Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mapping Mexico's dengue fever hotspots

As many as one in five dengue fever deaths in the Americas occur in Mexico, and the rate of the disease's severity has been increasing for decades, according to the World Health Organization. Now, a Rutgers researcher has ...

Health

Diagnostic tests 'just to be on the safe side' not recommended

Paradoxical maybe, but it's what often happens in the health services: When you ask for an MRI to be on the safe side, your uncertainty increases, says Bjørn Hoffman, a professor at the Department of Health Sciences at the ...

Health

RSV: What parents should know

This season has brought an unusually high number of cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting a positivity rate between 15% and 20% among Americans in December. ...

Vaccination

WHO, CDC: A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How can I tell if my child has RSV?

With all the news about RSV surging in infants and toddlers, you may be wondering what to do if your kid gets a stuffy nose or fever this fall. You're in good company—even parents who work as pediatric health care providers ...

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