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People Who Don’t Get COVID Symptoms Share a Common Feature

Nearly 7 million people have died from COVID-19 since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus more than three years ago. And yet even after repeat infections, a number of individuals are yet to experience a single symptom after contracting SARS-CoV-2. A variant in an immune response gene may explain why, paving the way for more […]

Tracheobronchitis: Symptoms, causes, treatment, and more

Tracheobronchitis is a respiratory condition where the main symptom is a productive cough. Viruses — such as those that cause colds and flu — underlie most cases. The term “tracheobronchitis” describes inflammation of the windpipe, which doctors also call the trachea, and the major air passages connecting the trachea to the lungs. Doctors call these […]

Heart Foundation Unveils Game-Changing Approach to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

Heart Foundation Around 8 million Australians will benefit from a game-changing new approach to stopping cardiovascular disease (CVD) before it strikes. Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler today launched the country’s new Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline and accompanying CVD Risk Calculator – a ‘tool kit’ that sets improved clinical standards for the prevention of […]

UT Southwestern stem cell biologists develop embryo model

DALLAS – July 20, 2023 – UT Southwestern Medical Center biologists have developed a new stem cell-based embryo model for studying early human development, tissue formation, and differentiation, offering valuable contributions to the field of developmental biology and regenerative medicine. Jun Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern, is a Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar […]

Panoramic errors in pediatric patients with special needs

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the types and frequencies of panoramic technical errors in pediatric patients with special needs, as compared to matching images of patients with normal developmental patterns. Panoramic images of 100 pediatric patients, with equal numbers of either special needs or healthy controls, referred to our Oral Maxillofacial Imaging unit, were […]

Notes from the Field: Autism Spectrum Disorder Among …

Nicole M. Roth, MPH1; Camille Delgado-López, MPH2,3; Lisa D. Wiggins, PhD4; Nancy Nieves Muñoz, EdM2; Sarah B. Mulkey, MD, PhD5,6,7; Leishla Nieves-Ferrer, MS2,3; Kate R. Woodworth, MD1; Glorimar Meléndez Rosario, MPH2,3; Mariam Marcano Huertas2,3; Cynthia A. Moore, MD, PhD1,8; Van T. Tong, MPH1; Suzanne M. Gilboa, PhD1; Miguel Valencia-Prado, MD2 (View author affiliations) View suggested […]

Progress Toward Hepatitis B Control and Elimination …

Results Immunization Activities By 2014, all 47 countries in AFR had introduced HepB3 infant vaccination (Table 1). By December 2021, 14 (30%) countries provided HepB-BD, eight (57%) of which were in the West subregion.¶¶ Although 10 countries had introduced HepB-BD before 2016, only four (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, and Senegal) introduced HepB-BD during 2016–2021. […]