The Pakistan cricket team has been struck by a viral infection in their World Cup camp in India, with several players affected by flu and high fever. Most are understood to be on the mend, but several did not attend Tuesday’s optional training session. Abdullah Shafique is currently in quarantine in his room with flu […]
Innovative BIM visualization highlighting the utilities of a building’s systems Generative AI (Adobe Stock 600888213 by abdulmoizjaangda) How BIM Can Help Predict and Prevent the Spread of Disease in Health care Facilities Building information modeling (BIM), a process of creating and managing digital representations of the physical and operative features of places, is one of the […]
Ringworm Not a Worm, but a Fungal Infection Ringworm is a misleading name; it’s not caused by worms but by fungi. This highly contagious skin infection presents as a circular or ring-shaped rash with a raised, red border. It can affect the scalp, body, feet, or groin. The fungus responsible, called dermatophyte, can spread through […]
Fungi are known to routinely infect the brain. Although they have been implicated in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, specific anti-Candida immune pathways have not been defined. More generally, there is a limited understanding of how these microbes could be involved in the development of such conditions. Now researchers have uncovered how the fungus […]
Companies Merck & Co Inc Follow Oct 17 (Reuters) – Merck & Co (MRK.N) said on Tuesday the European Union medicines regulator recommended a marketing authorisation for the company’s drug Prevymis to treat a type of infection in adult kidney transplant recipients at high risk. The drugmaker says Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use […]
Sponsors will have 90 days to provide their views on the draft guidance. Image credit: Jarretera / Shutterstock. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft guidance for drug development and clinical trials for diabetic foot infections (DFIs). The agency states the purpose of the guidance is to “assist sponsors in the […]
Q: I treat my dog as if she’s part of the family; she sleeps in my bed, licks my face, even shares my ice cream from time to time. Should I be worried about getting sick? Dogs can enrich our lives in many ways. They may ease anxiety, reduce loneliness, make us more physically active […]
HPAI Infections Now in Three States Russell Nemetz Health officials have euthanized a Minnesota commercial turkey flock after tests confirmed it was positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The flock contained approximately 140,000 birds and is the state’s first confirmed case of the disease since last spring. As is typically the case during spring or […]
The COVID-19 pandemic thrust infectious diseases physicians into the spotlight to share their invaluable insights. While the federally declared COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, these medical experts remain on the front lines of combating infectious diseases beyond COVID-19 including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus, to name a few. Whether such diseases are […]
Irish health officials have issued a warning after recording a rise in cryptosporidium infections in people returning from abroad. The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland said increased levels of cryptosporidiosis have been reported from areas of Spain, including Salou in Catalonia, in the past month. A parasite causes the infection, and symptoms include diarrhea and […]