Though underutilized, antiviral treatment can prevent progression to severe disease from COVID-19 and influenza, regardless of vaccination status, which is especially important for people who are at higher risk of serious complications. Diagnostic tests ...

But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -- so they don't work well, or even at all -- means new ones are urgently needed. Researchers have demonstrated a potential antibacterial treatment from a modified darobactin, a compound originally ...

Consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), such as carbonated drinks, processed meats, and sweet or savory packaged snacks, is associated with accelerated biological aging, as measured by 36 blood-based biomarkers, and factors other than poor ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – State and federal health officials are monitoring the spread of a “zombie deer disease” as hunters across Kansas look to hit their bag limit. Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also popularly known as zombie deer disease, is a recurring ...

Date: November 20, 2024; Source: University of British Columbia; Summary: Researchers have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of breast cancer -- cancer-like mutations appearing in the cells of healthy women. In a new study, ...

The World Health Organization said Tuesday it has granted emergency use of a Japanese mpox vaccine, its second approval of a product to inoculate against the infectious disease, to combat a recent outbreak mainly in Africa. The approval of the vaccine, ...