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Universal vaccine for the flu may be just around the corner

Influenza vaccines save lives over the years and prevent millions of additional people from getting sick from the flu. The CDC reported on Feb. 15 that the overall estimated effectiveness of the seasonal influenza vaccine was 47 percent, which means the vaccine cuts the...

source: By Lynn Hetzler
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Younger non-Hispanic black patients with AML have worse overall survival rates than white patients

White patients with acute myeloid leukemia appear to benefit more from recent therapy developments compared with non-Hispanic Black patients in the United States, according to data published in Cancer Discovery. Specifically,...

source: Cancer Network
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Identifying COVID-19 therapy candidates with machine learning

Investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Harvard University and ETH Zurich, have developed a machine learning-based approach that can identify therapies that are already on the market that have...

source: ContagionLive
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Ultra-rare but not forgotten: New drug development paradigms to treat the rarest of diseases

In addition to the most visible effects of COVID-19 — tragic deaths, lingering illness, economic turmoil, and more — the pandemic is affecting much that is out of the spotlight. One is research on the so-called...

source: STAT
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Pregnancy tied to estimated 70% higher COVID-19 rate

Pregnant women in Washington state were infected with COVID-19 at a 70% higher rate than others of similar ages, with nonwhite women shouldering a disproportionate burden, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

source: CIDRAP
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Lewy body dementia may share similar genetic profiles with Alzheimer's disease

In a study led by National Institutes of Health researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia, a devastating disorder that riddles the...

source: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke via News-Medical.Net
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Incidence of liver cancer increases significantly among people with HIV

Hepatocellular carcinoma rates among people with HIV increased significantly from 1996 to 2015, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study found that people with HIV coinfected with viral hepatitis who had higher...

source: Healio
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