The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) to treat anemia in adults with very low- to intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who may require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions and have not received prior treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). The approval was based on interim results from the phase 3 COMMANDS […]
A new COVID-19 variant is being closely watched and has infectious disease experts concerned, weeks before a new COVID-19 vaccine is expected to become available. The new variant, BA.2.86, has raised concerns among infectious disease experts because of the number of genetic mutations it has, which they worry could allow the virus to more easily […]
Infections have surged in Rzeszow, whose strategic location near the Ukrainian border has transformed it into a hub for the Western response to Russia’s invasion. Sixteen people have died and over 150 have been hospitalized in southeastern Poland in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe strain of bacterial pneumonia, local health authorities said Wednesday. […]
Editor’s note: The headline of this story was updated to reflect that the amebic infection has resulted in one death. A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. […]
A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. APH officials stated a sample specimen from the case has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
West Nile virus infections are on the rise this year in California after a particularly wet winter led to more mosquito reproduction, according to health experts. The state had 55 human cases of the virus as of Aug. 25. Five of them were fatal, according to the California Mosquito-Borne Virus Surveillance and Response Program. That’s […]
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — According to Coffee Memorial Blood Center (CMBC), the center and Beef Loving Texans will partner to host a “Beef Up the Blood Supply” event this Thursday and Friday. The drive is expected to run both days at the CMBC location. Organizers said that donors who give blood on Thursday and Friday […]
AUTISM: the Thief of Speech By Don C. Reed Imagine a beloved infant child, and he/she smiles at you—but there is something wrong. You wait for the precious little words, the garbled “baby talk” which will gradually polish into speech– but it doesn’t come. Autism is an array of “developmental disorders, genetic conditions called Autism […]
A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Foods Journal indicated that total drinking water hardness can protect against cardiovascular disease mortality. Study: The Relationship between Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases and Total Drinking Water Hardness: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Sozina Kseniia/Shutterstock.com Background Almost 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases every year worldwide. Many risk […]
