Researchers in Japan have uncovered the mechanism for how the measles virus can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but fatal neurological disorder that can occur several years after a measles infection.
Jan 27, 2023
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Researchers have debated for more than two decades the likely impacts, if any, of global warming on the worldwide incidence of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million people each year.
Mar 6, 2014
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A team of more than 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has published the first digital atlas showing the dynamics of normative maturation ...
Oct 26, 2023
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In a trio of papers appearing in Nature on Sept. 13, 2023, researchers offer the most comprehensive look yet at how malnutrition affects growth in the first two years of life, underscoring a devastating reality for millions ...
Sep 13, 2023
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For someone previously infected with COVID-19, their risk of hospitalization or death is 88% lower for at least 10 months compared to those who had not been previously infected, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Global health equity means more than working toward good health around the world. It also means fairness for researchers.
Jan 23, 2023
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Within the next few years, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus becomes endemic in the global population, COVID-19 may behave like other common-cold coronaviruses, affecting mostly young children who have not yet been vaccinated or exposed ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Although populations in countries in the Global South are on average younger than in Europe, they might be more vulnerable to severe forms of COVID-19. One reason for this is the higher proportion of people at working age ...
Jun 25, 2020
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(Medical Xpress)—Malaria will increasingly be found in upland areas by the end of the century due to the impact of climate change, according to new research from the University of Liverpool.
Feb 7, 2014
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While the adequate surgical treatment of cataract is guaranteed in high-income countries, the surgical results in the Global South are often inadequate. Video recording can be used to analyze possible surgical errors, improve ...
Apr 15, 2024
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