Bumblebees are clumsy fliers. It is estimated that a foraging bee bumps into a flower about once per second, which damages its wings over time. Yet despite having many tiny…
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Mpox Often Leads to Severe Illness, Even Death, in People With Advanced H.I.V.
In people with advanced H.I.V. disease, the mpox virus — formerly known as monkeypox — often causes severe illness, with a death rate of about 15 percent, researchers reported on…
Study provides an explanation and potential solution for severe graft-versus-host disease — ScienceDaily
The severity of immune-mediated intestinal diseases such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or inflammatory bowel diseases is known to be associated with alterations in the gut microbiome, but what leads to…
Focus Shifts Away from COVID-19 Prevention Toward Preventing Severe Cases in Some Regions
Chinese health authorities have been leveraging traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) to fight COVID-19, particularly as the country shifts its approach from preventing all infections to preventing severe cases and protecting…
When young children test positive for Covid-19 and another respiratory virus, their illness is much more severe, a new study suggests
CNN — When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to become sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study suggests. Among…
Interacting with small kids may lower risk of severe Covid outcomes
Let’s face it: The kids in your life tend to get sick pretty frequently — which means you do, too — and that may have you especially worried this winter…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine offers long-term protection against severe disease — ScienceDaily
In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and…
Study demonstrates that Paxlovid protects severe COVID-19–associated outcomes among persons for whom it is recommended
In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published on the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC) website, researchers assessed the association between receiving a prescription…
Northwell aims to reduce severe health risks in Black women
In an effort to drive down severe health risks among Black women, Northwell Health has named Dr. Dawnette Lewis as the director of its Center for Maternal Health. When it…
Lower your blood pressure to this number to reduce risk of severe Covid, study finds
Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. CNN — High blood…