Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit 2,045, with 11 fatalities, according to a new report by the country’s health ministry.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for syphilis during pregnancy. This recommendation forms the basis of a final recommendation statement published online May 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

A pioneering research study published today in Cell Metabolism details how the hormone FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) can reverse the effects of fatty liver disease in mice. The hormone works primarily by signaling the brain to improve liver function.

A new prototype blood test for infectious diseases, designed to be delivered and analyzed at the point of care, has the potential to save lives across the developing world.

Sudden and unexpected heart-related deaths in children are most common during their teenage years, according to research from the UK’s national cardiac pathology referral center at City St George’s, University of London.

John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History.

The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated Tuesday that the agency is applying a more skeptical approach to this year’s round of COVID-19 vaccine boosters.

Patients with diverticulitis often try to control the digestive condition by cutting nuts, seeds and popcorn out of their daily diet.

Patients suffering from long COVID may exhibit persistent inflammation in the heart and lungs for up to a year following SARS-CoV-2 infection—even when standard medical tests return normal results—potentially placing them at elevated risk for future cardiac and pulmonary conditions. These findings come from a new study conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published April 30, in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Partners from the Burnet Institute, the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), the National Department of Health and the University of Papua New Guinea are working to understand how to better support local health care workers to overcome barriers to improve surveillance and response to vector-borne diseases in Papua New Guinea.