Have you ever had a cold you just couldn’t shake for weeks—one that definitely wasn’t COVID? “Long COVID”—lingering symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 infection that can last for weeks, months, or even years—is a thing. “Long cold” may be a thing, too. That’s according to a new study released Friday by Queen Mary University of London, […]
By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:07 EDT, 6 October 2023 | Updated: 16:24 EDT, 6 October 2023
GREAT FALLS — The Cascade City-County Health Department on Friday announced that a person in Cascade County died last week due to influenza; the agency says the person was under the age of 50. The death last week was Montana’s first during the 2023-2024 respiratory illness season. The CCHD said in a news release that […]
COVID-19 cases are on the rise in British Columbia, with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reporting hospitalizations have increased 58 per cent in the past two weeks. The centre says in its latest update that deaths due to COVID-19 are also trending upwards, with 24 fatalities in the last week of September, compared to […]
HELENA — State health officials are encouraging Montanans to take precautions to help protect against severe symptoms from COVID-19, influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. The number of people ill due to respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, and RSV, is currently low across most of the United States but has […]
CNN — Feeling run-down even after you kicked an infection? It could be a case of a “long cold,” according to a new study. Much like long Covid, in which symptoms persist after a Covid-19 infection has cleared, other respiratory infections may continue to affect people who believe they are on the other side of […]
Hospital-acquired infections have been on the rise in recent years, but a possible new vaccine developed by researchers could be given to patients upon arrival to help prevent antibiotic-resistant infections. The experimental vaccine candidate, developed by researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, aims to fight superbug infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, […]
People who test negative for the coronavirus but experience a lingering cough, fatigue or digestive issues may suffer from “long colds,” according to a new study. Contrary to the common belief that respiratory infections like colds and flu vanish within a week, the findings published Friday in the Lancet scientific journal suggest that they can lead […]
DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Eastern equine encephalitis is an uncommon but grave mosquito-borne illness which can cause severe brain infections. While rare, health officials say the illness is serious and can have long-term effects on the brain. In Georgia’s Southwest Health District, a single, isolated human case of EEE was detected, according to recent reports […]
Question: How do you know if you have HIV/AIDS? Are there any symptoms? Answered by: Daniel Cramer, APRN-NP, Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner focusing specifically on HIV care. We generally do not use the term “AIDS” anymore. We prefer a less stigmatizing term advanced HIV, a stage of chronic HIV infection that happens when CD4 cells […]