Category Archives: Infection

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Antibiotics used to treat common childhood ailments are becoming less and less effective, according to a new study. Many of the antibiotics often used to treat infections like pneumonia, sepsis (bloodstream infections), and meningitis, which children often contract, are now less than 50 percent effective, the study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health—Southeast […]

If you’ve ever dealt with diarrhea, you know how quickly it leaves you feeling depleted. Now imagine a case that rages on and on — or comes back again and again. This is the reality for nearly 500,000 Americans each year who have the bacterial infection known as Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. Virulent diarrhea […]

November 1, 2023 Opinion Video Christian Sandrock, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key takeaways from 2023 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections and how these updates have been implemented at his institution. Related Videos Related Content Related Content

In the United States and in many parts of the world, a strep throat infection can be treated early with penicillin and poses minimal health threats. However, for people living in areas with limited access to health care, an untreated infection can introduce serious health consequences. This includes developing into rheumatic heart disease, a potentially fatal condition. In […]

Suspicions were already there, but officially, Morocco was still free of ToBRFV. An update from EPPO has now changed that. The European plant health authority is adopting a notification from Morocco’s plant health colleagues. It states that in October 2021, Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus was found for the first time. After the first official […]

“For example, at Queen Mary Hospital, the number of cases has risen by 10 to 15 per cent in these two weeks. “In every 10 Covid-19 patients, around one to two of them had to be admitted to intensive care units. I believe that in the coming weeks, these severe cases will be more common.” […]

People age 80 and up who have not yet had COVID-19 three years into the pandemic may seem a lucky bunch, but a new study shows they remain at persistent high risk of serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death, if they do contract it. For that group, it’s critical to get vaccinated, said Danuta M. […]

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many antibiotics long used to treat common childhood infections are no longer effective because of antibiotic resistance. The authors of a new study say global guidelines on antibiotic use need to be updated to reflect this, and they called for an increased focus on developing new antibiotics for […]

This study focuses on the dangerous Marburg and Ebola viruses, which have caused deadly outbreaks in recent years. While we know about some factors that help these viruses enter our cells, there’s still a lot we don’t understand. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, scientists from Karolinska Institutet and the Institute of Molecular […]