WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd accused the Republican Party of using “arbitrary” polling hurdles to shut him out of its first presidential debate, saying Tuesday he was snubbed for refusing to “sign a blood oath to Donald Trump.” “The biggest difference between me and every single candidate who will be on the debate […]
Blizzard has unveiled Diablo 4 Season 2, dubbed Season of Blood. It launches October 17. Season 2 adds a Vampire Hunter companion called Erys, who is teased in a cinematic shown at Gamescom 2023. Erys is voiced by actress and producer Gemma Chan. Diablo boss Rod Fergusson took to the stage at Gamescom 2023 Opening […]
In this Contemporary Pediatrics® interview, Tammy Brady, MD, PhD, vice chair for clinical research, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, medical director, Pediatric Hypertension Program, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, details why a blood pressure cuff fitting correctly is important for children. Brady outlines what the blood pressure cuff market looks like today […]
A University of Minnesota trial of an experimental antifungal drug offered promising results Tuesday and hope of a new weapon against a growing source of infections worldwide. Researchers have been looking for a less toxic treatment for cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal brain infection that is a leading cause of death worldwide in people with HIV. […]
August 22, 2023 Endometriosis diagnostics. Tumor detection. Blood-based biomarkers. Bone repair. These are just a handful of the medical solutions Arizona State University researchers and Mayo Clinic doctors aim to explore through an innovative funding opportunity concentrated on collaboration between physicians and academics. Sixteen pilot studies will be explored through the Mayo Clinic and Arizona […]
Missing California teen, Andrea Vazquez, found dead in a park after she and her boyfriend were ‘randomly targeted’ in an attack Andrea Vazquez, 19, went missing on Sunday night shortly after midnight at Penn Park located on Penn Street in Whittier, a suburb in Los Angeles On Tuesday, police announced that she had been found […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/high-levels-of-exposur.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/high-levels-of-exposur.jpg" data-sub-html="Vaccination coverage, SARS-CoV-2 testing, proportion of residents tested, and SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Connecticut Correctional Facility system between June 15, 2021, and May 10, 2022. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40750-8″> Vaccination coverage, SARS-CoV-2 testing, proportion of residents tested, and SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Connecticut Correctional Facility system between June 15, 2021, […]
A post-discharge risk for older adults with COVID-19 infections has been identified in a new study from Harvard Medical School, according to an Aug. 17 news release. The study, published Aug. 9 in the British Medical Journal, found that the risk of death is twice as high for patients 65 and older who were hospitalized […]
New ground-breaking drug test in use at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest… with athletes’ blood tested for steroid use for the first time Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) helped to develop a new ‘blood steroid passport’ Major scientific advance on Athlete Biological Passport, introduced in 2009 New drugs test in use during the World Athletics […]
Around 16% of long Covid patients experience symptoms more than 12 months after a Covid-19 infection, according to a recent study. The symptoms that persisted for 12 months or more were most commonly head, eyes, ears, and nose related (5.9%), fatigue (3.5%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (0.3%). The study further highlighted that even among participants who […]