Cutaneous candidiasis is a yeast infection that affects the skin and causes a red rash accompanied by dry and scaly patches of skin. Sometimes, these scales will ooze pus or become crusty. This article discusses ways to identify a yeast infection on the skin, its causes, and treatment for both temporary and chronic symptoms. Zoran […]
article American Red Cross bloodmobile. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) According to the Red Cross, which provides roughly 40% of the nation’s blood supply, the critical shortage comes after back-to-back months of “climate-driven disasters” and a nearly 25% drop in donations in August. Hurricane Lee could exacerbate the problem more […]
If you’ve been thinking about donating blood, now is a great time to support your community. With recent climate disasters—many of which have affected the South—paired alongside summer travel and families preparing kids to return to school, blood and platelet donations to the American Red Cross have slowed by “about 30,000” in August alone, the […]
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Local blood providers are raising concerns as blood supplies are once again reaching critically low levels. Earlier this week, the American Red Cross announced there is a national blood shortage in wake of back-to-back natural disasters and a critical summer shortfall. According to the Red Cross, blood supplies have dropped nearly […]
Powers Fire & Rescue is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the department’s fire station (1975 Highway 184). Residents are encouraged to donate blood by scheduling a time at Vitalant.org and enter ing blood donation code “powers.” #placement_595033_0_i{margin:0 auto;}
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/new-method-for-detecti-1.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/new-method-for-detecti-1.jpg" data-sub-html="Bessel beam two-photon microscopy can be used to visualize capillaries in the brain. (Left) Maximum intensity projection to observe capillary stalling. (Right) Representative examples of different types of stalling events. Credit: Neurophotonics (2023). DOI: 10.1117/1.NPh.10.3.035009″> Bessel beam two-photon microscopy can be used to visualize capillaries in the brain. (Left) Maximum intensity projection […]
A baby who died shortly after birth in Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) did not receive blood for some 22 minutes despite being born very anaemic and acutely unwell, an inquest has heard. Concerns were also raised that when an emergency call was made for help resuscitating baby Tom Luke Moynihan, the consultant on call […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee and MEDIC Regional Blood Center are leading Florida and LifeSouth Community Blood Center in their annual UT vs. Florida Blood Drive, but not by much. Every year, MEDIC and blood donors in Knoxville take part in a friendly, competitive blood drive against a Gainesville Florida area blood bank. Last year, […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – As three deaths are reported following 22 infections of West Nile virus in Kansas in 2023, the KDHE has warned that most of the Sunflower State is at high risk. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13, that it has issued a high-risk warning for West […]
Laboratory: ©Imaging L – stock.adobe.com It’s a great day for mRNA technology, particularly in the field of infectious diseases. Today, Moderna announced it had met its primary endpoints in a phase 3 trial for the company’s influenza vaccine, mRNA-1010. The vaccine had generated a powerful response against all 4 influenza virus strains compared to traditional […]