COVID-19 Alters Sleep Breathing Patterns
New research indicates that while COVID-19 does not alter core sleep apnea physiology, it may affect how patients…
Resistant malaria parasites become increasingly prevalent across Ethiopia
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, the…
Prospective evaluation of a large language model clinical decision support system in the emergency department
Hoot, N. R. & Aronsky, D. Systematic review of emergency department crowding: causes, effects, and solutions. Ann. Emerg.…
New review examines why tetanus remains a global health problem
Tetanus is often considered a disease of the past, remembered mainly through childhood vaccinations and warnings about rusty…
‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Is Having a Killer Summer
The summer is in full swing, and unfortunately, that means it’s prime “flesh-eating” bacteria season, too. Multiple states…
Everything you need to know about Australia’s bird flu surge
There are more than a hundred confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu across Australia. The virus…
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder in a public healthcare setting: a randomized controlled trial
This study of psilocybin assisted-therapy for TRD—to our knowledge, the first RCT in this population to assess feasibility…
Divergent impacts of explainable AI for dermatological diagnosis on clinicians versus lay people
Study design We designed two complementary large-scale experiments to evaluate human−AI collaborative diagnostic performance across expertise levels (Fig.…
Malaria infection causes permanent damage to the spleen immune cells
Macrophages formed in the bone marrow can only assume the function of embryonal phagocytes, or “scavenger cells,” to…
Using DNA sequencing for accurate identification of microbial infections in cystic fibrosis patients
Lung infections are a constant risk for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening genetic disorder which…
Integrated care pathway in individuals with Long COVID: STIMULATE-ICP, a cluster-randomized, phase 3 trial
Trial design and oversight The STIMULATE-ICP trial aimed to investigate the efficacy of an enhanced ICP for LC,…
New study tracks rapid spread of drug-resistant Shigella across England
A nationwide genomic epidemiology study involving a researcher from Kingston University has revealed that sexually transmitted Shigella sonnei…