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Backward slide for malaria: 16 million more cases in 2022 than before the pandemic
Malaria cases in 2022 exceeded the prepandemic level by 16 million cases, with several threats—including climate change—hampering progress ...
Pregnancy and COVID: Babies exposed to mild coronavirus cases in utero undergo normal brain development
The infants of mothers who had asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infections during pregnancy showed no neurodevelopment delays compared to peers with no ...
Why do some minority groups have reservations about the COVID vaccine?
Two JAMA Network Open studies [published September 30] that looked at COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in minority groups and opinions around ...
45% of COVID victims end up with at least one long term symptom, China study suggests
Two new studies, one in China and one in the United Kingdom, detail persistent COVID-19 symptoms months to a year ...
56% of antibiotic treatments found inappropriate in hospital study
[A] study, led by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published [March 18] in JAMA ...
Mutant dangers: AstraZeneca vaccine doesn’t protect against South African COVID variant
[A] double-blind multicenter study, led by scientists at the South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research ...
While teenage medical claims fell during COVID lockdowns, mental health claims jumped by more than 20%
[T]he New York nonprofit [Fair Health’s] seventh [report] in a series on the pandemic is the result of analysis of ...
Taking Vitamin C or zinc to fight a cold or COVID? New study shows they have no effect
Over the years, scientific studies have not conclusively shown that [zinc or vitamin C] can help overcome illnesses such as ...
‘Vaccine hesitancy scale’: Parents are especially suspicious of flu shots, study finds
About 1 in 15 US parents (6.1%) is hesitant about routine childhood vaccines, and more than 1 in 4 (26%) ...
