Low Vitamin D Tied to Greater LRTI Hospitalization Risk
Increases in serum vitamin D were associated with a modest but statistically significant reduction in the risk of…
Alberta may be on track for deadliest flu season on record, health experts warn
Alberta’s flu season is now the second deadliest in recent memory and, while the influenza peak appears to…
Why humans can’t make vitamin C in our bodies
Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why,…
Exhaled Breath Carries Disease-associated Bacteria from Gut
Chemicals released by gut microbes and captured from the breath can reveal the composition of the bacteria living…
Holistic evaluation of large language models for medical tasks with MedHELM
Papers with Code. Question answering on MedQA (USMLE). https://paperswithcode.com/sota/question-answering-on-medqa-usmle (2024). Khosravi, M., Zare, Z., Mojtabaeian, S. M. &…
An LLM chatbot to facilitate primary-to-specialist care transitions: a randomized controlled trial
Ethics approval The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College and the local medical ethics…
New measles case confirmed on flight from Madrid to Montreal | News
Someone infected with measles traveled from Madrid to Montreal on an Air Canada flight recently, bringing a new…
Influenza Surges in US | RT
Influenza is surging across the United States at a faster-than-usual pace, with hospitalizations nearly doubling in a single…
UBC researchers crack code to grow helper t cells from stem cells
For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type…
When measles made a comeback in Mesa County | Western Colorado
It was a comeback year in 2025 in many ways, from the resurgence of ’90s fashion, such as…
The expanding landscape of GLP-1 medicines
Drucker, D. J., Philippe, J., Mojsov, S., Chick, W. L. & Habener, J. F. Glucagon-like peptide I stimulates…
Kenora sites brought possible measles exposures | Local News
The Northwestern Health Unit is advising residents in the Kenora area of possible exposure to measles after a…