Mosquitoes in Australia may be carrying Japanese encephalitis this summer—What to know if you’re spending time outdoors
A Victorian man is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital after contracting Japanese encephalitis from a mosquito bite.
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What is HMPV, the cold-like virus circulating in China?
Not many people had heard of human metapneumovirus, or HPMV, until a surge of recent cases in China made headlines.
Smoking’s impact on bronchitis: Increased risk and prolonged recovery
You likely know that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but cigarette use poses other threats to your lungs as well.
Blood vessel on-a-chip identifies how perivascular cells can worsen chronic disease
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how specialized cells surrounding small blood vessels, known as perivascular cells, contribute to blood vessel dysfunction in chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and fibrosis. The findings, published today in Science Advances, could change how these diseases are treated.
Long COVID burden has decreased over time in health care workers, study finds
The prevalence and burden of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) has decreased over time in health care workers, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in Infection.
The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, Chinese health official says
The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.
Sierra Leone reports first case of mpox
Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world’s highest alert level for the potentially deadly viral disease was raised last year.
It’s sick season. Here’s how to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness—flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds.
China marks muted 5th anniversary of first COVID death
The fifth anniversary of the first known death from COVID-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject.
Aphasia patients’ grammatical tense troubles linked to language-specific encoding and retrieval
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, has identified the causes of impairments in expressing grammatical tense in people with aphasia. They discovered that individuals with speech disorders struggle with both forming the concept of time and selecting the correct verb tense. However, which of these processes proves more challenging depends on the speaker’s language. The findings have been published in the journal Aphasiology.