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Game-Changing Blood Pressure Drug Works for Patients Not Controlled by Standard Treatments - SciTechDaily
Researchers have found that a long-acting injection, given just twice a year alongside standard drugs. Blood pressure is one of the most common health problems worldwide, yet it remains difficult to control for many patients even with daily medication. New re…
First pediatric flu death in Washington state highlights rising cases across the state - komonews.com
A school-age teenager has died after becoming ill from influenza last week, marking the first pediatric influenza death in the state this season.
South Carolina Measles Outbreak Becomes America’s Largest in 25 Years - Gizmodo
Thanks, anti-vaxxers.
Utah health department reports 54 recent measles cases as outbreak continues - KSL.com
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reported 54 newly identified cases in the last three weeks as measles continues to spread.
Environmentally driven immune imprinting protects against allergy - Nature
In a mouse model, environmental immunostimulation in early life led to cross-reactive adaptive immune memory and reduced type II immune responses to allergens, indicating a mechanistic relationship between environmental antigen exposure and subsequent allergy.
Intestinal macrophages modulate synucleinopathy along the gut–brain axis - Nature
Muscularis macrophages, housekeepers of enteric nervous system integrity and intestinal homeostasis, modulate α-synuclein pathology and neurodegeneration in models of Parkinson’s disease, and understanding the accompanying mechanisms could pave the way for ea…