[ad_1] Patients had metastatic breast cancer that progressed despite rigorous rounds of chemotherapy. But treatment with a drug that targets cancer cells with laser-like precision has been surprisingly successful, slowingRead More
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Mortality Rates Rise in Older People During the Omicron Wave
[ad_1] Despite strong vaccination levels among older people, Covid killed them at much higher rates this winter during the Omicron wave than last year, taking advantage of the long delaysRead More
Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Mortality Rates
[ad_1] While health surveillance is weak, he acknowledged that Sierra Leoneans had the last, horrific experience of Ebola that killed 4,000 people here in 2014-16. Since then, he said, citizensRead More
Higher Rates of Black Adults Hospitalized than White Adults
[ad_1] According to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black adults were hospitalized at nearly four times the rate of white adults in the sixRead More
Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes
[ad_1] The handwritten doctor’s order was just eight words long, but it solved a problem for Dundee Manor, a nursing home in rural South Carolina struggling to handle a newRead More