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© AHMAD AL-RUBAYE—AFP via Getty Images) Catching both COVID-19 and the flu at the same time more than doubles the risk of death, a new study published by the Lancet has found. The study, which looke

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They’re known as butterfly children, people born with skin so fragile that a simple touch can create wounds that may never fully heal. Now, in a small study of patients with the rare inherited disease

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Reducing alcohol intake will likely reduce cardiovascular risk in all individuals. Krishna G. Aragam, MD, MS Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital BOSTON – Observational research has suggested

March 23, 2022 – Before COVID, tuberculosis was the leading infectious disease killer in the world. To mark World TB Day, March 24, Sarah Fortune, John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infect

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In the 1970s, Hank Balfour, a virologist at the University of Minnesota Medical School, was studying the long-term survival prospects of kidney transplant patients when he noticed that a small proport