Metformin is associated with a reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases

Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

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Respiratory syncytial virus is associated with a greater burden of hospitalizations in older adults and in those with congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A key U.S. federal vaccine advisory panel has dropped a push against COVID mRNA vaccines, ⁠the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the...

A Cochrane review of 225 studies covering 132 million vaccinated people found, with high certainty, that HPV vaccination does not cause fertility problems, refuting a common myth.

Measles cases in South Carolina rose to 991 on Friday, state health data ⁠showed, an increase of one case since Tuesday as the nation's largest outbreak in ⁠decades shows...

mRNA-1345 vaccine is safe and well tolerated and elicits measurable antibody and cellular immune responses in recipients with solid organ transplant.

Cerebrospinal fluid samples show signs of inflammation.

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