Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Quality improvement initiative boosts early HPV vaccine rates

A multipronged primary care quality improvement initiative increases early human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation across racial/ethnic, sociodemographic, insurance, and geographic groups, according to a study presented ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Antiseizure medications can produce life-threatening reactions

Molecular tests and other screening tools can lessen the risk of potentially fatal reactions to antiseizure medications that millions of Americans take for epilepsy and other conditions, but skin rashes still require speedy ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera outbreak intensifying in Yemen, UN warns

The United Nations on Monday expressed fears at what it called a "rapidly worsening" outbreak of cholera in war-ravaged Yemen, with more than 40,000 suspected cases since October, mainly in areas controlled by Huthi rebels.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study explores potential target to treat liver disease

A clinical trial led by Birmingham researchers investigated targeting a molecule causing liver inflammation and fibrosis to treat patients with Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)—a debilitating liver disease for which ...

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