The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has expanded its recommendations for HIV prevention, giving three medications its strongest endorsement, according to a policy statement published Aug. 22 in JAMA.
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Immunity protection from vaccination or prior infection may be "leaky" or less effective in crowded settings where people are exposed to high levels of the virus that causes COVID-19, new research has found.
As part of Project NextGen, HHS has awarded more than $1.4 billion in grants to support the development of the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines and technologies.
Most U.S. adults are uncertain about health misinformation claims, falling in a potentially "malleable middle," according to an Aug. 22 survey from KFF.
An uptick in COVID-19 admissions in the U.S. is reinvigorating focus on hospitals' masking policies. Now, 10 experts are calling for healthcare facilities to integrate masking as part of routine policies.
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COVID-19 indicators continue to tick up in the U.S., and the CDC has started tracking a new strain.
Health officials have started monitoring BA.2.86 — a highly mutated version of the COVID-19 virus. Not much is known yet about the newly detected lineage, though its large number of mutations has prompted the World Health Organization and CDC to…
After COVID-19-related disruptions last year, experts anticipate respiratory syncytial virus to follow a more typical seasonal pattern this year, with activity ramping up in the fall and peaking in December or January, CNN reported Aug. 17.
Here are six rare diseases that experts have identified in the U.S. so far in 2023:
Three people in Connecticut and New York have died after contracting infections from a rare flesh-eating bacteria, The New York Times reported Aug. 16.