Vadodara: After nine nights of festive revelry, Barodians find themselves nursing sore throats, mild fever, and bouts of cough and body ache. Doctors point to close contact during the festivities and a shift from hotter days to relatively colder nights as the culprits behind the spike in viral infections.Dr Ranjan Aiyer, medical superintendent of state-run […]
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers report that the heterogeneity of Group A streptococcal infections and the transition of local to systemic infections occurs along with alterations of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) homeostasis by the pathogen. Study: Pathogen-driven degradation of endogenous and therapeutic antibodies during streptococcal infections. Image Credit: Jezper / Shutterstock.com […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Lansing woman’s life was turned upside down when visited the doctor for an ear infection and discovered she had a brain tumor. Annette Courtier went to her doctor for an ear infection, little did she know her doctor would also discover she had a benign pituitary brain tumor. But this […]
Abstract Respiratory mucosal immunity induced by vaccination is vital for protection from coronavirus infection in animal models. In humans, the capacity of peripheral vaccination to generate sustained immunity in the lung mucosa, and how this is influenced by prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, is unknown. Here we show using bronchoalveolar lavage samples that donors with history of […]
Abstract Immunity induced by vaccination and infection, referred to as hybrid immunity, provides better protection against SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to immunity induced by vaccinations alone. To assess the development of hybrid immunity we investigated the induction of Nucleoprotein-specific antibodies in PCR-confirmed infections by Delta or Omicron in vaccinated individuals (n = 520). Eighty-two percent of the participants […]
Abstract Arthritogenic alphaviruses are positive-strand RNA viruses that cause debilitating musculoskeletal diseases affecting millions worldwide. A recent discovery identified the four-and-a-half-LIM domain protein 1 splice variant A (FHL1A) as a crucial host factor interacting with the hypervariable domain (HVD) of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) nonstructural protein 3 (nsP3). Here, we show that acute and chronic chikungunya […]
Mom survives flesh-eating bacterial infection Kiyahki Bivins is a mother of three who has had to fight for her life. She said she spent three months in Peidmont Hospital after mysteriously contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Eventually, the sickness caused her to lose limbs and fingers. She tells the FOX 5 Medical Team she’s finally […]
Kids who got booster were infectious for same duration as unvaccinated kids Study suggests return-to-school plans don’t need to include vaccine mandates READ MORE: CDC recommends Covid boosters for children six months and up By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:20 EDT, 25 October 2023 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 25 October 2023
PHOENIX — Health officials said a suspected case of a rare brain-eating amoeba in Arizona turned out to be negative for the infection. Specimens of the suspected case of Naegleria Fowleri were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing and determined to not be positive, Eugene Livar, assistant director of public […]
