NEW YORK Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the US, health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a US resident but was tested while… [+2156 chars]
Conversations about "staying young" and "slowing the aging process" are everywhere, and all this talk can become overwhelmingespecially when you're trying to decipher what is true and what isn't. Mo… [+4605 chars]
In a recent study published in PNAS, researchers investigated whether prior exposure to coronaviruses (CoVs) induces cross-reactive immunity that protects adults from severe coronavirus disease 2019 … [+4780 chars]
About 50 million Americans experience some type of allergies, and about half have seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Sometimes referred to as hay fever, o… [+7469 chars]
Engineers at MIT in the US have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can easily monitor patients for up to two days. The stamp-sized patch uses a rigid array of piezoelectric transducers on a … [+4441 chars]
Are you getting fed up with that unwanted belly fat that's hanging over your jeans? We understand the struggle can be real, so we linked up with Laura Endres, a personal trainer on Fyt, about the mos… [+3220 chars]
Ziyad Al-Aly noticed that more and more patients were coming to his Missouri clinic with what he describes as an air of invincibility. It was March 2022, and these patients were vaccinated and booste… [+868 chars]
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need for integrated surveillance for respiratory pathogens. In April 2022, stakeholders from across WHO’s South-East Asian Region (SEAR) met at a regional consu… [+2881 chars]
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have been reticent about using results of standard antibody tests to judge COVID immunity levels. But new Israeli research suggests such tests can be a… [+3307 chars]
WHO teams in the Eastern Mediterranean and African Regions have come together to invigorate capacity-building efforts under the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework. We are fully aware th… [+2460 chars]
CHICAGO, USA – People at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second COVID-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, five vaccine ex… [+4060 chars]
Afghanistan’s health system may be challenged but its influenza surveillance system continues to function systematically, not only for monitoring influenza but also for testing and reporting COVID-19… [+2317 chars]