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NIH selects Jeanne Marrazzo to lead infectious diseases institute

Aug 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday that Jeanne Marrazzo had been selected to head its infectious diseases institute, months after its long-time director Anthony Fauci stepped down from the position. Fauci is the top U.S. infectious disease official who became the face of America’s response to the […]

Study assesses the value of predictive biomarkers for early-stage COVID-19 infection

In a recent study published in the journal Healthcare, researchers illustrated that certain biomarkers may be better predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than others. Study: Prognostic Value of Routine Biomarkers in the Early Stage of COVID-19. Image Credit: Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock.com Biomarkers such as platelet (PLT) and eosinophil (EOS) count appeared to predict COVID-19 severity […]

Constipation associated with increased risk of hypertension, cardiovascular events in elderly Australian patients

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/constipation-associate.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/constipation-associate.jpg" data-sub-html="Summary of the findings. This study found that constipation was positively associated with hypertension and cardiovascular events. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. This figure was partly generated using Servier Medical Art, provided by Servier, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported license. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38068-y”> Summary of […]

Evolving viruses to fight bacterial infections

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/evolving-viruses-to-fi.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/evolving-viruses-to-fi.jpg" data-sub-html="Structure of E. coli C's rough type LPS. The rough type LPS of E. coli C is composed of two parts: lipid A (composed of an acetylated and 1,4′-diphosporylated β(1→6)-linked glucosamine (GlcN) disaccharide) and the core OS (Raetz and Whitfield 2002). The core OS is subdivided into a structurally conserved inner core […]

Updated COVID boosters; Infant peanut exposure; AI improves breast cancer detection rate by 20%

doctor desk © Alena Kryazheva – stock.adobe.com Updated COVID boosters The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could authorize Pfizer’s updated COVID boosters as early as the end of this month. The latest booster is designed to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant which has been circulating since last winter. The booster rate is low in the United […]

The influence of electronic cigarette aerosol and cigarette smoke on cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal functions in mice

In a recent study published in the Scientific reports Journal, researchers examined the toxic effects of aerosol exposure from electronic cigarettes (ECs) and conventional cigarette smoke (CS) on mice’s cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal systems. Study: The toxic effects of electronic cigarette aerosol and cigarette smoke on cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and renal systems in mice. Image Credit: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com Background […]

Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role at NIH

WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ director by this fall. The announcement comes roughly eight months after longtime institute director Anthony Fauci stepped down. Marrazzo will assume her post at the $6.3 billion-dollar agency just as Congress begins hashing out the […]