Brushing your teeth in hospital could reduce the chance of catching pneumonia
You go to the hospital for treatment and to get better. But sometimes, you get something much less welcome: an infection.
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Common infection does not increase risk of recurrent preterm birth, study finds
A new study from UTHealth Houston has found that the common sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium, also known as MGen, does not appear to increase the risk of recurrent preterm birth. The findings are published ...
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Study looks at barriers to initiation of rotavirus vaccine
Risk factors for not initiating a rotavirus vaccine (RVV)—for which the first dose is recommended by a maximum age of 14 weeks, six days—include extremely preterm birth and having no health insurance, according to a study ...
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New Lassa fever vaccine shows promising results for first-in-human clinical trial
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, or CVD, report encouraging results from an early clinical trial that tested a new dual vaccine against Lassa ...
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Washing machines could support skin health for First Nations people—if we get the wash settings right
Doing a load of laundry involves lots of decisions—from which cycle to choose to what detergent to use.
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World's first AI‑designed vaccine explained
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine's key component was designed entirely by AI and has now been ...
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FDA approves Xocova for COVID-19 postexposure prophylaxis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Shionogi's Xocova (ensitrelvir), an oral antiviral, for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) of COVID‑19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older.
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Tiny molecular fix revived tuberculosis antibiotic candidate and led to two patents
How can we combat the growing global health crisis of antibiotic resistance? At Leiden University, researchers are tackling this issue from multiple angles. Ph.D. candidate Vladyslav Lysenko develops and redesigns new antibiotic ...
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Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world's highest HIV burden
Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam Plaatjie to start using preventive HIV medications three years ago.
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Ultrasound turns anticancer molecule into deep-lung bacteria killer
An anticancer medication called TLD1433, a ruthenium(II) complex that has entered Phase II trials for conditions such as non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, is now being repurposed to address one of the biggest public health ...
