Monthly Archives: July 2023
Jul
Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill. Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has […]
Jul
COVID-19 cases are again increasing in the Greater Houston area, information that likely no one wants to hear as they are soaking up the final month or so of summer by traveling to vacation destinations or gathering with family and friends. According to the Houston Health Department, the COVID-19 positivity rate is 12.6 percent, while […]
Jul
Federal officials are investigating two new foodborne illness outbreaks. One of the outbreaks involves E. coli and has sickened at least 13 people, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has initiated traceback efforts but has not reported what food or foods are being traced. The FDA has not released any patient information, […]
Infection
‘Conjunctivitis Surge an Epidemic’: Doctors Say Infections Likely to Peak Soon | All You Need to Know
Jul
Watery discharge, irritation, itching, swelling of the lids, redness and pain in the eyes – these are the top complaints of the majority of patients visiting emergency departments of hospitals and eye clinics in northern India. Blame the heavy monsoon and humid weather conditions. Doctors are calling the surge in eye infections an “epidemic”, which […]
Jul
Consistent with the World Socialist Web Site’s (WSWS) warnings of a summer surge of COVID infections as evidenced by wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that hospitalizations due to infections with the coronavirus were up by more than 10 percent across the country. These have also been substantiated […]
Jul
Ziya Isiksacan, PhD, a research fellow in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery (CEMS) is the lead author, and Osman Berk Usta, PhD, an investigator in the CEMS at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, is the senior author of a new study published in PNAS, […]
Jul
Plain Language Summary Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at considerable risk of serious infections. Clinical providers report an ongoing challenge during an encounter with a febrile illness in SLE patients, by way of the varied types of infections mimicking lupus disease flare. Misdiagnosis of an infection for lupus flare will lead to complications […]
Jul
image: Individual muscle stem cells fuse to form multinucleated elongated muscle fibre precursors. view more Credit: Dr. Eric Metzler, scientist at MyoPax GmbH To help bring therapies for rare muscle diseases in children to market sooner, the Berlin-based start-up MyoPax, a spin-off from the Max Delbrück Center and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has now received a […]
Jul
Lifeblood has launched an urgent nationwide search for blood donors to help a South Australian mother-of-two with a blood type so rarei just one in 10,000 people may be a match. 37-year-old Amira is currently in an Adelaide hospital awaiting urgent open-heart surgery. She is expected to need more than 20 bags of blood prior […]