Tick bites: Every year is a bad tick year
Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond
It’s summer, a time to hike, garden, vacation – and to be on the lookout for ticks.
From Lyme disease to...
What is a breakthrough infection?
Six questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination
Sanjay Mishra, PhD, Vanderbilt University
If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need...
6 COVID-19 treatments helping patients survive
William G. Bain, University of Pittsburgh; Georgios D. Kitsios, University of Pittsburgh, and Tomeka L. Suber, University of Pittsburgh
A year ago, when U.S. health...
What are COVID-19 variants and how can you stay safe as...
With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how...
Monoclonal Antibody Prevents Malaria in Small NIH Trial
Additional NIH Studies Underway Will Build on Encouraging Early Results
U.S. National Institutes of Health
One dose of a new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at...
Serious complications arise from youth-onset type 2 diabetes
Serious complications from youth-onset type 2 diabetes arise by young adulthood
US National Institutes of Health
People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk...
Understanding how diabetes weakens bones
Diabetics break bones easily – new research is figuring out why their bones are so fragile
Lamya Karim, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
A person with Type...
Sitting and diabetes in older adults: Does timing matter?
John Bellettiere, University of California San Diego; Andrea LaCroix, University of California San Diego, and Matthew Mclaughlin, University of Newcastle
Adults are sitting more than...
Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that is first seen in a pregnant woman who did not...
Male fertility is declining
– studies show that environmental toxins could be a reason
Ryan P. Smith, University of Virginia
In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility....
