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Simple Swab Test Helps Identify Severe Cases of RSV, New Study Finds
A nasal swab test helps researchers identify which children may require more time in the ICU to recover from RSV.
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Signs That COVID Infection Might Harm the Liver
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- December 1, 2022
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COVID-19 may harm the liver, a small study suggests.
The virus appears to increase liver stiffness, a sign of potential long-term injury, but it's too early to tell if that portends serious liver disease, the researchers said.
"COVID infections have been obser...
Shortages of Antibiotics, Antivirals Are Making a Tough Illness Season Worse
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 30, 2022
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An early surge in cold and flu cases has created shortages in key antiviral and antibiotic drugs needed for the annual “sick season,” pharmacists report.
The antiviral flu drug Tamiflu is in short supply for both adults and children, in both its brand name formulatio...
Monkeypox Renamed MPox Amid Racism Concerns
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 28, 2022
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Monkeypox still exists, but its name is being phased out over racism concerns.
For the next year, the terms monkeypox and the new name mpox will be used interchangeably before the virus is permanently renamed mpox, the World Health Organization
COVID in Pregnancy Can Vary — Get Vaccinated to Stay Safe
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 28, 2022
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When pregnant women contract COVID-19, one in 10 will have moderate, severe or even critical symptoms, a new study finds.
So it's important they get their COVID vaccines, experts say.
“Given that patients in all trimesters of pregnancy are susceptible to infectio...
Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Keep Severe COVID Away
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 23, 2022
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A century-old diabetes drug seems to help keep high-risk COVID-19 patients from falling deathly ill, a new study reports.
Metformin reduced the risk of death from COVI...
White House Urges COVID Booster Shots Again, Citing Effectiveness
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 23, 2022
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It's not too late to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot.
Whether it's the bivalent vaccine from drug maker Pfizer or from Moderna, the shots offer more protection against symptomatic infection, public health officials reiterated at a White House briefing on Tuesday. <...
Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 22, 2022
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Research in wild bats is reinforcing a notion crucial to stopping future pandemics: When wildlife populations stay healthy, the odds of "crossover" viruses infecting humans subsides.
In Australia, deforestation has caused a deadly respiratory virus to pass from fruit bat...
Despite Pleas From Pediatric Groups, Biden Balks at Declaring RSV a Health Emergency
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 18, 2022
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The Biden administration on Thursday offered assistance to communities and hospitals dealing with a surge in cases of pediatric respiratory illnesses, but it did not declare a national public health emergency.
The Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy...
There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 18, 2022
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It's sort of like the Goldilocks principle — a room that's either too dry or too humid can influence transmission of COVID-19 and cause more illness or death, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say.
Maintaining an indoor relative humidity between 40% and...
Seizure Risk Rises in Months After COVID
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- November 17, 2022
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A bout of COVID-19, even a milder one, may raise the risk of having a seizure in the next six months, a large new study suggests.
Researchers found that of over 300,000 Americans who had suffered a case of COVID-19 or the flu, COVID sufferers were 55% more likely to be d...
America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 16, 2022
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A crowded, overwhelmed emergency department raises the risk of death and suffering for patients throughout a hospital, a new study warns.
“The more the emergency room was crowded, the more people were dying throughout the hospital,” said lead researcher
Damage to Health Mounts With Each New COVID Infection
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2022
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Every time a person gets infected with COVID-19, their risk of dying or suffering serious long-term health problems increases dramatically, a new study has found.
People with repeated COVID-19 infections are twice as likely to die and three times as likely to be hospital...
Paxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 7, 2022
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The antiviral pill Paxlovid not only reduces hospitalization and death after catching COVID-19: New research shows it also cuts the chances of long COVID by roughly 25...
Simple Nose Swab Test Might Gauge Severity of Child's RSV
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 4, 2022
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While it isn't possible to tell parents how long their child will need to remain in intensive care with a serious case of RSV, new research has unearthed clues that may make it easier to predict which kids will require a longer stay.
To study the issue, researchers from ...
Monkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- November 3, 2022
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Monkeypox spreads even before a person shows any telltale lesions or other symptoms, a new study suggests.
More than half of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom occurred in the pre-symptomatic phase, the researchers said.
The new findings — published onl...
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- October 31, 2022
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Nearly everyone has heard of Paxlovid rebound, where COVID-19 symptoms return after taking the antiviral and then feeling better. It even happened to President Joe Biden. But new research show...
Doctors Answer Your Questions About RSV
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 28, 2022
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While a potential COVID winter surge and the impending flu season get a lot of attention, doctors are worried about another virus.
This one is RSV -- short for respiratory syncytia...
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
- Cara Murez and Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- October 27, 2022
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While monkeypox cases are declining in the United States, a new government report shows that patients with weakened immune systems, especially those living with HIV, have been hit particu...
No Sign of Human Herpesvirus in African Gorillas
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 26, 2022
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Despite the presence of gorilla trekkers in their habitat, endangered gorillas in the region surrounding East Africa's Virunga Volcanoes do not have human herpesvirus, researchers say.
The Gorilla Doctors team was able to assess the region's mountain gorillas in a noninv...
Chickenpox Vaccine Has Nearly Erased Deaths, Hospitalizations From Virus in U.S.
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 21, 2022
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New government data shows that the chickenpox vaccine has virtually eliminated deaths and severe cases of the virus in U.S. children and teens.
In the analysis, released Thursday b...
Study Debunks Use of Antidepressant Luvox as COVID Treatment
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 20, 2022
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A study testing drugs that are used for other conditions for their potential in treating COVID-19 has found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine (brand name Luvox) offered no benefit, at least at an initial smaller dose.
Study participants took 50 mg of the medication twi...
As Tough Flu Season Looms, CDC Hopes for More Flu Shots Among Minorities
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 18, 2022
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It's a troubling equation: Many Americans with the highest rates of hospitalization for influenza have the lowest uptake of the annual flu vaccine.
That's why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up outreach to minority communities, including B...
Is Exercise Getting Tougher for You? Long COVID Might Be to Blame
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- October 17, 2022
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After COVID-19, resuming regular exercise may be harder, and new research suggests this may be one more symptom of long COVID.
For the study, the researchers ...
Major Trial of Monkeypox Treatment TPOXX to Launch in Africa
- Dennis Thompson
- October 17, 2022
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The ability of TPOXX to treat people infected with monkeypox is being directly tested in a new clinical trial in central Africa, U.S. health officials have announced.
TPOXX — t...
Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients
- Cara Murez
- October 17, 2022
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Having COVID-19 could cause further trouble for patients being treated for physical trauma — even if they have no symptoms of the virus.
Researchers studying cases of trauma patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and those who were negative found those with the vir...
With COVID Crisis Ebbing, How Can We Prevent Future Pandemics?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 14, 2022
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Aggressive measures are needed in the world's tropical regions to prevent the inevitable next global pandemic, an international coalition of researchers has concluded.
Epidemics around the world have largely been driven by viruses that
With Tough Flu Season Already Here, An Expert Answers Your Flu Shot Questions
- Dennis Thompson
- October 14, 2022
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Indications are that this year's flu season is going to be particularly nasty, making the annual influenza vaccine even more important than usual, infectious disease experts say.
People already are landing in the hospital with severe cases of influenza, about a month ahe...
FDA Approves New Bivalent COVID Booster for Use in Children
- By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 12, 2022
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The new bivalent COVID-19 booster is now approved for children as young as 5 years old, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.
The bivalent booster shot inclu...
U.S. to Screen Travelers From Uganda for Ebola Amid Outbreak in That Country
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- October 7, 2022
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Travelers flying from Uganda will be funneled to one of five U.S. airports so they can be screened for Ebola amid an outbreak in that African country, federal officials announced Thu...
Dangerous Virus Found in Monkeys Could Jump to Humans
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 4, 2022
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The global public health community should be on the alert for a family of viruses in African monkeys that have the potential to spill over to humans, researchers warn.
In their new study, the scientists noted that while it's not certain what impact these viruses might ha...
Jynneos Vaccine Protects Against Monkeypox in Early U.S. Data
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- September 29, 2022
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The Jynneos vaccine, originally designed to guard against smallpox infection, also seems to protect against monkeypox, new U.S. government data shows.
The poten...
'Breakthrough' Infections After COVID Vaccine Can Help Prevent Future Illness
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 28, 2022
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It's very frustrating to get a COVID-19 vaccine and then wind up catching the virus anyway.
Rise in Cases of Kids Infected With Virus Linked to Paralyzing Illness
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- September 28, 2022
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Cases of a virus that strikes children and teens and can trigger paralysis in rare cases have been increasing in the United States and could continue to do so this fall, health officials warned Tuesday.
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Two Cases Show COVID Virus Mutating Around Standard Treatment Remdesivir
- By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 28, 2022
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Patients with weakened immune systems could be inadvertently helping COVID-19 develop resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir, a new study reports.
After lengthy COVID infections, two kidney transplant patients on immune-suppressing drugs to prevent organ rejection d...
4.4 Million Americans Have Gotten Updated COVID Boosters
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2022
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At least 4.4 million Americans have received the updated COVID-19 booster shot.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday ...
FDA Warns Against Overuse of TPOXX Monkeypox Drug
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2022
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U.S. health officials are advising doctors not to overuse the only antiviral for monkeypox because there is a risk of the virus mutating and rendering the drug useless.
Which Drugs Fight COVID Best? WHO Updates Treatment Guidelines
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2022
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In updated guidance issued Thursday, the World Health Organization now recommends against using the antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab for patients with COVID-19.
This recommendation replaces previous conditional recommendation for these antibody drugs. ...
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Decline, But Health Officials Worry About Reaching Minorities
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 15, 2022
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Monkeypox cases continue to fall in the United States, but public health officials now are concerned that the virus is wending its way into communities of color.
New case numbers are down by ...
Got COVID? Flushing Out Nasal Passages Could Cut Severity
- By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 14, 2022
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Battling COVID and eager to do anything that will limit you to a mild infection?
Grab a neti pot, a new study...
First U.S. Monkeypox Death Confirmed in California
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 13, 2022
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Monkeypox was the cause of death in a Los Angeles County adult last week, public health officials confirmed Tuesday.
This is the first known death from monkeypox to be reported in t...
Pandemic Silver Lining: Drop in Infections That Cause Birth Defects
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 12, 2022
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The number of babies born with a virus that commonly causes birth defects may have dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research suggests.
That was true in Minnesota, the first state to start screening all newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)....
Second Person in U.S. Dies After Monkeypox Diagnosis
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 9, 2022
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A second person in the United States infected with monkeypox has died in California.
As in the earlier case in Texas, public health officials are inve...
Monkeypox Can Harm the Heart
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 5, 2022
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Monkeypox, the contagious virus that causes a blister-like skin rash, may also cause heart problems, according to a new case study.
In findings published Sept. 2 in JACC: Case Reports, doctors in Portugal described a 31-year-old patient with
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Are Declining
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 2, 2022
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While the number of Americans with known monkeypox infections is dropping, that may signal what's happening in big cities, experts say.
It is not the end of the outbreak, t...
Can You Get Monkeypox at the Gym?
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 2, 2022
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Yes, you can get monkeypox at the gym, but there's no need to panic, one expert says.
A Dermatologist on Recognizing the Monkeypox Rash
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 1, 2022
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Anyone who gets a new, unexplained skin rash should call their doctor and get medical care in case it's monkeypox, public health officials advise.
How can you tell when it is time to...
First U.S. Monkeypox Death Reported in Texas
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 30, 2022
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A Texas patient who was infected with monkeypox has died, though state health officials said Tuesday it's too early to say what role the virus may have played in the death.
The adult, who di...
Small Study Supports TPOXX as Monkeypox Treatment
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 30, 2022
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The drug tecovirimat appears to be safe and effective for treating the symptoms and skin lesions of monkeypox, a small study suggests.
Tecovirimat (TPOXX) is an antiviral drug for the treatment of sm...
Black Men Less Likely to Get Monkeypox Vaccine
- By Steven Reinberg and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- August 29, 2022
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Although there's now enough monkeypox vaccine to go around, the Americans who need it most still may not be g...
Gay Men Are Cutting Back on Sex to Avoid Monkeypox
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 26, 2022
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A survey conducted among American gay and bisexual men in early August found about half saying they'd cut down on sexual activity -- including one-night stands and app-based hookups -- in response to the