AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Public Health is reporting the death of a Travis County resident after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection. The resident became ill after swimming in Lake Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) in August. “Although these infections are very rare, this is an important reminder that there are microbes present in natural […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Infection
Researchers Find Male and Female Immune Systems Get Trained Differently in Response to Infections
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The human immune system is adaptive, remembering past infections and training itself to guard against future similar infections. But what happens when people have compromised immune systems due to chronic conditions, aging, or medications that decrease immunity as a side effect? In such cases, people can get opportunistic infections, so called because the germs causing […]
Infection
How frequent are hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections and what hospital characteristics are associated with rates of hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections?
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In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the frequency of hospital-onset coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and the hospital characteristics related to hospital-onset infections by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the United States (US). Study: Assessment of Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates and Testing Practices in the US, 2020-2022. […]
Cancer and neoplasms
Aberdeen University researchers receive funding boost into study for rare cancer
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Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and Queen’s University Belfast have received a £280,000 boost from Blood Cancer UK. It will know form a study looking at DNA and samples from people with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) to identify what may be responsible for causing the disease. MPN affects around four thousand people in the UK every […]
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We Are Blood, the sole provider of blood to more than 50 hospitals and medical facilities in Central Texas, will implement the Food and Drug Administration’s updated guidance on blood donor criteria Sept. 6, which will expand LGBTQ donor eligibility. According to a news release, the new guidance will allow for more Central Texas community […]
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BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner donated blood for the first time on Tuesday, in celebration of new rules that open blood donation to gay and bisexual men. Eye drop recall grows after FDA warning, reports of ‘adverse events’ DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky donated blood at the […]
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The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month With Canada identifying its first case of coronavirus infection involving the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in an individual in British Columbia, a fresh concern has emerged worldwide. The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month. It boasts of over 35 mutations in significant […]
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Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has been in the NFL for a decade, but the start to this season feels a lot different than the ones he’s experienced in the past. Goodwin felt an unexpected shortness of breath while working out during the team’s minicamp this offseason and was then diagnosed with blood clots in […]
Infection
Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease rises to 16 in southeast Poland close to Ukraine border
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Poland’s health authorities say the death toll from Legionnaires’ disease has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeast region close to the border with Ukraine ByThe Associated Press August 30, 2023, 6:37 AM FILE – This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows […]
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A research team from the University of Melbourne (Australia) has managed to create a swift, low cost and scalable way to bioengineer blood vessels from natural tissue. This is an exciting step forward in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, which is currently the number one killer globally. The efficient functioning of blood vessels is vital […]