A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File The U.S. winter virus season is in full force,…
Category: Health & Medicine
Common bacterial infection may trigger lung transplant rejection
Pseudomonas-induced antibody-mediated rejection of lung allografts in mice. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adu6563 A large team of surgeons and organ transplant researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the…
Many adults report inaccurate beliefs about risks and benefits of home firearm access
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain About 40% of households in the United States report firearm access and the majority of firearm owners report typically storing at least one of their firearms…
A new way to detect inflammation using antibodies developed
The dark bands correspond to EKODE products in mouse tissues, including liver, pancreas and heart. Unique compounds and concentrations are found in different tissues and organs, which could lead to…
A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?
While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.
Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging, researchers discover
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities,…
Is CBD use during pregnancy as safe as people think? New study uncovers potential risks to babies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cannabidiol (CBD), the component in cannabis often used for therapeutic treatments, is increasingly being used during pregnancy as a means of managing symptoms such as nausea,…
Clot-buster meds and mechanical retrieval found to equally reduce disability from some strokes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did…
Gray matter study uncovers two neuroanatomically different OCD subtypes
A) Silhouette values for each number of subtypes. B) Gray matter morphological abnormalities of the identified subtypes. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03226-5 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental…
Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, large study suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, with clear differences in self-reported mental health and well-being across the day, suggest the findings of a…
