Science News<p>A mysterious new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> may be to blame for severe, unexplained <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflammation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflammation</span></a> in older men. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VEXAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VEXAS</span></a> syndrome, an illness discovered just two years ago, affects nearly 1 in 4,000 men over 50 years old, scientists estimate.</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deadly-vexas-syndrome-common-doctors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/deadly</span><span class="invisible">-vexas-syndrome-common-doctors</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sciencemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencemastodon</span></a></p>