Not all cancers respond to the same treatments or have the same genetic origins. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), a common and highly contagious virus, has been found to cause certain cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). ...
May 15, 2026
0
6
The infectious disease Lassa fever can be fatal, and there is a lack of treatment options with proven efficacy. Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf ...
May 15, 2026
0
4
Superspreading became a familiar concept to many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior studies examining infectious disease epidemics, including those on COVID-19, have found that some individuals are much more likely to transmit ...
May 15, 2026
0
4
Azithromycin exposure in pregnancy was not associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, according to a retrospective cohort study, and use in late pregnancy was linked with some lower risks.
May 15, 2026
0
3
In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed ...
May 15, 2026
0
75
A new report underscores the significant variations in healthfulness of different types of processed foods. The report, released by Healthy Eating Research (HER), recommends that "healthy" ultra-processed foods be exempt ...
May 15, 2026
0
16
For men with advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to standard hormone therapies, treatment options are limited—and time matters. As the disease progresses, the window for effective, less intensive treatments begins ...
May 15, 2026
0
11
When a baby is born, hospital staff move quickly through a standard checklist of newborn care: taking measurements, administering antibiotic eye ointment to prevent eye infections, and giving a small injection of vitamin ...
May 15, 2026
0
10
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey, shows that rapid weight loss (RWL) is much more effective than gradual weight loss (GWL) in both achieving higher weight loss and ...
May 15, 2026
0
9
It can be easy to think you get plenty of vitamin D when you live in a country bathed in sunshine, but the reality is more complicated. Almost one in four Australian adults have vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D supplements ...
May 15, 2026
0
9
