection spread by mosquitos. ...
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Endolymphatic hydrops tied to hearing loss severity in Meniere disease
For patients with bilateral Meniere disease (MD), features of endolymphatic hydrops correlate with the severity of hearing loss and staging of MD, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Head & Face Medicine.
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Synthetic peptide acts as molecular shield to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells
A peptide synthesized by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil protected human lung cells against infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory and eliminated the inflammation caused by the virus in mice ...
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Organ allocation changes lead to better survival rates for children with liver failure
Liver transplantation is currently the only cure for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF), a rapidly progressing and life-threatening condition that can affect previously healthy children. Some children do not get a transplant ...
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Plant compound used in traditional medicine may help fight tuberculosis
A compound found in African wormwood—a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness—could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
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Cutting corners results in rare genetic diseases being undiagnosed, say scientists
Inaccurate naming of genetic diseases is resulting in some rare genetic diseases needlessly being undiagnosed, University of Manchester scientists warn. A Nature Genetics communication paper, published today adds to existing ...
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Viruses found hiding in lungs' immune cells long after initial illness
Doctors have long known that children who become seriously ill with certain respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are at elevated risk of developing asthma later in life. What they haven't known is ...
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Long COVID: Study finds lithium aspartate at low doses is ineffective, but higher doses may be promising
A small University at Buffalo clinical trial has found that at low doses, lithium aspartate is ineffective in treating the fatigue and brain fog that is often a persistent feature of long COVID; however, a supplemental dose-finding ...
Oct 2, 2024
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FDA approves Dupixent for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Regeneron's Dupixent (dupilumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with inadequately controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and an eosinophilic ...
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Toll in Rwanda Marburg outbreak rises to 11
Five more people in Rwanda have died of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 11, the health ministry said late Tuesday.
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Mpox vaccination drive delayed in DR Congo
The mpox vaccination campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo has been pushed back, health authorities told AFP on Tuesday, with the exact start date unclear.
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Guideline on handling endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle samples released
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline on endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) specimen processing and handling. Published in the ...
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New mouse models offer valuable window into COVID-19 infection
Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have developed six lines of humanized mice that can serve as valuable models for studying human cases of COVID-19.
Oct 1, 2024
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Bioinformatics techniques uncover hidden prevalence of repeat expansion disorders
Research led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London is signaling a new era for genetic sequencing and testing. In the largest study of its kind to date, published today in Nature Medicine, an international group ...
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Promising tuberculosis therapy safe for patients with HIV, finds study
A therapy showing promise to help control tuberculosis (TB) does not interfere with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), according to research by Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed).
Oct 1, 2024
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Weight-adjusted waist index positively tied to overactive bladder
The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) may be able to predict future incidence of overactive bladder (OAB) in adults, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Frontiers in Nutrition.
Oct 1, 2024
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Vitamin deficiencies common in children with nocturnal enuresis
Children with primary nocturnal enuresis may have vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency as well as vitamin B12 deficiency, according to a study published online June 10 in Annals of Medicine.
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Mosquito-borne virus spread at 'unprecedented' levels in LA County: Climate change may make things worse
Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California—threatening to turn more of those annoying-but-harmless bites into severe illnesses, experts say.
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