Category Archives: Infection

Infectious disease expert Laura Gibson, MD’94, honored as WBJ champion of health care

Laura Gibson, MD’94 Laura Gibson, MD’94, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School, is among the first to be honored with a Central Mass Champions of Health Care Award from the Worcester Business Journal. The award honors those in health care “who are excelling in helping others, promoting innovation or improving access […]

COVID-19 infections jump over Thanksgiving holiday

MILWAUKEE — COVID-19 infections in Milwaukee County saw a big jump over the holiday weekend, according to new data.  What You Need To Know COVID-19 infections in Milwaukee County saw a big jump over the holiday weekend Milwaukee County’s Chief Health Policy Advisor Ben Weston posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, […]

The UK has detected its first human case of a new type of swine flu. What you need to know

A new type of swine flu has been detected in a United Kingdom human for the first time, the region’s Health Security Agency announced Monday. Symptoms of influenza A(H1N2)v, clade 1b.1.1, were mild in the individual, who has fully recovered, health authorities said in a news release. Hundreds of documented cases of swine flu occur […]

Azerbaijan updates weekly number of COVID-19 infections

The number of people infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) in Azerbaijan over the past week has been announced, News.az reports. The Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers said a total of 17 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered, 14 people recovered, and five people died over the week. In general, 834,152 cases of coronavirus […]

What to know about the respiratory illnesses surging in some parts of China

A surge of respiratory illnesses related to flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other infections has been sweeping across some parts of China and mainly infecting children, as the country experiences its first full winter since easing COVID-19 restrictions. Amid media reports of “undiagnosed pneumonia” cases overwhelming hospitals over the past few weeks, health authorities […]

Investigational Phage Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Multidrug Resistant Infections Shows 86.6% Resolution

One area of treatment that clinicians have struggled to get optimal outcomes is associated with patients who have cystic fibrosis (CF) and are colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P aeruginosa). The pathogen remains in the lungs of these patients, and over time, subsequent infections become more difficult to treat. It can have clinicians eventually running out […]

Infections pulmonaires : forte recrudescence chez les enfants en France, la bactérie mycoplasma pneumoniae visée

Santé publique France pointe une hausse importante des cas de pneumopathies chez les enfants en cette fin d’année. À titre de repère, l’activité médicale serait environ deux fois plus importante que l’hiver dernier à la même période. Le retour de la mycoplasma pneumoniae, une bactérie peu active ces dernières années, pourrait expliquer ce regain. La […]

How do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they can jump species or set off a pandemic

by Peter Kasson, University of Virginia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] COVID-19, flu, mpox, noroviral diarrhea: How do the viruses that cause these diseases actually infect you? Viruses cannot replicate on their own, so they must infect cells in your body to make more copies of themselves. The life cycle […]

Scientists analyze antibody responses to SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 infections

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/scientists-analyze-ant.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/scientists-analyze-ant.jpg" data-sub-html="RBD mAbs form seven groups (RBD-1 to RBD-7) based on binding and structural profiles. Credit: Immunity (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.10.007″> RBD mAbs form seven groups (RBD-1 to RBD-7) based on binding and structural profiles. Credit: Immunity (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.10.007 After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 2020, vaccines, antibodies (Abs), small molecule […]

Girl, 10, dies after ‘contracting brain-eating bug from swimming pool’

A young girl is thought to have died from a brain-eating bug after she was reportedly infected in a swimming pool in Colombia. Stefanía Villamizar González, 10, began being sick, developed a fever, and suffered ear pain two days into her family holiday in the country’s Santa Marta. She was diagnosed with a suspected ear […]