BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Our first responders continue to serve our community in many ways, whether on or off the clock, and they just wrapped up a friendly competition between departments. During the month of July, Houchin Community Blood Bank partnered with local first responders to save lives for this year’s “Answer the Call” Blood […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Birmingham Police Department (BPD) hosted its Battle of the Badges Blood Drive with the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross has been dealing with a shortage of blood since the start of the pandemic. Last month, the organization said donations were being used quicker than […]
Last winter, a particularly severe season of RSV overwhelmed pediatric hospitals with a surge of sick infants struggling to breathe as their lungs filled with secretions. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, can be especially dangerous for preterm infants as well as those with underlying medical conditions, but research published Tuesday underscores that healthy babies are […]
A second person has died from an aggressive and extremely rare bacterial infection that prompted a statewide public health alert earlier this summer. Vibrio vulnificus can cause life-threatening infections that require extensive care or limb amputations. Infections spread through raw or undercooked oysters and seafood or saltwater. There have been three reported cases of these […]
Piction Health Dermatology, a groundbreaking dermatology practice powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has launched in the state of Massachusetts.1 SOMKID/AdobeStock With the addition of Massachusetts cities including Boston and Cambridge, the virtual clinic now has 41 locations and also serves the states of Connecticut, Florida, and New Hampshire. Its mission is to democratize dermatologic care […]
Estimated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk and projected number of cardiovascular events (in millions) in 10 years without and with semaglutide treatment, among us adults without cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese. Data adapted from Wong ND et al., Cardiovasc Drug Therapy 2023. Credit: Dr. Nathan Wong, UC Irvine School of Medicine Researchers from the […]
Share on PinterestCould a new vaccine targeting the Epstein-Barr virus help prevent MS and various cancers? Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Researchers developed a vaccine for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which is linked to a 32-fold higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). They found that the vaccine induced a strong immune against EBV that lasted seven months […]
It’s a common ritual of summer: with the warm weather comes more outdoor activities, and more encounters with disease-spreading pathogens. A summer favorite? In the U.S., the Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged tick. And with a new batch of celebrities reporting infections this summer—model Bella Hadid, singer Shania Twain, and actress Riley Keough—it’s worth taking stock of […]
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are some of the leading causes of mortality from infection worldwide.1 Mortality rates may increase further with delays in initiation of antimicrobial therapy, which makes reduction in broad-spectrum antibiotic use in the initial empiric phase of treatment challenging.2 However, excessive duration of antibiotic treatment poses challenges and is associated with adverse drug […]
COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests. “There are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activity indicators after a long period of gradual decline,” the agency’s online epidemiology update said on Tuesday. “This may be an early sign of […]