New malaria vaccine: No silver bullet but an important step towards eradication

In what was very big news for global health, this week the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M. Malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites and transmitted via mosquitoes, still causes many millions of cases and more than 600,000 deaths annually, the majority in children under five and pregnant […]

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Hybrid closed-loop technology improves maternal glucose levels for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes: Clinical trial

For pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, a technology giving insulin doses, as informed by a smartphone algorithm, helps them better manage their blood sugars compared with traditional insulin pumps or multiple daily injections, according to a new randomized trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes […]

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New research assesses unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa

The burden of non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes is increasing globally, especially in low-income and middle-income countries where they occur alongside epidemics of communicable diseases like HIV. A large public health survey in South Africa led by Emily Wong, M.D., has assessed the multimorbidity health needs of individuals and communities in rural KwaZulu-Natal and established a framework to quantify […]

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Risk of long COVID in people with pre-existing conditions found to be higher among short sleepers

While infections and hospitalizations from the COVID-19 virus are expected to rise during the fall and winter respiratory virus season, a new study suggests that sleep duration modulates the relationship between pre-existing medical conditions and long COVID. Compared with individuals who had no pre-existing conditions and an average sleep duration of 6 to 9 hours per night, the risk of […]

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