A new study is offering data to back one of the core assumptions about the spread of Covid: The intensity of exposure to the virus matters, and vaccines and prior infections can only help so much — but they do indeed help. The research, led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health and […]
(CNN) – COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the United States, but vaccines and immunity from prior infections have adjusted the way our bodies react to the virus that causes the disease. The risk of hospitalization or death from the virus since the height of the pandemic has gone down, even as COVID-19 cases in […]
MASSAPEQUA, NY — It was a successful blood drive in honor of a local woman who died of cancer. Bridget McElroy, who was in her mid-30s when she passed away, wanted people to donate blood to save others. The Aug. 19 drive at Marjorie Post Park Community Center in Massapequa received 62 pints of blood. […]
Share on PinterestNew research suggests that prescriptions for fruits and vegetables may help people lose weight and decrease several risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Cavan Images/Getty Images A new study indicates that produce prescriptions may decrease risk factors for cardiovascular disease and increase fruit and vegetable consumption. The research also suggests that produce prescriptions might […]
A 64-year-old Australian woman had an 8-centimeter roundworm extracted from her brain in the world’s first case of the new parasitic infection. The Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm was pulled, alive and wriggling, from the patient after brain surgery at Canberra Hospital, according to an Aug. 28 Australian National University news release. Researchers suspect larvae were also […]
Tracy Ridout, 53, developed a rare infection called capnocytophaga canimorsus after being playfully nipped on the hand by a German shepherd while playing with her friend’s dog. The tiny wound soon turned into an infection, which quickly spread to her kidneys, liver and blood, leaving Tracy fighting for her life after going into septic shock, […]
Hand hygiene (Adobe Stock, unknown) Infection control became an established discipline in US hospitals in the 1950s, unleashing an infection prevention movement that, over the last 70 years, led to the acceptance of proper hand hygiene as the most effective way to reduce health care-associated infections (HAIs) as well as the establishment of hand hygiene […]
Giving blood ahead of Labor Day weekend could land you $500 in beef courtesy of the Oklahoma Beef Council. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 31 and Sept.1, blood donors will receive OBI’s annual spooky t-shirt and all-beef hot dogs as the Oklahoma Blood Institute teams up with the Oklahoma Beef Council in an attempt to […]
The two share a lot of similarities, but there are key differences between them. It’s a common occurrence for a set of symptoms to potentially indicate a variety of distinct conditions or ailments. This can often lead to challenges in accurately identifying the specific illness, disorder, syndrome, or infection afflicting an individual. In March 2020, […]
The FDA has approved luspatercept (Reblozl) for the treatment of anemia in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who may need red blood cell (RBC) transfusions and are naïve to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).1 The approval was supported by data from the COMMANDS study, a global phase 3 trial in which 58.5% (n = 86) of […]