Category Archives: Infection

Tourist bitten by bat in Australia fears rare infectious disease

(NewsNation) — A tourist visiting Australia had a harrowing encounter with a bat that left medical professionals concerned she contracted a fatal virus. Sandi Galloway and her husband Gordon were sightseeing in Cairns, Queensland when the incident occurred. According to multiple reports, Galloway “felt something flying” over her head.” “Next thing, I felt this sting, […]

Is COVID pandemic or endemic? A discussion with Boston University epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Murray

Dr. Eleanor (Ellie) Murray is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health who has been an outspoken advocate for sound public health policies and infectious disease control of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been working on improving science communication about epidemiology and is an Associate Editor for social media at […]

Disinfection robot boosts sanitation at veterinary medical teaching hospital

Robots are increasingly becoming a part of everyday life. By some estimates, over 14 million Americans own a cleaning robot, robotic lawn mower, robotic suitcase, or other similar device. Human hospitals are also using this new technology to increase cleanliness and prevent the spread of disease. However, a hospital robot — like the one recently […]

Research Shows Why Some Colds Seem to Last Weeks

As far as acute respiratory infections go, lingering symptoms aren’t just for COVID-19, researchers have found. “Long colds” and their symptoms can last more than four weeks, according to a study published Friday in the Lancet‘s EClinicalMedicine journal. “Our findings may chime with the experience of people who have struggled with prolonged symptoms after having […]

Epidemiologic characteristics of high-risk HPV and the correlation between multiple infections and cervical lesions

In the present survey, 19.49% of the HPV-positive samples had multiple HR-HPV infections. All 20,059 samples were divided into 10 age groups (≤ 20 years, 21–25 years, 26–30 years, 31–35 years, 36–40 years, 41–45 years, 46–50 years, 51–55 years, 56–60 years, and > 60 years). There were only 7 people in the ≤ 20 years age group, thus they were not included in the data analysis. Of the HPV-positive samples, 19.49% […]

Causal relationship between blood metabolites and risk of five infections: a Mendelian randomization study

Based on preliminary instrument selection, the number of instrumental variables for metabolites ranged from 3 to 148, with a median of 13. Using these instrumental variables, we initially evaluated the causal relationships ranging from 452 metabolites to five infections and detected a total of 71 suggestive associations (P < 0.05; corresponding to 64 unique metabolites) by IVW […]

Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections among patients on maintenance haemodialysis: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

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You’ve heard of long Covid – did you know there might also be a long cold?

Long Covid can be debilitating – but it’s not the only illness that lingers. Photo / Getty Images At least 10 per cent of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, have symptoms that last more than four weeks after the infection. With more than 770 million infections to date, this translates to […]