Some people may experience “long colds,” or long-term symptoms following common colds, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory illnesses, similar to the pattern seen in long COVID, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London. Published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal Friday, researchers found that even people with acute respiratory infections who tested negative […]
A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms -;or ‘long colds’-;after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19. Some of the most common symptoms of the ‘long cold’ included coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhea more than 4 weeks after the […]
Scientists have launched a pioneering trial using tonsil cells in a bid to find a vaccine for Group A Strep. Researchers at the University of Bristol are using a new technique called the tonsil organoid model as they investigate invasive Group A Strep – also known as iGAS – that can cause diseases like meningitis. […]
Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis, according to a bombshell new report. TB is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, and there have been about 500 active cases of TB in NYC so far […]
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Officials are investigating after several elementary school students in Northeast Tennessee recently became ill with an E. coli infection. Students from Washington and Sullivan counties visited an animal exhibit on September 26-27. Since then, several cases of illness caused by Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli have been reported. Here is the full […]
Egon Bech Hansen’s many years of working with lactic acid bacteria have led to his possible breakthrough in the treatment of so-called flesh-eating streptococci. Credit: Bax Lindhardt In spring 2023, Egon Bech Hansen received a much-awaited small, square package from the United States. The package contained nine plastic plates with 3,456 small wells. At first […]
PTI | Oct 06, 2023 08:32 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The spate of these recent Covid cases is driven by mostly two variants – the EG.5 and its sub-lineage HK.3. Singapore is experiencing another COVID-19 wave, with more people expected to fall sick and be hospitalised in the coming weeks, Health Minister Ong […]
“Long colds” may exist and are just as common as long Covid, a study suggests. During the pandemic, doctors saw that a small percentage of people infected with Covid-19 went on to suffer prolonged issues for several months, often after the virus had been cleared. Fatigue, brain fog, loss of smell and taste, coughs and […]
Four Israeli children from the same kindergarten in Tel Aviv have been confirmed to be infected with measles, the Health Ministry said Friday. A fifth child is suspected of being infected but has not been confirmed as of yet. The ministry stressed that this is a “very rare event” as the children had all received […]
Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, is recovering in an outpatient facility after being hospitalized for a bacterial infection, according to multiple reports. The 71-year-old controversial father of the pop star was reportedly hospitalized after becoming “severely ill.” He has since been moved to an infectious disease outpatient facility. Jamie has become estranged from his eldest […]