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'Transient' gut bacteria may affect health and guide diet choices

Scientists have identified two types of microbes in the gut using data from a year-long study of the same patients and suggest that labeling both helpful and harmful gut bacteria could make treatment easier.

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Air pollution exposure increases risk for Parkinson's disease

Higher exposure to air pollution increases the risk for Parkinson's disease (PD), according to a study published online Sept. 16 in JAMA Network Open.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Wastewater monitoring can detect foodborne illness, researchers find

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Wastewater Surveillance ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: Will we have a 'tripledemic' this year?

There's a chill in the air, students are back in school and summer's colors are fading—cold and flu season is nearly upon us.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Conflict, climate threaten fight against diseases: Fund

Climate change and conflicts are threatening progress in the fight against infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a group dedicating to eradicating the illnesses warned on Thursday.