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Brain-eating amoeba suspected of second death in the Midwest

Brain-eating amoeba suspected of second death in the Midwest

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OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — A child likely died of a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, marking the second likely death in the Midwest this summer and raising the number of deaths. question whether climate change plays a role. The Douglas County Department of …

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Ivermectin among generics that failed to help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, large studies show

Ivermectin among generics that failed to help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, large studies show

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A new study found that three generic drugs — fluvoxamine, commonly prescribed to treat depression, the controversial antimalarial drug ivermectin and the diabetes pill metformin — failed to prevent the kind of severe COVID-19 that leads to emergency room visits or hospitalization. The study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, examined whether …

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