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Medical Xpress / Bacterial responses to plasma may forecast mild vs severe COVID-19
Information processing using living organisms is an important area of biotechnology that has already been explored in previous studies.
Medical Xpress / First E-STAR annual report offers unprecedented view of early access to kidney transplantation
Chronic kidney disease affects millions of Americans, and more than 800,000 people in the United States are living with end-stage kidney disease. While kidney transplantation is widely recognized as the preferred treatment ...
Medical Xpress / New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients
A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with injury to dopamine-releasing ...
Phys.org / Report shows declining gun homicides, record gun suicides in 2024
Nearly 45,000 people in the U.S. died by gun violence in 2024—one person every 12 minutes, on average—and an all-time high of 27,593 died by firearm suicide, according to the latest annual firearm mortality report from the ...
Medical Xpress / Cruise ship air pollution at port cities could make viral infections worse
Air pollution from cruise ships could be damaging the health of people living in port cities by increasing inflammation and susceptibility to viruses such as the common cold and COVID-19. New research from the University ...
Phys.org / Parents direct more threats toward school administrators than teachers
In K–12 schools across the country, administrators are tasked with keeping everyone safe. New research shows they may be the most in need of protection.
Medical Xpress / Kids received mental health treatment in record numbers after pandemic, records show
When schools closed in the spring of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of children and adolescents receiving mental health treatment in the United States fell by more than half. By 2022, that number had ...
Medical Xpress / More pharmacists will be able to vaccinate children under 5. Here's what you need to know
More children younger than 5 should be able to be vaccinated in pharmacies from January 2027 under a range of measures designed to boost vaccine coverage announced in this year's federal budget.
Medical Xpress / Sexually transmitted diarrhea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in the UK, study finds
Variants of sexually transmitted Shigella—a bacterial infection that causes bloody or prolonged diarrhea and can lead to severe dehydration—are causing more disease and becoming increasingly antibiotic-resistant among sections ...
Medical Xpress / Hidden pathway drives COVID-19 infection, triggers damaging inflammation in the lungs
New research has uncovered a hidden pathway that allows COVID-19 to infect the immune system and trigger damaging inflammation in the lungs. The study by La Trobe University and WEHI researchers found SARS-CoV-2, the virus ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 agonists may help people with diabetes and long COVID, study in mice suggests
GLP-1 agonists have become popular treatments for weight loss and type 2 diabetes, and newer studies suggest other health benefits as well. Findings from experiments on mice, published in the Journal of Virology, suggest ...
Medical Xpress / Ivermectin isn't a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise
Though researchers have been studying the animal deworming drug ivermectin for decades, there is no evidence that it's a safe or effective way to treat cancer in people.
