Monthly Archives: August 2023

Conjunctivitis: Causes, how this viral eye infection spreads, treatment and prevention tips

ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi Aug 02, 2023 08:21 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Health experts reveal the causes of conjunctivitis, how this viral eye infection spreads, what is its treatment and medication along with prevention tips For the past few days, there has been a concerning outbreak of conjunctivitis cases in the country, especially […]

Alabama infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo tapped to replace Fauci

Alabama infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo tapped to replace Fauci | The Hill Skip to content The National Institutes of Health Federal health officials announced Wednesday that Alabama infectious diseases director Jeanne Marrazzo will become the new head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) beginning this fall. The announcement comes about eight […]

NIH selects Jeanne Marrazzo to lead infectious diseases institute

Aug 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday that Jeanne Marrazzo had been selected to head its infectious diseases institute, months after its long-time director Anthony Fauci stepped down from the position. Fauci is the top U.S. infectious disease official who became the face of America’s response to the […]

Study assesses the value of predictive biomarkers for early-stage COVID-19 infection

In a recent study published in the journal Healthcare, researchers illustrated that certain biomarkers may be better predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than others. Study: Prognostic Value of Routine Biomarkers in the Early Stage of COVID-19. Image Credit: Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock.com Biomarkers such as platelet (PLT) and eosinophil (EOS) count appeared to predict COVID-19 severity […]

Constipation associated with increased risk of hypertension, cardiovascular events in elderly Australian patients

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/constipation-associate.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/constipation-associate.jpg" data-sub-html="Summary of the findings. This study found that constipation was positively associated with hypertension and cardiovascular events. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. This figure was partly generated using Servier Medical Art, provided by Servier, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported license. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38068-y”> Summary of […]

Evolving viruses to fight bacterial infections

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/evolving-viruses-to-fi.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/evolving-viruses-to-fi.jpg" data-sub-html="Structure of E. coli C's rough type LPS. The rough type LPS of E. coli C is composed of two parts: lipid A (composed of an acetylated and 1,4′-diphosporylated β(1→6)-linked glucosamine (GlcN) disaccharide) and the core OS (Raetz and Whitfield 2002). The core OS is subdivided into a structurally conserved inner core […]

Updated COVID boosters; Infant peanut exposure; AI improves breast cancer detection rate by 20%

doctor desk © Alena Kryazheva – stock.adobe.com Updated COVID boosters The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could authorize Pfizer’s updated COVID boosters as early as the end of this month. The latest booster is designed to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant which has been circulating since last winter. The booster rate is low in the United […]