The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been reporting provisional deaths weekly that are dissected by sex and age since the beginning of 2020. The CDC estimated in June 2022 that approximately 1,125 million excess deaths occurred since 1st February 2020. Out of them, 901,000 were COVID-related, and 224,000 were due to […]

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monkey pox Polio. covid. A quick glance at the news on any given day seems to indicate that outbreaks, epidemics, and perhaps even pandemics are increasing in frequency. Granted, these types of events are hardly new; from the plagues of the 5th and 13th centuries to the Spanish flu in the 20th century and SARS-CoV-2 […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the rapid outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has significantly affected the global healthcare system and economy. The strategy of early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent isolation from healthy people has been followed by most governments across the world to prevent further transmission of […]

Many dermatopathologists offering a second opinion about melanocytic skin lesions prefer to have access to the first diagnostic report, but a controlled trial demonstrates that this has a powerful influence on perception, diminishing the value and accuracy of an independent analysis. In a novel effort to determine whether previous interpretations sway second opinions, 149 dermatopathologists […]

In a recent study published in NEJM, researchers conducted a phase III clinical trial to test the effectiveness of three repurposed drugs – metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine, in preventing progression to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19. Image Credit: Robert Coolen/Shutterstock Background Current vaccines and inpatient […]

Mothers who have a family history of any psychiatric disorder have almost two times the risk of postpartum depression as do mothers without such history, according to a new study. Mette-Marie Zacher Kjeldsen, MSc, with the National Center for Register-based Research at Aarhus (Denmark) University, led the study, a meta-analysis that included 26 studies with […]

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have identified in mice the cell of origin of combined liver/biliary duct carcinomas, a rare type of cancer of the liver. The pro-inflammatory immune messenger interleukin 6 (IL-6) was found to be the driver of carcinogenesis. Blocking of IL-6 […]

Having a million-dollar marketing funnel is nothing to scoff at. It’s a huge accomplishment that deserves its’ kudos. There’s a lot of automation, dedication, and ideation that goes into making something like that happen. It’s the type of benchmark that says, “Hey, I was a serious business owner at 6-figures. But now? I turned my […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Vaccinating against monkeypox can complement other public health measures aimed at containing the current outbreak in nonendemic countries. However, when it comes to the need to immunize now, we need to “calm down,” according to officials and experts at a meeting organized by Argentina’s Ministry of Health. Another issue to be […]