Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India
A mysterious illness has sickened hundreds of people in a city in southeastern India, according to news reports. Over the …
UK vaccine rollout set to begin with queen in line for jab
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, reports on Sunday said, as the biggest immunisation …
Inducing accurately controlled ‘fever’ in tumors to fight cancer
Heating tumors can greatly enhance the effect of radio- and chemotherapies for cancer. This increases the chances of recovery and …
What makes psoriasis sore: Novel role of immune system in the disease
More than 130 million people around the globe suffer from psoriasis vulgaris, a chronic condition characterized by skin inflammation, scales, …
A new era is dawning in diagnosing sexually transmitted infections in men
According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence estimates of sexually transmitted infections for men in 2016 were 2.7% …
Frontrunners in race for COVID-19 vaccine
Dozens of companies, from biotech start-ups to Big Pharma, are in the race to develop a safe and effective coronavirus …
Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine: path ahead in UK
The British government has accepted a recommendation by the country’s independent medicines regulator to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for general …
COVID-19 may have arrived in US by December 2019
COVID-19 may have already arrived in the United States by December 2019, before the disease was even identified in China, …
Tough yet flexible treatment for babies in the womb
In children with spina bifida, the neural tube that forms the spinal cord and brain doesn’t close as it should …
Racial Disparity Seen in COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 — Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) occurs more often among Black and Hispanic children than …
Ross Mathews Reveals 50-Lb Weight Loss: I’ll ‘Always Be a Work in Progress’
Working on his fitness! Ross Mathews accomplished a major feat in his weight loss journey by dropping a whopping 50 …
HIV in Australia has declined by 12% in the past five years
New HIV data, released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney for World AIDS Day, are a reminder for …
Largest clinical trial in Africa to treat mild COVID-19 cases launched in 13 countries
Thirteen African countries and an international network of research institutions have joined forces to launch the largest COVID-19 clinical trial …
Mom with coronavirus gives birth to twins while in coma
States tighten COVID rules as new cases surge Fox News contributors Ari Fleischer and Donna Brazile provide analysis on ‘America’s …
Proteogenomics enhances the identification of therapeutic vulnerabilities in breast cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and other institutions have applied powerful proteogenomics …
Lethal brain infections in mice thwarted by decoy molecule
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a molecule that protects mice from brain infections …
Symptoms in cold weather predict morbidity and mortality
Heart and respiratory symptoms caused by cold weather predict higher morbidity and mortality. The researchers were surprised to find that …
ACR: Osteoporosis Underdiagnosed, Undertreated in Older Men
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — In the older male population, there is a high level of underdiagnosis and undertreatment of …