Investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer have discovered that cancerous tumors called soft-tissue sarcomas produce a protein that switches immune cells from tumor-attacking to tumor-promoting. The stud… [+4358 chars]
Background Although human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of illness and death in older adults, no RSV vaccine has been licensed. Methods Download a PDF of the Research Sum… [+2159 chars]
Innate vs. adaptive immunityAlcohol and the microbiomeHow alcohol affects the innate immune systemEffects of alcohol on adaptive immunityAlcohol consumption and infectionReferencesFurther reading Al… [+6721 chars]
LONDON (AP) British health officials will start offering vaccines to some men who have sex with men and are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the… [+2563 chars]
Peterborough Public Health has confirmed the region’s first case of monkeypox. The health unit was notified of the case on Wednesday. Contact tracing efforts are complete and case management continu… [+1742 chars]
image: Dr. Guannan Wang performs intraductal injection under a microscopeview more Credit: Qinxin Jiang Delivering a targeted immunotoxin into breast ducts via openings in the nipple wiped out all… [+5841 chars]
WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected … [+1714 chars]
In this report we bring you the 71-page document that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is using as a policy framework to implement the brand new Canadian Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP… [+4794 chars]
Keeping your bedroom dark not only helps you get a good night's sleep, but may significantly lower your odds of developing three major health problems, a new study suggests. Older men and women who … [+4753 chars]
Typhoid fever might be rare in developed countries, but this ancient threat, thought to have been around for millennia, is still very much a danger in our modern world. According to new research, th… [+4442 chars]
Patients with systemic sclerosis who demonstrate digital ulcers use “significantly more” health care resources annually than patients without digital ulcers, according to data published in Arthritis … [+3774 chars]
Monkeypox may become endemic in the U.S. just like the West Nile Virus did after spilling over into the wild mosquito population two decades ago, an expert warns. Dr Bobbi Pritt, a pathologist at th… [+9662 chars]
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