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Medical Xpress / Booster vaccination strengthens existing defenses against newer COVID-19 variants

The SARS-CoV-2 genome is subject to constant mutations. Some of these mutations reduce the effectiveness of RNA-based vaccines, which consequently have to be adapted regularly. Until now, however, it was unclear how the immune ...

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Medical Xpress / Clean air policies linked to improved cognition among New York City children

Beginning in the late 1990s, air pollution declined in New York City following the implementation of clean air and climate policies. According to new research by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

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Medical Xpress / Wearable sensors and AI could monitor blood pressure in ICU

Wearable sensors coupled with AI can generate blood pressure readings nearly as accurately as the invasive and risky arterial lines relied on in intensive care units and operating rooms, new work by Johns Hopkins University ...

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Medical Xpress / Air pollution linked to distinct brain changes in regions vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease

Exposure to common forms of outdoor air pollution may be linked to structural changes in brain regions that are especially vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study led by researchers from the USC Mark and ...

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Medical Xpress / Taking screenshots makes you more likely to forget information

Snapping a photo or taking a screenshot to remember something? According to recent cognitive research from Binghamton University's Psychology Department, the practice may make you more likely to forget.

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Focusing on bodily sensations may dampen acute inflammation, human experiments suggest

We usually think of bodily sensations as information the brain receives. What if the way we attend to those sensations can feed back and change the biological response itself?

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fast-spreading malaria parasite mutations in Uganda may weaken Africa's most widely used malaria therapy

Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance have identified new mutations associated with the parasite's decreased susceptibility to current treatment. By sequencing the whole ...

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / New cellular clues to complications of scleroderma

A study published in JCI Insight and led by Northwestern Medicine scientists has uncovered new clues about why people with systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, frequently develop debilitating esophageal complications.

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wearable smart patch could automatically deliver aid during a fentanyl overdose

A patch smaller than a penny could one day save the lives of people experiencing a fentanyl overdose—even when no one else is there to help. Researchers in Virginia Tech's Department of Biological Systems Engineering have ...

Aug 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / New way to help CAR-T cells fight solid tumors could change cancer treatment

For more than a decade, CAR-T cell therapy has been one of the biggest breakthroughs in cancer medicine. By reprogramming a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer, doctors have produced remarkable results against certain ...

Aug 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Bedbugs can cause people to lose sleep—and blood. Here's what to do about them

Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world—hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood. Generations of children have been told: "Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite."

Aug 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fourteen foodborne parasites still drive 171 million illnesses worldwide, analysis finds

Recent Cyclospora outbreaks have renewed public attention to foodborne parasites, but they also highlight a broader reality: These diseases continue to affect millions of people around the world and remain a significant global ...

Aug 16, 2026