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Salmonella might seem like a mild inconvenience to some, but for sensitive groups, it can prove dangerous or deadly. In fact, 26,500 people are hospitalized with the bacterial infection each year in the U.S., and 420 people die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24. But while Black mental health needs are acute, the percentage of clinical psychologists in the U.S. who are Black is 4%. The dearth of therapists who look like their clients and have similar experiences may help explain why only a fraction of Black individuals with mental health concerns receive professional help.

A University of Florida Health physician-scientist led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts who recently developed new treatment guidelines emphasizing wider screening for the disease among children and adolescents in the general population before symptoms arise.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Antioquia, Colombia, have piloted a pioneering intervention for communities who have lived through the devastating impacts of a war that has lasted for more than six decades.

There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to take and what to leave behind when ordered to evacuate? Will your house still be there?

A 3D model accurately mimicking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by research teams led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Life Sciences, IT Convergence Engineering, and the Graduate School of Convergence at POSTECH, and Professor Sun Ha Paek from the Department of Neurosurgery at Seoul National University Hospital.

As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping family members keep track of their medications—which can get complicated.

There is considerable overlap between children with medical complexity (CMC) and autism, with significantly higher expenditures seen for those with medical complexity and autism, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Pediatrics.

President Donald Trump’s end of diversity, equity and inclusion language in federal agencies has caused U.S. health data to be removed or not be updated. Medical experts warn that the losses, even in areas like flu and COVID tracking where DEI isn’t central, make it harder to manage outbreaks and fix health disparities.

Lewy body diseases (LBDs) are a class of debilitating neurodegenerative disorders linked to the abnormal aggregation of the protein α-synuclein in nerve cells. When misfolded, this protein can produce clumps known as Lewy bodies, which can adversely impact the functioning of cells, contributing to neurodegeneration.