A patient of mine, once a marathon runner, now gets tired just walking around the block. She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of 2021. Previously, her primary care doctor had ...
May 9, 2023
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Research from Associate Professor of Medical and Linguistic Anthropology T.S. Harvey demonstrates how a disease's name can have a significant impact on the public's perception, attitude and behavior toward the disease. Disease ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations ...
Mar 7, 2023
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A global strategy is launched today to coordinate the complex research activities necessary for a new approach to coronavirus vaccine development. The aim is to develop more effective, longer lasting vaccines against continually ...
Feb 21, 2023
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A new microfluidic device developed by scientists in Switzerland can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus with high accuracy and speed, using a unique DNA/RNA duplex technology. The device could prove to be a game-changer in the fight ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Last year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a speech on global geopolitics popularized the German word "zeitenwende," which refers to a "turning point" and time for change.
Jan 13, 2023
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Stress is rarely a good thing for your health, but new research warns that it significantly raises the risk of a stroke.
Dec 15, 2022
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Once considered a potentially static field of medicine, the discipline of studying infectious diseases has proven to be dynamic as emerging and reemerging infectious diseases present continuous challenges, Anthony S. Fauci, ...
Nov 28, 2022
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The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation.
Nov 21, 2022
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Flu shots can save the lives of people with cardiovascular disease by reducing cardiac complications as well as preventing influenza.
Nov 15, 2022
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