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COVID-19 is More Widespread in Animals Than We Thought
2023-01-16
From lions and tigers to big hairy armadillos, more and more animals are becoming infected with coronaviruses.We consider COVID-19 to be a human pandemic, but it is much more than that. The virus that causes the disea...
Excessive Drinking will Damage Human Health
2023-01-09
These are some scary numbers. Between 2015 and 2019, more than 140,000 people in the United States died of excessive drinking each year, usually involving adult men over the age of 35. That’s more than 380 deaths per ...
Cardiac troponin I level may predict complications after surgery
2022-12-12
Elevated serum cardiac troponin I levels may be used as an independent marker to predict adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery, including risk of death and postoperative myocardial infarction, researchers report.Card...
RSV, Flu, Covid-19 Put Pressure on Pediatricians
2022-12-05
RSV, Flu, Covid-19Put Pressure on PediatriciansUnusually high rates of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, continue to fill pediatric units in hospitals around Alaska, marking a nasty cold and flu seaso...
School fight against respiratory syncytial virus reminiscent of COVID-19
2022-11-28
School fight against respiratory syncytial virus reminiscent of COVID-19As respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continues to surge among children, schools are preparing for another winter marked by a collective illness t...
World Diabetes Day – November 14, 2022
2022-11-14
World Diabetes Day – November 14, 2022World Diabetes Day, celebrated annually on November 14, was first established in 1991 by the International Diabetes Foundation and the World Health Organization. Diabetes is a chr...
WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years
2022-10-31
WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in yearsTB primarily affects adults, especially those who are malnourished or have other diseases such as HIV; more than 95 percent of cases occur in developing countrie...
As COVID-19 cases rise, flu and other infections make a comeback
2022-10-24
As COVID-19 cases rise, flu and other infections make a comebackFor more than two years, closing schools and offices, keeping social distance and wearing masks have kept Americans at bay from the flu and most other re...