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Released: 21-Mar-2025 6:35 PM EDT
McMaster leads Canada鈥檚 first-ever guidelines for Post COVID-19 Condition
McMaster University

A team of experts from McMaster University has led the creation of Canada鈥檚 first-ever comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating post COVID-19 condition (PCC), more commonly known as long COVID.

Released: 21-Mar-2025 5:50 PM EDT
Four Advances That Could Change Tuberculosis Treatment
American Chemical Society (ACS)

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March 24 raises awareness about the disease and commemorates Robert Koch鈥檚 discovery of the source bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. More than a century later, scientists continue refining TB diagnosis methods and treatment strategies , some of which are in these four ACS journal articles.

   
海角社区: New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria 鈥榁accinate鈥 Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Released: 21-Mar-2025 5:45 PM EDT
New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria 鈥榁accinate鈥 Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders 鈥 by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 鈥渧accinate鈥 themselves to elicit an immune response.

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Released: 20-Mar-2025 7:40 PM EDT
Reflections on 5 Years Since COVID-19 Lockdown: 鈥極ne Team, One Family鈥
Cedars-Sinai

Anxiety and elation. Uncertainty and admiration. Isolation and connection. Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, memories still are vivid and emotions, contrasting.

海角社区: To Overcome Antibiotic Resistance, New Research Says to Let It Flow
Released: 20-Mar-2025 6:15 PM EDT
To Overcome Antibiotic Resistance, New Research Says to Let It Flow
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to University of Illinois research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid flow found in the body.

Released: 19-Mar-2025 8:25 PM EDT
Houston Methodist Nurses Help Drive Initiative to Reclassify Penicillin Allergies at the Bedside
Houston Methodist

Houston Methodist nurses help drive initiative to reclassify penicillin allergies at the bedside

Released: 19-Mar-2025 5:45 PM EDT
Early Pandemic Vulnerability to Severe COVID Identified with Certain Immune System Genotypes
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

This updated analysis of the relationship between HLA and severe COVID looks at a 鈥榗ase-control鈥 study of HLA genotypes.

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Released: 18-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT
Sarampi贸n: Lo que Debes Saber Para Proteger a Tu Familia
Cedars-Sinai

El sarampi贸n, que se cre铆a erradicado en EE.UU., est谩 reapareciendo. El n煤mero de casos de sarampi贸n en EE.UU. sigue aumentando, debido al descenso de las tasas de vacunaci贸n y a las dudas sobre la vacuna.

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Released: 18-Mar-2025 5:45 PM EDT
Measles: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Family
Cedars-Sinai

Measles, once thought to be eradicated in the U.S., is making a comeback. The number of U.S. measles cases continues to tick upward, caused by declining vaccination rates and vaccine hesitancy.

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Released: 18-Mar-2025 10:00 AM EDT
ATS Breathe Easy - TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

ATS Breathe Easy - TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere

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海角社区: Why Research on Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment is Even More Relevant Today
Released: 17-Mar-2025 8:30 PM EDT
Why Research on Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment is Even More Relevant Today
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health experts discuss the infectious disease and the university鈥檚 role in research and treatment on the occasion of World TB Day on March 24

海角社区: Current Antivirals Likely Less Effective Against Severe Infection Caused by Bird Flu Virus in Cows鈥 Milk
Released: 17-Mar-2025 7:45 PM EDT
Current Antivirals Likely Less Effective Against Severe Infection Caused by Bird Flu Virus in Cows鈥 Milk
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most effective way to protect against the virus.

海角社区: UNC Study Reveals Possible Effects of Air Quality Changes Associated with Global Warming on Human Airways
Released: 17-Mar-2025 7:40 PM EDT
UNC Study Reveals Possible Effects of Air Quality Changes Associated with Global Warming on Human Airways
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A study now published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, reveals how global warming could exacerbate lung diseases by dehydrating and inflaming human airways. UNC Marsico Lung Institute members Brian Button, PhD, is senior author and Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico, PhD, is co-author.

Released: 17-Mar-2025 7:35 PM EDT
Machine Learning Could Help Predict Adherence to HIV Treatment in Adolescents
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis use AI to target HIV treatment interventions to improve compliance.

Released: 17-Mar-2025 7:30 PM EDT
LJI Scientists Receive Curebound Funding to Advance Cancer Research
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are advancing new cancer research programs, thanks to more than $1.7 million in funding from the San Diego philanthropic organization Curebound.

海角社区: Unlocking the Secrets of HBV: New Hope for Chronic Hepatitis B Cure
Released: 17-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Unlocking the Secrets of HBV: New Hope for Chronic Hepatitis B Cure
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to pose a major global health threat. The virus evades immune responses and antiviral therapies due to the persistence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), which serves as a viral reservoir.

海角社区: America鈥檚 Measles Outbreak: What You Need to Know
Released: 16-Mar-2025 2:35 PM EDT
America鈥檚 Measles Outbreak: What You Need to Know
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers Health expert discusses the myths and realities of the measles outbreak and the vaccine gap that is putting Americans at risk



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