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A team of University of British Columbia researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery.

Young people living with a genetic alteration that increases the risk of psychiatric disorders have markedly different brain activity during sleep, a study led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff published today in eLife shows.

In late February 2020, the United States saw its first COVID-19-related school closure—and in just a matter of weeks, almost all the nation’s public schools had closed in response to the pandemic.

To determine whether a multifaceted initiative resulted in maintained reduction in inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic pyuria (ASP) or bacteriuria (ASB) in the emergency department (ED).

Background: The efficacy and safety of prophylactic full-dose anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in critically-ill COVID-19 patients remains uncertain.

Recent studies have presented well-founded assumptions concerning the biological mechanisms involved and the groups of people that are probably more susceptible to PM.

A study of mice found that dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain.

A monkeypox patient in Texas likely represents the first US fatality tied to the ongoing global outbreak of the virus. The case-patient was from Harris County, home of Houston, and was described by state health officials as being severely immunocompromised.

Question  Improving antibiotic stewardship in clinical settings prone to inappropriate antibiotic use has been a persistent and difficult challenge, especially for diarrheal disease management.

Airborne transmission of infectious respiratory diseases in indoor environments has drawn our attention for decades, and this issue is revitalized with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).