Mexican Pediatricians Provide Recommendations for RSV Prevention in Infants
The Mexican Society of Pediatrics, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary panel of experts, has published an opinion on immune prevention against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The document evaluates maternal vaccinations and long-acting monoclonal antibodies...
KI: German Registry for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Launched
The German Register for Chronic Rhinosinusitis has officially started operations. The joint project of the German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the Medical Association of German Allergologists is intended to systematically record the...
Gas chromatography: Mobile system detects food fraud on site
In the future, a mobile gas chromatography sensor system will identify incorrectly declared products directly on site. To this end, three Fraunhofer Institutes are developing an inexpensive, easy-to-use device that enables a quick evaluation even by non-experts. It...
Innovative substance against periodontitis specifically blocks harmful bacteria
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a substance that inhibits harmful bacteria in periodontitis without destroying the entire oral microbiome. The spin-off PerioTrap has launched dental care products on the market that maintain the natural balance of the oral flora....
New treatment option for multiple myeloma: Unclear benefit due to lack of comparative data
Linvoseltamab is approved as monotherapy for adults with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior therapies. The EU Commission granted conditional approval to the bispecific antibody in April 2025. This enables early use,...
Sleep and exercise significantly reduce the risk of dementia, even with a genetic predisposition
Alzheimer's and stroke are two common and feared neurological diseases. But you can actively prevent it and thus significantly reduce your personal risk of receiving one of the two diagnoses. This is shown by a recent study from "BMC Public Health". Particularly...
DGFG reports record number of tissue donations
Never before have so many tissues been donated in Germany as last year. Although there were no more approvals in percentage terms than in 2024, the number of reports, educational discussions and thus also of people who donated tissue was noticeably higher than in...
First woman to head the DSG
At the turn of the year , Professor Waltraud Pfeilschifter, Chief Physician of the Clinic for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at Lüneburg Hospital, will take over the presidency of the German Stroke Society - and thus the responsibility for around 1,100 members...
Trastuzumab deruxtecan brings “considerable additional benefit” in gastric cancer
It is good news for people with stomach cancer: On the basis of a comparative study by the manufacturer that started before approval, IQWiG now sees a considerable additional benefit for patients with advanced HER2-positive adenocarcinoma of the stomach or the...
2,000-year-old herpes viruses discovered in the human genome
It is a sensation: For the first time, researchers have reconstructed ancient genomes of the human beta-herpesviruses 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains that are over two millennia old. An international research team led by the University of Vienna...
