Number of people with at least one episode of HSV-attributable genital ulcer disease was 187.9 and 16.7 million for HSV-2, HSV-1 in 2020
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CDC continues to recommend that everyone aged 6 months and older get a flu shot every year
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All patients receiving surgery/radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy had improvement or stability of alopecia with LDOM
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Findings seen among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and nonoptimal control with traditional treatment
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Estimated rate of transmission was 2.2 per 1,000 patient-days at risk; no gastroenteritis symptoms seen in transmission cases
Read More »Mystery Illness Outbreak in Congo May Be Malaria
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s early evidence that a mysterious flu-like illness that has sickened 416 people and left 75 dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo over recent weeks may be malaria.Laboratory samples taken from infected people are suggestive of malaria, although …
Read More »Bird Flu in California Child Similar to Strain Seen in Livestock
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As an outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows continues, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday that the strain of bird flu detected in a California child is similar to the strain spreading through livestock, though the patient had no …
Read More »RSV Burden Remains High in Young Children in the United States
RSV-associated hospitalization rates similar in 2023 to 2024 and prepandemic seasons of 2017 to 2020
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Sex difference identified, with women exhibiting a wider health span-lifespan gap than men
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