Infectious Diseases
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Chlorophyll water can trigger pseudoporphyria, expert warns
The risk of photosensitivity increases in children who are taking other medications such as doxycycline, methotrexate, or even naproxen.
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Autoimmune disease patients’ waxing, waning response to COVID vaccination studied in-depth
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases have weaker vaccine-induced immunity to COVID but are able to build a humoral immune response...
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Vaccine hope now for leading cause of U.S. infant hospitalizations: RSV
New data show a universal immunization strategy with nirsevimab could substantially reduce the health and economic burden for U.S. infants in...
Opinion
Preparing for back to school amid monkeypox outbreak and ever-changing COVID landscape
The best defense that we currently have against COVID is the vaccine.
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Pfizer seeks approval for updated COVID booster
The new shots target both the original spike protein on the coronavirus and the spike mutations carried by BA.4 and BA.5.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: New cases fall again, ED rates rebound for some
Once again, elementary schools and preschools will be full of children who are not vaccinated.
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Monkeypox virus found in asymptomatic people
Experts underscore the importance of vaccinating at-risk individuals and discouraging risky behaviors.
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Stop smoking and reduce death risk from pneumonia?
Adults who quit smoking significantly reduced their risk for mortality from pneumonia.
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Large study amplifies evidence of COVID vaccine safety in pregnancy
Researchers mined a comprehensive registry of births in Ontario to assess uncommon adverse outcomes such as stillbirth.
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Dermatology and monkeypox: What you need to know
Watch out for lesions that may look like herpes, shingles, syphilis, and other conditions, dermatologists advise.