“Right now those guys are feeling very vulnerable, and very, very few are willing to cooperate,” UTMB’s Dr. Gregory Gray tells the New York Times about farm workers dealing with the spread of bird flu. There is a chance the virus will burn through and disappear but that could take months or years the Times reports.

Vaccine Smarts columnists Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp share the latest CDC recommendations for adults interested in the RSV vaccine. “Currently, all adults aged 75 and older, as well as adults aged 60-74 who are at increased risk for severe RSV disease, should receive a single dose of an RSV vaccine,” they write.

Learning is a vital part of life and health writes Dr. Samuel Mathis.

Getting pregnant can make you older write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their Medical Discovery News column. New reports find that pregnancy can accelerate biological aging in women.

UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis spoke to The Healthy about the connection between stress and UTIs. “Stress does not directly cause UTIs, but it can make you more susceptible to an infection through its effect on our immune system,” Mathis said.

Houston TV station KPRC visited Dr. Rakez Kayed in Galveston to learn more about the groundbreaking nasal spray treatment for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other similar diseases.

“Stress does not directly cause swollen lymph nodes,” UTMB’s Dr. Samuel Mathis tells They Healthy for this article on swollen lymph nodes and what to do about them. “However, stress can lead to swollen lymph nodes by affecting the immune system.”