Gilead data suggests yearly shot of PrEP drug blocks HIV infection
Last year, Gilead released data showing that an HIV drug, called lenacapavir, could provide virtually complete protection against infection with ...
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Test identifies prior infection by Zika virus and all four dengue virus serotypes
Credit: Researchers’ archive Brazilian researchers have developed a simple test that almost instantly tells whether a person has been exposed ...
Man Hospitalized With Fever, Recurrent Falls Diagnosed With Rare Infection Linked To Lake Swimming In Iowa
A 77-year-old man's mysterious symptoms, fever, and frequent falls due to fatigue left doctors puzzled for days until they diagnosed ...
US reports first fatal H5N1 infection as avian flu strikes more poultry, cats
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) today announced that a patient previously hospitalized with a severe H5N1 avian flu infection ...
Clinical trial reveals twice-yearly injection reduces risk of HIV infection by 96%
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For oral medications that prevent new HIV infection to be effective, the patient must take certain ...
Zinc deficiency linked to increased risk of lung infection
Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria -; a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a ...
Texas Doctors Forced a Miscarrying Woman to Wait Nearly 2 Days Before Receiving Treatment. She Died of a Preventable Infection
A woman in Texas reportedly died from a preventable infection because doctors "had to wait until there was no heartbeat," ...
Impact of TLR10 rs10004195 genotype on susceptibility to H. pylori infection
Background and objectives Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can cause multiple secondary digestive disorders. Some studies have found that polymorphisms in ...
Study links gut bacteria infection to Alzheimer’s disease progression
A groundbreaking study by researchers at Florida State University's Gut Biome Lab has revealed a potential link between an infection ...
Study links COVID infection to heart attacks, strokes
New research shows COVID-19 infections increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death, in some cases doubling the likelihood ...
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