On the menu tonight, a nice, nutritional, bacteria-killing virus. Sounds unappealing? It may not be to your cells. In a new study, scientists revealed that a type of bacteriophage — a virus that infects and kills bacteria — found in the human gut helps mammal cells grow and thrive in what could be a symbiotic […]
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A patient developed malaria in Arkansas earlier in October, making now 10 cases this year that occurred in Florida, Texas, Maryland and Arkansas. None of those infected had traveled outside of the country to a risky area—meaning they caught it inside the U.S. This has not happened for 20 years. Why Are The New Infections […]
Vaccinations are a rite of passage for children — not the most pleasant experience, but a little needle prick can provide decades of protection against disease. But now dozens of parents and patients in South Florida allege in a lawsuit, needles used to deliver that protection also brought on some horrible infections. The patients got […]
Vaccinations are a rite of passage for children — not the most pleasant experience, but a little needle prick can provide decades of protection against disease. But now dozens of parents and patients in South Florida allege in a lawsuit that needles used to deliver that protection also brought on some horrible infections. The patients […]
By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:35 EDT, 27 October 2023 | Updated: 12:49 EDT, 27 October 2023
Three more people in San Diego have been confirmed to have Salmonella infections linked to raw, unpasteurized milk from Raw Farm LLC dairy in California. Another seven people are now sick in Orange County. As of Oct. 26 there are a 19 outbreak patients. Three of the patients, all children, have been so sick they […]
Necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are considered life-threatening and require prompt surgical management in addition to antimicrobial therapy.1 SSTI guidelines from 2014 recommend therapy containing broad gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic coverage for necrotizing SSTIs. Empiric regimens often consist of vancomycin or linezolid plus piperacillin-tazobactam or a carbapenem, or they will consist of a […]
Various risk factors, including a high body mass index (BMI), diabetes, and longer surgical duration, were linked to a higher risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients who had surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC). The study in BMC Surgery also found that presence of colostomy and open surgical procedures contributed to the higher risk. […]
More than 31,000 Americans were diagnosed with mpox in the 2022-2023 outbreak, including 55 who died, according to CDC data ByBrenda Goodman, CNN, CNNWire Friday, October 27, 2023 1:57PM Men who have sex with men and others who are at high risk of mpox infection should get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine, even now […]