Laine Bergeson is a CIDRAP News editor/writer.
Some degree of hearing loss may affect 18% of survivors.
Injectable drugs account for 63% of the vulnerable medicines on the list.
Up to 16% of respiratory samples collected at 2 Boston hospitals tested positive for tuberculosis DNA.
Chlorhexidine cut umbilical cord infection rates by 29% in low- and middle-income countries.
The findings support the case for sex-neutral vaccination programs.
The 30- and 90-day mortality rates for infected patients were 12% and 19%, respectively.
The study also reveals that women with long COVID experience more heart problems than men.
In a new study, the risk of heart attack or stroke was halved in those who received a flu vaccine.
