Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Using AI to navigate out of a COVID treatment supply issue

It's 2021, and the world has a safe vaccine for COVID-19 as well as drugs to treat the disease. But now, we face a serious problem: How do we make billions of doses of the medicines?

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika linked to abnormal pregnancies, fetal death, new research finds

New research presents strong evidence that the Zika virus can indeed cause a range of abnormalities in pregnant women infected with the virus—with the effects manifesting any time during pregnancy. Some of the abnormalities ...

Pediatrics

Effectiveness of one-dose MenACWY-D drops over time

(HealthDay)—For adolescents, the effectiveness of the one-dose meningococcal (groups A, C, W, and Y) polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (MenACWY-D) decreases at three to less than eight years post-vaccination, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Egg handling hygiene to reduce food poisoning

Careful and hygienic handling of eggs through the supply chain, and in the kitchen, is vital for reducing Australia's outbreaks of salmonella poisoning, according to University of Adelaide research.

Oncology & Cancer

Telomere length prognostic in hepatocellular carcinoma

(HealthDay)—Telomere attrition occurs in tumor cells from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and shortened telomeres are independent prognosticators for HCC patients, according to a study published online Aug. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae in all U.S. regions

(HealthDay)—Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) has a prevalence of 13.2 percent in a sample of M. pneumoniae-positive specimens from six locations in the United States, according to a study published in the ...

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