Americans with weak immune systems need boosters, not healthy, vaccinated adults: Doctor Dr. Matt McCarthy, an infectious disease expert, discusses COVID vaccines and treatments. Federal
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Skeletal muscles play a critical role in defense against septic infection
A team of investigators, led by Thomas Clanton, Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, demonstrated for
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COVID-19 prevalence in England falls again, 1 in 340 people infected
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks along the Golden Jubilee Bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, March
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Men, older adults and smokers are more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2: study
An in-depth analysis of the virus that causes COVID-19 by an international team of scientists—including the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City
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A new piece of the HIV infection puzzle explored
Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and at the Zentrum für Infektiologie at Heidelberg University Hospital have succeeded for the first time in imaging HIV during transport
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Oral HPV infection detected in infants, young children
(HealthDay)—Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the oral cavity has been detected in infants and young children, according to a study published in the March issue
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study in daycare centres in France suggests low rates of infection in very young children
Children aged between 5 months and 4 years attending daycare during lockdown in March to May 2020 in France had low rates of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
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Evidence for Stem Cell Transplantation as a Cure for HIV-1
A long-term follow-up study of a second London patient has demonstrated a successful stem cell transplantation from donors harboring an HIV-resistant gene. Blood taken from
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Response to infection therapy better understood thanks to a new technique
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. The treatment of bacterial and fungal infections relies particularly on antimicrobial drugs, while the
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Study uncovers two phases of infection in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
What does SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, do once it enters a person’s airways, and how does infection in lung cells affect patients’ immune
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