Infectious Disease
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— Public health investigation is closed, but officials haven't provided patient updates
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Study links lifting and reintroducing masking policies to infection rate changes
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Duration of antibiotic treatment about a day shorter than usual in the ICU
Some experts fear he could "make America sick again"
Duration of antibiotic treatment about a day shorter than usual in the ICU
Some experts fear he could "make America sick again"
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An unusual manifestation of cerebral toxoplasmosis
PCR testing reveals an unusual presentation of an increasingly common disease
Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils
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In an effort to stop the virus, testing will begin in six states on December 16
"First diagnostics are leading us to think it is a respiratory disease," said the health minister
Drug did not increase oxygen-free days versus placebo in randomized study
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Clinicians who received psilocybin had a 21-point drop in MADRS score at day 28
Billing complexities and patient skepticism partially to blame
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23% achieved HBsAg loss with xalnesiran plus immunomodulator, but relapses occurred in some
Number of oxygen-free days lower compared with placebo
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Combatting new or re-emerging disease threats, agency reorganization could be on the agenda
Drugmaker to allow sale of generic versions in poor countries, but excluded most of Latin America
He has also claimed Wi-Fi causes cancer and that antidepressants are to blame for mass shootings
