Telling women whether they have dense breasts as part of their breast cancer screening results may leave them feeling unnecessarily anxious and confused, according to a study.
Breast density refers to the level of glandular and fibrous tissue…
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the first 10 months of the year*, 24,114 pertussis, or whooping cough cases have been reported in the United States, a 20 percent decrease compared to the same…
In a comprehensive clinical study led by Prof. Dr. Georg Behrens, senior physician at the Clinical Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Hannover Medical School, researchers from 56 medical centers in Belgium, Germany, France, Great…
An FDA‑approved medication called spironolactone, often prescribed for heart and blood pressure conditions, may be a useful add‑on to the standard HIV treatment, according to new research from the Valente lab at The Herbert Wertheim UF…
CIDRAP Three new deaths have been confirmed in Ethiopia’s Marburg virus outbreak, bringing the death toll to eight, according to the latest update from Ethiopian health officials.
There are now 12 confirmed cases in the outbreak, which…
A study recently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology evaluated the effect of time outdoors on myopic shift in premyopic children.
Premyopia refers to the early stages of myopia development prior to the…
Although overall hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in men who have sex with men (MSM) remains relatively low in the era of direct-acting antivirals, individuals with prior HCV exposure continue to face disproportionately high rates of…
In Mexico, the National Dengue Control Strategy has achieved, so far in 2025, a decrease of about 85 percent in confirmed cases in the national territory, compared to last year.
There was also an 87 percent reduction in the number of patients…
A large-scale randomized controlled trial from Costa Rica finds that one dose of either a bivalent (two-strain) or nonavalent (nine-strain) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine provides the same protection against infection with the HPV16 or HPV18…