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Flu, viral fever, and COVID-19 all cause fever and respiratory symptoms, but key differences in onset, symptom patterns, duration, and testing guide diagnosis and treatment.

Scientists report unusually high Chagas disease parasite rates in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border region.

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to many changes. Among them is universal familiarity with a molecular diagnostic technique that was largely unknown outside clinical use. The polymerase chain reaction — or ...

Evidence from multiple model systems supports a shift away from heme transport and toward metabolic dysfunction and oxidative stress as key drivers of TANGO2 deficiency.

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