Diseases
Binge drinking ranks high among older adults, research shows
It's twice more common than previous CDC estimates.
Early exposure to livestock might boost babies’ immune systems
Too clean is not necessarily a good thing.
“Havana syndrome”: study finds key changes in Havana diplomats’ brains
Something did seem to happen -- but let's not get carried away.
Study reveals true scale of one of the world’s deadliest plagues
"We now have a pathogen whose molecular history we can follow for thousands of years," says paper co-author McCormick. "The jury's out, evidence is accumulating, and we're all going to...
French scientists develop new class of promising antibiotics (so far, only in mice)
It's still early days, but the results are exciting.
Why are people more likely to get sick or die from flu during winter months?
Low humidity might be what's causing flu outbreaks during the winter.
End of AIDS in sight — existing treatment prevents transmission of HIV
This could deal a huge blow to HIV.
After a 300% surge in global cases, WHO and UNICEF directors say we’re facing a ‘measles crisis’
The moral of the story, kids, is get vaccinated.
New York county declares state of emergency over measles and bans unvaccinated kids from public areas
Unvaccinated children will be banned from entering public spaces for the next 30 days. And, honestly, I see no problem with this.
HIV + tuberculosis, a deadly combination, affects over 1 million people
As if having one of the two wasn't bad enough...
Tuberculosis could be eradicated by 2045 — if the world is willing to invest $2 bln./year
The highly infectious disease kills millions of people each year, and that's just a shame for a curable disease.
A third patient might also be HIV-free
A cure is not here yet, but this certainly is promising.
Defeating HIV: second patient in history goes into sustained remission after stem cell transplant
Humanity strikes back: another win against HIV.
Unvaccinated French child brings measles back to Costa Rica
Antivaxx trends and complacency are bringing back a disease from the brink of eradication.
Drug for common skin condition also fights heart disease
It's an unexpected finding which might end up making a very big difference.
New software allows researchers to CATCH any known virus in a sample
"Tools like CATCH will help us and others detect outbreaks earlier and generate more data on pathogens that can be shared with the wider scientific and medical research communities," the...
The perverse link between ADHD and addiction
The neurological disorder often begets another disease: addiction.
More than half of parents try non-scientific methods to stave off the common cold
Researchers advise parents to employ strategies that are evidence-based -- otherwise, their well-intended measures might not amount to all that much.
