An interdisciplinary team of artificial intelligence (AI) and global health researchers at Washington University in St. Louis sought to determine how the use of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services may affect rates of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rutgers researchers find that 17% of discarded packs had proper tax stamps, down sharply from 2011.

A new study led by UT Health San Antonio suggests that a keto diet might benefit females more than males, and that estrogen could promote protection against adverse effects of the popular diet.

Using a care pathway focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to shorter hospital stays, increased referrals to pulmonary rehabilitation, and improved standardization of care, according to a new study.

People with leukemia have a weakened immune system due to the disease itself and treatment, which leads to an increased susceptibility to infections. In a revised guideline, experts summarize the findings of the past ten years on all viruses that cause respiratory infections: How dangerous are they in detail? How are they diagnosed? Are hygiene measures necessary? What treatment and vaccination strategies are available? Professor Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal from the Institute for Diversity Medicine at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, is the lead author of the recommendations of the European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL) on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of community-acquired respiratory viral infections (CARV), which will be published on August 27, 2025 in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.