NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalizations for Chagas heart disease have been increasing in the United States over the past two decades, according to a new study. Most of the patients are immigrants from Central and South America, suggesting that…
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A new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at the National Institutes of Health safely prevented malaria for up to 9 months in people who were exposed to the malaria parasite. The small clinical trial is the first to show an…
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A new drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Typhi has infected least 71 people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new strain, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Typhi, caused a large outbreak in Pakistan’s Sindh province…
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