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A large study of nearly 20,000 children found that the flu vaccine was effective at preventing hospitalizations and outpatient visits, with protection ranging from 34% to 60% over three recent seasons. This confirms that vaccination remains the best tool to reduce the risk of flu in children, especially since vaccine uptake was low, with fewer than half of kids getting the shot each year.
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A study in mice found that deleting a specific gene called Six3 from certain brain cells after birth shortened the animals’ internal daily (circadian) clock. This shows that the Six3 gene plays a unique role in fine-tuning our body’s 24-hour rhythms even after the brain is fully developed, which could have implications for understanding sleep and reproductive health.
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Researchers report that bloodstream infections caused by the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris increased at a faster rate in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. This highlights how the pandemic strained healthcare systems and may have created conditions that allowed dangerous, hard-to-treat infections to spread more easily.
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