The first person infected with the H5N5 bird flu has died, according to health officials in Washington.
The person, who lived in Grays Harbor County, had been hospitalized earlier this month in Kings County, where Seattle is located.
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Construction and effectiveness test of multimodal data fusion prediction model for intracranial infection after severe craniocerebral injury in children based on deep learning | BMC Neurology
Ben Abdeljelil A. Freire GC,Yanchar N,et al.Pediatric moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review of clinical practice guideline recommendations. J Neurotrauma. 2023;40(21–22):2270–81.
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Inflammation control can protect against AMD-like retinal damage
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have shown that reducing chronic inflammation can significantly protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-like pathology in preclinical models. The findings were…
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The COPD risk associated with adulthood weight change and early adulthood BMI: a prospective cohort study | BMC Public Health
The most important acknowledgment is to the participants in the study and the members of the survey teams in each of the 10 regional centers, as well as to the project development and management teams based at Beijing, Oxford, and the 10 regional…
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New trial to test extended tranexamic acid use for faster ACL surgery recovery
A breakthrough could be coming in the way young people recover from surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, a common sports injury.
A new clinical trial soon will begin enrolling patients at the…
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Scientists identify cellular control points to tackle multiple viruses
Scientists were pleased when they learned more about how the common cold gains a foothold in the body, identifying key cellular checkpoints that are important targets of the virus.
But the real excitement extends far beyond the cold…
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Early signs you should not ignore
Kidney disease is often silent at first, but these symptoms can be important red flags — especially if you also have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, or a family history of kidney problems:
Changes in urination: More or…
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Combined healthy eating and exercise linked to greater reductions in visceral fat
Improving diet and increasing physical activity levels together may be more effective at preventing weight gain – particularly harmful fat inside the abdomen – than just changing one of these behaviours, new research from the…
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Discovery of unexpected mechanism may help improve healing across muscle injuries
At the cellular level, the mechanics of how muscle tissue repair occurs gets complicated. There are significant differences between, say, tearing a muscle in a sports injury versus muscle tissue wasting away from diseases like…
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WHO declares end of Indonesia’s polio outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday.
Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as…
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