Babies born to women with anemia during pregnancy have an increased risk of childhood anemia, according to a study carried out in rural India. Anemia, characterized by less than normal concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) in the blood, is an important public health challenge with a prevalence rate of 47 per cent among non-pregnant women and […]

New research shows that the first SARS-CoV-2 spike protein a person encounters, be it by vaccination or infection, shapes their subsequent immune response against current and future variants. That is, it imparts different properties that have an impact on the immune system’s ability to protect against variants, and also affects the rate of decay of […]

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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James was placed on the NBA’s health and safety protocols list for COVID-19 and will likely miss several games, according to ESPN. The team arranged for James to return to Los Angeles from Sacramento, CA, […]

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have been awarded $2.6 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health to study how pandemic-related stressors influence sexual behavior and risk of sexually transmitted infections among girls and young women in Kenya. The award will allow the UIC researchers to continue an ongoing study of […]

At least 50 people in and around Norway’s capital have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant and the cases are connected to a Norwegian company’s Christmas party in an Oslo restaurant, officials said Thursday. “More cases are expected. Effective tracing is being done to limit transmission routes and prevent major outbreaks,” the Oslo Municipality […]

Increasing numbers of people are searching for information on how to “detox” themselves from the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving it, over fears it could have detrimental effects. But is this ever safe or even possible? Nearly 3 out of 4 people in the United States have received a vaccination against COVID-19. Over 9 out of […]

Patients seeking treatment for HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health services missed vital appointments because of the pressures COVID-19 put on Africa’s health systems, new research has found. The research, published today in BMJ Global Health, found examples of up to half of South African children not attending child health checks, as many as […]

A group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other brain inflammation-related conditions, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers. The results suggest that countering the activity of these cells could be a new therapeutic […]

In a recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has demonstrated that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect early signs of tumor cell death in response to a novel virus-based cancer therapy. Recently, a promising therapeutic virus that […]