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Probiotics help treat recurring urinary tract infections

Taking a vaginal probiotic, either on its own or with an oral probiotic, for four months reduced the incidence of urinary tract infections in women with a history of recurring UTIs

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Honeypot ants (Camponotus inflatus) hanging from the ceiling of a nest, engorged with nectar

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Honey made by ants could treat some bacterial and fungal infections

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C. difficile spore in gold emerges from a bacterium in turquoise

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New antibiotic may clear Clostridium difficile and stop reinfection

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13403526be) Demonstrators with the Millions Missing organization gather outside of the White House on September 19, 2022, laying down on the sidewalk in an act of civil disobedience to call for urgent governmental action for the millions of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long-term COVID, and other infection-associated, complex- chronic diseases. Civil Disobedience Health Care Protest At White House, Washington, d.c., United States - 19 Sep 2022

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Long-neglected chronic conditions finally come into the spotlight

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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Health workers treat people with cholera at a hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, in January 2023

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Global cholera outbreak: More than 1 billion people are at risk

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Lesbian couple with newborn child hugging.

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A single injection could protect babies against RSV over winter

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against monkeypox in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in August 2022

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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A child sitting in a hospital bed

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Why are children catching so many illnesses this winter?

Many countries in the northern hemisphere are seeing surges of childhood respiratory infections like influenza and RSV. While this is partly because child infections fell during covid-19 restrictions, that isn’t the whole story

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Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there a vaccine?

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What we know so far about strep A child deaths in the UK

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Vaccine to prevent UTIs could be taken as a dissolving tablet

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Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

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