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Cases of seasonal viruses in northern California fell by roughly two-thirds in the spring and early summer of 2020 compared with years past, even as the COVID-19 pandemic raged through the region, a JAMA study found....Read More

Ten of the more than 4 million people in the United States who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through Jan. 10 had a potentially life-threatening side effect, according to data released Friday by the CDC....Read More

The effects of the seasonal flu in the United States remain “lower than usual for this time of year,” with just 0.1% of nose and throat samples tested nationally coming back positive for the virus, according...

Overall brain activity declines during light stages of sleep, even as communication between different brain regions becomes “much more dynamic,” according to the researchers behind a study published Friday by iScience....Read More

A new wearable device may help people with inflammatory bowel disease, more quickly predict when flare-ups will occur, a study presented Thursday during the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress found....Read More

A custom-made vaccine against melanoma still protects against advanced disease four years after cancer patients receive it, according to a study published Thursday by Nature Medicine....Read More

Two antibody drugs significantly reduce the amount of COVID-19 in people with mild or moderate symptoms, a study published Thursday by JAMA found....Read More

The use of fixed-dose combination antibiotics needs to reconsidered, given questions about their efficacy and safety, as well as their possible role in increasing antibiotic resistance, according to the authors of a stud...Read More

Regions of the United States with greater levels of income inequality have higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

Rates of methamphetamine overdose deaths in the United States increased five-fold from 2011 to 2018, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry....Read More