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White House touts COVID-19 'lab leak' theory on revamped site
The White House on Friday unveiled a revamped COVID-19 website that promoted the contentious theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, framing it as the pandemic's "true origins."
Apr 19, 2025
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Existing drug could revive immune cells in sepsis treatment
When the immune system does not function properly, individuals become more susceptible to infections caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center have demonstrated that an existing ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Colder temperatures increase gastroenteritis risk in Rohingya refugee camps, study shows
A new study by scientists at Hokkaido University has found that lower temperatures significantly increase the risk of gastroenteritis among Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh's Kutupalong and Nayapara camps. Gastroenteritis ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Modeling shows clean water and sanitation reduce cholera transmission where disease is entrenched
Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic—persisting in a particular location for an extended period of time—or a ...
Apr 18, 2025
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GLP-1 therapies show potential for treating rare genetic disorder Bardet-Biedl syndrome
A Monell Chemical Senses Center study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation offers renewed hope for individuals living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS), a rare genetic disorder characterized by early-onset ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Americans don't think bird flu is a threat, study suggests
In an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, a team led by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) say public ignorance and apathy toward bird flu (highly pathogenic ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Michigan and Pennsylvania join six other states with measles outbreaks. Here's what to know
Michigan officials confirmed a new measles outbreak Thursday near Grand Rapids, bringing the U.S. to eight states with active outbreaks of the vaccine-preventable disease. Earlier this week, Pennsylvania declared an outbreak ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Healthy sleep patterns decrease the risk of being hospitalized for infections, study finds
Sleep is an essential biological process known to contribute to both mental and physical health. In addition to supporting memory processes and learning, boosting concentration, facilitating the body's recovery, and promoting ...
Experimental cancer drug could streamline standard tuberculosis treatment and prevent post-TB lung disease
An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators report, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: Study reveals why some patients with the hereditary disease remain healthy
Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a so-called protease inhibitor, a type of enzyme inhibitor. It is produced in the liver but exerts its effects in the lungs, where it regulates immune cell activity. This regulation is crucial, and ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Genetic variant reveals how cleft lip and cleft palate can arise
Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United States. These defects, which appear when the tissues that form the lip or the roof of the mouth do not ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Eleven tips for coping with an anxiety disorder
Having occasional feelings of anxiety is a normal part of life, but people with anxiety disorders experience frequent and excessive anxiety, fear, terror and panic in everyday situations. These feelings are unhealthy if they ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Study identifies new method for improving lung growth and function in preterm infants
Adding two weeks of continuous positive airway pressure for preterm infants in the hospital substantially improves lung growth and function, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University.
Apr 17, 2025
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Idaho law allows over-the-counter sale of controversial drug ivermectin
It was a scene that doctors saw play out over and over during the COVID-19 pandemic, said David Pate, the former president and CEO of St. Luke's Health System.
Apr 17, 2025
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Vaccine panel urges more protection against RSV, meningitis and chikungunya
A panel of federal health experts on Wednesday recommended expanded vaccine options for several diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), meningitis and a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya.
Apr 17, 2025
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Real-world study finds hydroxyurea effective long-term in children living with sickle cell disease
Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to new research published in Blood Advances.
Apr 17, 2025
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Long-term measles health risks include immune amnesia, brain swelling and hearing loss, experts say
Measles is more than a rash, runny nose and a fever—it can cause brain swelling, blindness and wipe out the immune system's memory, leaving unvaccinated children, and even adults, vulnerable to infection long after recovery.
Apr 17, 2025
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Nontraditional risk factors shed light on unexplained strokes in adults younger than 50
Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure, according to research ...
Apr 17, 2025
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How Orange County plans to sterilize mosquitoes to limit spread of disease
Mosquito season has arrived in Southern California. That means more mosquitoes will be flying around looking for someone to bite.
Apr 17, 2025
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Disturbed dopamine signaling pathways could promote epileptic seizures in focal cortical dysplasia
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. In the affected areas, nerve cells and their layer structures are arranged ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Colombia declares emergency over yellow fever outbreak
Colombia has declared a national health and economic emergency over a deadly yellow fever outbreak, with the government urging people to get vaccinated and take precautions while traveling over Easter weekend.
Apr 17, 2025
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Immune system proteins involved in severe parasitic disease identified
New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm—have been revealed by researchers at Penn State.
Apr 16, 2025
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Novel method enables safe delivery of stem cells in critically ill patients on external lung support
A multidisciplinary clinical team led by Professor Bernat Soria from the Institute of Bioengineering at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH, Spain) has developed a new method to deliver cell therapies in patients ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Researchers report association between urinary incontinence, cardiovascular disease
A University of Iowa-led research team has found that urinary incontinence may be associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease in women. The work is published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
Apr 16, 2025
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