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<乌鸦传媒>Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic

Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64

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<乌鸦传媒>Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption

A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts

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<乌鸦传媒>How Long Should Kids Stay Out of School After They've Had COVID?

Healthcare professionals with children weigh in

<乌鸦传媒>How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court?

Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD

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<乌鸦传媒>Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed?

Research on HIV viral landscape in breast milk gives insights for breastfeeding guidelines

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<乌鸦传媒>Two New Cases of Avian Flu Spotted in California

Investigation of Missouri case also continues amid complications

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<乌鸦传媒>Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk

Substantial drops in cancer-specific mortality affirmed in Chinese trial

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<乌鸦传媒>Rwanda's Marburg Fever Deaths Rise to 11 as Its Source Is Still Being Investigated

There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola, with 25 in isolation

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<乌鸦传媒>Rwanda Reports 8 Deaths Linked to Ebola-Like Marburg Virus

Most of the affected are healthcare workers

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<乌鸦传媒>Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>State Reports Rare Human Death From Rabies

Fewer than 10 people in the U.S. die from rabies each year

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Kids Born During the Pandemic Got Fewer Routine Vaccinations

Declines in vaccination may lead to resurgence of preventable diseases, agency warns

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<乌鸦传媒>More Healthcare Workers Tied to Missouri H5N1 Bird Flu Case Developed Symptoms

All four will have serology testing to determine whether they, too, had H5N1 infection

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<乌鸦传媒>Certain Oral Bacteria May Be a Risk Factor for Head and Neck Cancer

An increase in microbial risk score based on 22 bacteria tied to a 50% increase in HNSCC risk

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Preventive Drug Should Work Against Circulating Variants, FDA Now Says

The agency has issued a revised fact sheet for healthcare providers

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<乌鸦传媒>Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. So Is Whooping Cough.

Clear and respectful communication is key to preventing outbreaks like this

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<乌鸦传媒>Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Rose During the Pandemic

Did the resurgence of RSV play a role?

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<乌鸦传媒>Novel Antiviral Appears Effective for Severe RSV in Infants, Toddlers

But will benefits seen in Chinese trial translate to clinical improvement?

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<乌鸦传媒>Experts Await Serology Results From H5N1 Patient's Close Contacts

"If we are seeing human-to-human transmission now, it is a big deal," one expert says

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Alerts on Mpox Prevention for Patients Heading to Areas With Clade I Outbreaks

Clinicians should urge vaccination, provide patient education to at-risk travelers

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<乌鸦传媒>Prolonged Symptoms After Lyme Disease: What CDC Wants Doctors to Know

Validating patients' symptoms, active listening is critical to prevent "medical wandering"

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<乌鸦传媒>Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness

We must be ready for possible systemic complications

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<乌鸦传媒>Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria

Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>New Genetic Analysis of Animals in Wuhan Market in 2019 May Help Find COVID's Origin

Findings "shift the dial more in favor of an animal origin," said one expert

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<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About 'Raccoon Roundworm'

Stay away from raccoon latrines

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<乌鸦传媒>Flu Shots Appear Safe in Successive Pregnancies

No increased perinatal risks found with flu vaccines, even in closely spaced pregnancies

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<乌鸦传媒>Alcohol and Food Poisoning; Texas Sells Body Parts; Rise in Virus Tied to Paralysis

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Drug-Resistant Bacteria Deaths Projected to Rise 70% by 2050

New antibiotics, access to care could prevent millions of deaths, researchers say

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<乌鸦传媒>Haunting Questions About a Lethal American Virus

How long has Sin Nombre hantavirus lived in North America?

<乌鸦传媒>Screening After False Positive Mammograms; RSV Vaccination and Hospitalization

Also in TTHealthWatch: time from approval to reimbursement for new drugs

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<乌鸦传媒>ERS Roundup: Air Filtration Succeeds in Reducing Infections

Other studies looked at steroids for kids with pneumonia and a link between asthma and fertility

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: U.S. Falls Short in Improving QoL for Older People With HIV

Addressing shortcomings will require moving "beyond clinical care," agency says

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<乌鸦传媒>Inhaled Antibiotic for Bronchiectasis Shows Benefit ... and Then It Doesn't

One negative trial in the phase III PROMIS program blamed squarely on the COVID-19 pandemic

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<乌鸦传媒>Single Dose of Mpox Vaccine Series Appears to Give Partial Protection

However, full two-dose vaccine series likely needed to curtail mpox resurgence, researchers say

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<乌鸦传媒>Full Sequence of Missouri Patient's H5 Bird Flu May Not Be Available

Still, CDC officials say virus appears related to strain seen in dairy cows

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<乌鸦传媒>Sports Doc Sex Abuse Probe; Corpse in Hospital Catering Oven; Herpes Vax Flop

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Circulating H5N1 Bird Flu Spotted by Wastewater Monitoring During Summer

Signal has generally trailed off, but more sensitive method showed virus lingering in Texas

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