Year: 2025

TOPLINE: In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza virus (AIV) was almost absent prior to vaccination. However, seasonal influenza vaccines induced a seroprotective response against the H5N1 subtype in nearly 15% of younger individuals. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a prospective study to evaluate baseline levels of protection and the presence […]

Nearly half of adults with hypertension (HTN) are not aware of their diagnosis. But recognition is even worse in pediatric patients. Abbas H. Zaidi, MD “Less than 25% of children with hypertension get a diagnosis, and of those who get a diagnosis, 50% of those children are not receiving any intervention,” said Abbas H…Read More

Black and Latino enrollment in American medical schools has fallen sharply after the 2023 US Supreme Court decision effectively ending affirmative action in higher education, a new report finds. In the first class selected post-affirmative action, the numbers of Black and Latino individuals entering medical school in the 2024-2025 academic year dropped by 11.6% and […]

January 13, 2025 — Most US states are reporting high or very high flu-like activity, while COVID-19 rates remain lower than this time last year. The nation isn’t out of the woods yet, though, in terms of seeing another tripledemic or even quad-demic. So far this year…Read More

TOPLINE: A study identified significant differences in the scalp microbiome composition of women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) compared with controls, particularly with significantly higher levels of Corynebacterium species in those with CCCA. METHODOLOGY: This descriptive study included 12 Black women with CCCA (median age…Read More

A new review has found that calorie labeling of food on menus and products leads people to choose slightly fewer calories…Read More

Lives have been lost and disrupted, and thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed as wind-whipped wildfires continue to burn around Los Angeles a week after they began. Mental health professionals expect emotional and psychological wounds will endure long after the blazes have been extinguished…Read More

The proportion of babies dying before and during labor after 41 weeks of gestation has fallen by 47% in Sweden in a relatively short time. This is the result of a major national study. The reduction has occurred since the procedures around induction have changed…Read More

Researchers from Singapore’s National Healthcare Group (NHG)’s Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have made strides in understanding the connection between the immune system and resistance to antipsychotic medications in schizophrenia, using changes in immune cell populations to predict potential treatment resistance and initiate the most appropriate treatment […]

Nipah virus (NiV), a zoonotic paramyxovirus with significant human health implications, has garnered considerable attention due to its high fatality rates and potential for human-to-human transmission, posing a global public health threat…Read More