People who test negative for the coronavirus but experience a lingering cough, fatigue or digestive issues may suffer from “long colds,” according to a new study. Contrary to the common belief that respiratory infections like colds and flu vanish within a week, the findings published Friday in the Lancet scientific journal suggest that they can lead […]
DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Eastern equine encephalitis is an uncommon but grave mosquito-borne illness which can cause severe brain infections. While rare, health officials say the illness is serious and can have long-term effects on the brain. In Georgia’s Southwest Health District, a single, isolated human case of EEE was detected, according to recent reports […]
Question: How do you know if you have HIV/AIDS? Are there any symptoms? Answered by: Daniel Cramer, APRN-NP, Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner focusing specifically on HIV care. We generally do not use the term “AIDS” anymore. We prefer a less stigmatizing term advanced HIV, a stage of chronic HIV infection that happens when CD4 cells […]
Some people may experience “long colds,” or long-term symptoms following common colds, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory illnesses, similar to the pattern seen in long COVID, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London. Published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal Friday, researchers found that even people with acute respiratory infections who tested negative […]
A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms -;or ‘long colds’-;after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19. Some of the most common symptoms of the ‘long cold’ included coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhea more than 4 weeks after the […]
Scientists have launched a pioneering trial using tonsil cells in a bid to find a vaccine for Group A Strep. Researchers at the University of Bristol are using a new technique called the tonsil organoid model as they investigate invasive Group A Strep – also known as iGAS – that can cause diseases like meningitis. […]
SAN ANTONIO – The community is getting ready to Light the Night! Light the Night is a special walk that celebrates and honors those affected by blood cancers. The mission of Light the Night is to raise money to support blood cancer patients, their families, and research. It’s happening at the Hemisfair on Oct 14 […]
Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis, according to a bombshell new report. TB is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, and there have been about 500 active cases of TB in NYC so far […]
Share on PinterestMounjaro may be more effective in controlling type 2 diabetes when added to insulin treatment. The Washington Post/Getty Images About half of all people with diabetes do not know they have it. However, uncontrolled type 2 diabetes may lead to potentially serious health issues. Researchers have now found that adding Mounjaro to insulin […]
New research being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2-6 Oct) shows that low muscle mass is associated with a two-fold risk of death from cardiovascular disease in individuals with diabetes. This association is independent of frailty, glycemic control and the microvascular complications […]