All posts by LadyLively

  • ‘Two-Target’ Antibiotics Could Make Bacterial Resistance Much Tougher

    Synthetic antibiotics that attack bacteria in two directions at once could be the solution for combatting antimicrobial-resistant bugs, a new study claims. These dual-action antibiotics, called macrolones, disrupt bacterial cell function in two different ways. It’s nearly...

    • Posted July 25, 2024
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  • Bird Flu Is Now Transmitting Mammal-to-Mammal: Study

    The bird flu is now jumping between species of mammals, a step that draws the virus closer to hopping into human beings, a new study warns. Researchers have tracked transmission of avian influenza between dairy cows in...

    • Posted July 25, 2024
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  • Need a Good Medicare Advantage Plan? They’re Tough to Find for Poorer Americans

    Medicare Advantage plans are touted as a great alternative to traditional Medicare, offering seniors easier access to doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs. But access to a good Medicare Advantage plan relies heavily on where a person lives,...

    • Posted July 25, 2024
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  • CDC Warns of Shortage of Bottles Needed for Crucial Blood Tests

    Hospitals and clinical laboratories across the United States are facing a critical shortage of bottles used to culture blood samples, federal health officials report. Without the ability to culture blood, patients might receive the wrong antibiotics to...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Big Drop in U.S. Kids, Teens Misusing Prescription Meds

    Misuse of illicit prescription drugs is falling dramatically among U.S. high school students, a new study says. The percentage of seniors who say they’ve misused prescription drugs in the past year has dropped to 2% in 2022,...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • COVID-19 Won’t Raise Odds for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study

    COVID-19 doesn’t raise a person’s risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome more than any other infectious disease, a new study finds. The rate of chronic fatigue syndrome following a brief illness was roughly the same between people...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Arizona Health Officials Warn of Uptick in Hantavirus Cases

    Arizona health officials are reporting an increase in hantavirus infections, which are spread by rodents and can cause severe respiratory illness. In a recent health alert, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced there have been seven...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Twice-Yearly Shot Protects At-Risk Women Against HIV

    Just two shots a year of an HIV treatment provided complete protection against infections in highly at-risk women, researchers reported Wednesday. In the study of about 5,000 women in South Africa and Uganda, those given injections of lenacapavir were...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • More Americans With Diabetes Are Turning to Marijuana

    As marijuana loses much of its stigma and laws around its use relax, Americans are increasingly consuming it medically and recreationally. Americans with diabetes are no exception, a new study finds. The number of adults with diabetes...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Better Screening Key to Closing U.S. ‘Race Gap’ in Colon Cancer Deaths

    Black Americans are almost a third more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers, and one key to closing that divide could be better cancer screening, a new report finds. That means getting Black...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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