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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Occupational factors strongly influence long COVID risk, finds study

Work-related factors play a significant and independent role in the risk of developing long COVID, shows a new study based on the COVICAT cohort and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in collaboration ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?

COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn't gone away.

Health

What is super flu? And other questions answered

The NHS is facing severe pressure this winter as flu cases surge earlier than usual, with some calling it "super flu." Here's what you need to know about this year's flu season and how to protect yourself.

Medical economics

New white paper analyzes US vaccine safety monitoring system

How the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determine whether a vaccine has resulted in the death of a vaccine recipient became the focus of renewed scrutiny by the ...

Vaccination

I'm heading overseas. Do I really need travel vaccines?

Australia is in its busiest month for short-term overseas travel. And there are so many things to consider when planning your trip. Unfortunately, it's easy to overlook the importance of pre-travel vaccinations.

Health

Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO

A new analysis by the World Health Organization reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism—contrary to theories being propagated in the United States.

Immunology

Study unveils improved mRNA cancer vaccine targeting

No matter where cancer cells grow in the human body, they are a threat to our health and our lives. But instead of treating them with chemotherapy or radiation—which have undesirable side effects—what if we could train ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study charts paths to end cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in the world, with more than 660,000 new cases and nearly 350,000 deaths per year. Now, University of Maryland mathematicians have developed effective strategies ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

HHS proposes new CDC programs, including hepatitis B screening

The Health and Human Services Department is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women, as part of a broader push ...

Autism spectrum disorders

Vaccines 'don't cause autism': How scientists figured that out

In the late 1990s, a theory gripped parents around the world: What if childhood vaccines—particularly the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine—cause autism? Nearly three decades later, the debunked theory has gained ...

Immunology

Common cold virus may unlock better COVID vaccine

Prior exposure to coronaviruses that cause ordinary colds can boost the immune system's ability to attack a vulnerable site on the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by investigators at Weill ...

Vaccination

Randomized trials show no evidence of non-specific vaccine effects

For more than three decades, researchers Christine Stabell Benn and Peter Aaby from the Bandim Health Project have conducted randomized trials involving thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau and Denmark to demonstrate so-called ...

Immunology

Flu vaccine performance varies by age, study reveals

New research comparing four different flu vaccines found that the ability of the vaccines to activate cells of the immune system that help to protect against infection varied greatly depending on the vaccine type and age ...