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Similar inflammatory profiles discovered in childhood respiratory illnesses

Researchers have made a breakthrough into how two chronic respiratory diseases in childhood affect the immune system, paving the way for better treatments.

4 Apr 2024

Study links pneumonia transmission in seniors to contact with young children

New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) finds that pneumonia-causing bacteria are common in the over 60s and that contact with pre-school and young school-aged children appears to be the most important factor in the onward transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) to the over 60s.

3 Apr 2024

Mental illness does not diminish COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

A large multi-state electronic health record-based study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) VISION Network has found that COVID-19 vaccines are as effective for adults with anxiety or depression or mood disorders as for individuals without these common diagnoses.

3 Apr 2024

More patients are losing their doctors — and trust in the primary care system

First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles away left the practice.

2 Apr 2024

Scientists develop trivalent vaccine offering broad protection against coronaviruses

Scientists have been searching for the optimal coronavirus vaccine since the Covid-19 pandemic started.

1 Apr 2024

How neural barcodes shape episodic memory in chickadees

Black-capped chickadees have extraordinary memories that can recall the locations of thousands of morsels of food to help them survive the winter.

29 Mar 2024

Experts call for mandatory indoor air quality standards to boost health and economy

There should be mandatory indoor air quality standards, say an international group of experts led by Professor Lidia Morawska.

29 Mar 2024

Weight loss drugs associated with increased risk of aspiration pneumonia following endoscopy

New research from Cedars-Sinai suggests people who are scheduled for certain medical procedures should stop taking popular weight loss drugs in the days or weeks prior to avoid complications.

27 Mar 2024

Breakthrough study offers hope for an effective HIV cure

By 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Fund and UNAIDS are hoping to end the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS epidemic.

26 Mar 2024

ABT199/venetoclax synergism with thiotepa enhances cytotoxicity of chemo drugs in AML cells

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on March 14, 2024, entitled, "ABT199/venetoclax synergism with thiotepa enhances the cytotoxicity of fludarabine, cladribine and busulfan in AML cells."

26 Mar 2024

Researchers identify viable vaccine targets for hepatitis C infections

By studying individuals who spontaneously clear hepatitis C infections, a team of researchers has identified viable vaccine targets for a disease that infects 70 million worldwide with case numbers increasing every year.

26 Mar 2024

New glycan found to play a key role in nasal colonization of whooping cough bacteria

Researchers have identified a new complex-carbohydrate biomolecule, or glycan, that plays a key role in the nasal colonization of the Bordetella bacteria responsible for whooping cough.

25 Mar 2024

A paramedic was skeptical about this Rx for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help.

Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige house with white trim and radioed to let dispatchers know he'd arrived.

25 Mar 2024

Heart at risk from ARDS: Inflammatory responses fuel cardiovascular complications

Research highlights the inflammatory impacts of ARDS on the heart, underscoring the role of immune responses in cardiovascular complications from viral infections, including COVID-19, and emphasizes the potential of TNF-α neutralizing therapy to mitigate these effects.

24 Mar 2024

Boosting butyrate-producing gut bacteria lowers hospitalization rates for infections

A study of two large European patient cohorts has found that for every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient's gut, the risk of hospitalization for any infection falls by between 14 and 25% across two large national cohorts.

22 Mar 2024

Insights from physics models illuminate biological particle behavior

Erin McCarthy '23, physics summa cum laude, is a rarity among young scientists. As an undergraduate researcher in Syracuse University's College of Arts & Sciences' Department of Physics, she guided a study that appeared in March 2024 in Physical Review Letters. It is the most-cited physics letters journal and the eighth-most cited journal in science overall.

22 Mar 2024

Generative artificial intelligence model can easily design billions of novel antibiotics

Researchers at McMaster University and Stanford University have invented a new generative artificial intelligence model which can design billions of new antibiotic molecules that are inexpensive and easy to build in the laboratory.

22 Mar 2024

Project PROTECTS launches to track acute respiratory infections across the United States

The City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), in collaboration with Pfizer, are initiating a critical two-year prospective epidemiologic study in the spring of 2024 to track acute respiratory infections across the United States.

22 Mar 2024

UCLA researchers develop promising vaccine against deadly melioidosis bacterium

In a mouse study, UCLA researchers tested a vaccine against the bacterium that causes melioidosis and found it was highly protective against the disease, which is endemic in many tropical areas, causing approximately 165,000 cases with 89,000 fatalities around the world each year.

22 Mar 2024

Researchers discover the lungs communicate directly with the brain to induce sickness symptoms

University of Calgary researchers have discovered the lungs communicate directly with the brain when there is an infection.

21 Mar 2024

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Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Similar inflammatory profiles discovered in childhood respiratory illnesses

Study links pneumonia transmission in seniors to contact with young children

Mental illness does not diminish COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

More patients are losing their doctors — and trust in the primary care system

Scientists develop trivalent vaccine offering broad protection against coronaviruses

How neural barcodes shape episodic memory in chickadees

Experts call for mandatory indoor air quality standards to boost health and economy

Weight loss drugs associated with increased risk of aspiration pneumonia following endoscopy

Breakthrough study offers hope for an effective HIV cure

ABT199/venetoclax synergism with thiotepa enhances cytotoxicity of chemo drugs in AML cells

Researchers identify viable vaccine targets for hepatitis C infections

New glycan found to play a key role in nasal colonization of whooping cough bacteria

A paramedic was skeptical about this Rx for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help.

Heart at risk from ARDS: Inflammatory responses fuel cardiovascular complications

Boosting butyrate-producing gut bacteria lowers hospitalization rates for infections

Insights from physics models illuminate biological particle behavior

Generative artificial intelligence model can easily design billions of novel antibiotics

Project PROTECTS launches to track acute respiratory infections across the United States

UCLA researchers develop promising vaccine against deadly melioidosis bacterium

Researchers discover the lungs communicate directly with the brain to induce sickness symptoms

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