July 10, 2019
(STAT News) – Scientists at the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention have created a synthetic version of the Ebola virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of an effort to determine whether diagnostic tests and experimental … Read More
July 9, 2019
(BBC) – There can be few greater challenges than tackling a lethal epidemic. But imagine trying to do so in a conflict zone ravaged by extreme poverty, insecurity and poor communications amid a population where health workers are feared and … Read More
July 9, 2019
(STAT News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday appealed to doctors to rapidly report suspected cases of a mysterious ailment that afflicts young children, saying delays in identifying possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, … Read More
July 8, 2019
(New Scientist) – Among a group of about 200 babies born to mothers who had contracted Zika virus, about one third had developmental delays, but not all of them were lasting. About half of the babies with abnormal assessments early … Read More
July 8, 2019
(Reuters) – The United States recorded 14 new measles cases between June 27 and July 3, federal health officials said on Monday, signaling a slowdown in the spread of the disease that has infected 1,109 people this year in the … Read More
July 8, 2019
(UPI) – New findings show teens who use opioids to get high are more likely to use heroin after high school. More than 13 percent of young people who currently use prescription opioids recreationally also used heroin after high school, … Read More
July 5, 2019
(Medical Xpress) – Deaths from an 11-month-old epidemic of Ebola in eastern DR Congo have crossed the 1,600 mark and a new fatality has been reported near the border with Uganda, the health ministry said on Friday. As of Thursday, … Read More
July 5, 2019
(STAT News) – Cancer is estimated to have caused more than 600,000 deaths in 2015, inflicting a toll that extended far beyond personal losses to impose an enormous burden on the nation’s economy, according to a new analysis. Cancer deaths … Read More
July 3, 2019
(The Atlantic) – Meanwhile, a steady stream of research has continued to probe the question of whether isotretinoin causes depression and suicide. None of it has conclusively proved an answer. But a study published today in JAMA Dermatology contends that, … Read More
July 3, 2019
(UPI) – As the United States wrestles with the problem of opioid addiction in the United States, many hospitals have adopted a practice that may curb the problem, a new study says. Most hospital systems around the country use stewardship … Read More
Recommended Reading
