Credit: CC0 Public Domain Metagenomic sequencing can provide rapid and actionable antimicrobial resistance predictions to treat bloodstream infections much faster than conventional laboratory tests, and has the potential to save…
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Lung cancer outcomes significantly improved with immunotherapy-based treatment given before and after surgery
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A regimen of pre-surgical immunotherapy and chemotherapy followed by post-surgical immunotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) and pathologic complete response (pCR) rates compared to chemotherapy alone…
UK nurses prepared to strike until Christmas: union leader
Nurses in Britain are prepared to strike until Christmas if they cannot reach a deal with the government on pay, the leader of the country’s main nursing union said on…
Disturbed sleep may partially explain long COVID breathlessness
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness. The study…
Potential ‘game-changer’ in diagnosing Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A certain protein builds up in the brains of most Parkinson’s patients, a study confirmed on Thursday using a new technique hailed as a potential “game-changer”…
Multidrug-resistant bacteria found in 40% of supermarket meat samples
Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in 40% of supermarket meat samples tested in a Spanish study. E. coli strains capable of causing severe infections in people were also highly prevalent,…
Major genetic study reveals how antibiotic resistance varies according to where you live, demographics and diet
A genetic study analyzing the microbiome (bacteria in the gut) of a large nationally representative sample of the Finnish population finds that geographic, demographic, diet, and lifestyle factors are driving…
Scientists find mutations, say threat is still low
Municipal workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, Nov. 30, 2022, as thousands of birds died in November along the Pacific of Peru from bird flu,…
Study of cerebral blood vessels uncovers potential new drug targets for treating stroke
In the inset, the small blood vessels in the brain, i.e. the cerebral microvasculature, can be seen at a higher magnification stained in red and the molecules that weaken the…
What does the end of the public health emergency for COVID really mean?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When does the COVID-19 pandemic end? Epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have one answer. Restaurant-goers on Peachtree Street surely have another.…
