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Children who get Covid shot are infectious for same amount of time as non-vaccinated, study finds Kids who got booster were infectious for same duration as unvaccinated kids  Study suggests return-to-school plans don’t need to include vaccine mandates READ MORE:  CDC recommends Covid boosters for children six months and up Children vaccinated against Covid are infectious

COVID-19 became an international pandemic in 2020. To date, more than 770 million people have suffered from the disease and nearly 7 million of them have lost their life. The most common cause of death in the studied group is lung involvement with consequent respiratory failure. However, the targets of the virus in the lung

Lawrence Faucette, the 58-year-old man with terminal heart disease who received the world’s second genetically modified pig heart transplant, passed away on October 30, 2023 the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore, reports in a statement. Faucette, a former lab tech who was turned down repeatedly for a standard allograft transplantation due to his

High blood pressure: NHS doctor explains causes Eyes are known as a “window to the soul”, but they can also give us some clues as to our health. Having bloodshot eyes is an example of this. While they could just be an indicator of tiredness or an allergy, they can signal something far more serious.

For some patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), dupilumab treatment can cause a benign reversible lymphoid reaction (LR) that mimics mycosis fungoides (MF) but differs histologically, according to a study published on October 18 in JAMA Dermatology . The potential for such reactions requires diagnosing AD carefully, monitoring patients on dupilumab for new and unusual symptoms,

Repeated outbreaks of bat-derived coronaviruses among humans and other mammals have heightened the need for a broad range of therapeutics—monoclonal antibodies and antivirals—treatments that can come immediately “off-the-shelf” to address newly-emerging zoonotic threats. A groundbreaking series of experiments by scientists at collaborating U.S. research centers has not only identified a “pre-emerging bat coronavirus,” but investigators

GMB: Professor Susan Hopkins asked about symptoms of Covid Flu and colds are common occurrences in the autumn and winter months as we become more vulnerable to illnesses. However, since the start of the pandemic, Covid has also entered the mix. Again, we are more at risk of infection during the winter, as we spend

Reviewed The majority of breast cancers start in the lining of a breast milk duct and, if they remain there, are very treatable. But once these cancers become invasive – breaking through a thin matrix around the duct, called the basement membrane, and spreading to the surrounding tissue – treatment becomes more challenging. In a

Loose Women: Dr Hilary discusses how to live longer How long we live is impacted by a myriad of factors, from genetics and illnesses to our diet and exercise habits. Also some of these factors are beyond our control, others can be determined by our own actions. Now a study has found that sticking to

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including those on Medicare. Consider that medical care may only account for between 10% and 20% of health

The incidence of lung cancer is higher in women than men aged 35 to 54 years, according to a research letter published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Oncology. Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, and colleagues monitored shifts in lung cancer incidence by age and sex in a cross-sectional study

In a recent review published in Immunity, researchers reviewed tumor-immunity cycle data. Study: The cancer-immunity cycle: Indication, genotype, and immunotype. Image Credit: Alpha Tauri 3D Graphics/Shutterstock.com Background The tumor-immunity cycle outlines the processes that trigger anti-tumoral immunological responses. It stresses the iterative aspect of the reaction, in which tumor cell death by T lymphocytes triggers further presentation

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a group of researchers investigated the influence of ketamine, a N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, on mentalizing deficits and associated neural responses, providing insights into glutamate's role in schizophrenia's social cognition impairments. Study: Effects of NMDA-receptor blockade by ketamine on mentalizing and its neural correlates in

Reviewed A new study will combine an Alzheimer's medication that slows disease progression in some patients with two other drugs to see if their effects can be amplified. The trial will be the first to test drugs acting on two disease-driving proteins, amyloid and tau, for patients with late-onset Alzheimer's, the most common type of

Reviewed A new study has unraveled a crucial link between how cancer cells cope with replication stress and the role of Taurine Upregulated Gene 1 (TUG1). By targeting TUG1 with a drug, the researchers were able to control brain tumor growth in mice, suggesting a potential strategy to combat aggressive brain tumors such as glioblastomas. These

Considerable hair regrowth can be achieved in children with alopecia areata with the use of a novel plant-based drug, according to research presented during the first late-breaking news session at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. In the RAAINBOW study, a greater mean relative improvement in the Severity of Alopecia

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Research by experts at King’s and Evelina London Children’s Hospital has found major advances for detecting brain conditions in babies using portable MRI scanners. Testing newborn babies with suspected brain abnormalities could become more accessible and more affordable for health care settings around the world, thanks to the pioneering study published today in the eClinicalMedicine

Located in the mucus layer that lines the gastrointestinal tract, mucins—proteins with attached sugar molecules—play a key role in combating bacterial infection and providing a safe haven to friendly gut bacteria through unknown mechanisms. Although mucin dysregulation leads to metabolic disease and intestinal inflammation, the associated mechanism remains largely unknown. To address this knowledge gap,

Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids’ already fragile mental health. This is the main message from a new report by the American Psychological Association and the climate advocacy organization ecoAmerica. These effects may start before kids are born and worsen with age, and