A new nationwide survey found that about one out of 20 U.S. adults reported using ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 despite the lack of evidence that these medicines do anything to fight the virus. The study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) included 13,438 people who said they had […]
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases. The proposed CDC guideline was released Monday, and officials will move to finalize it after a 45-day public comment period. With […]
Key Takeways Experts say that the symptoms of COVID-19 this fall are still primarily a fever, cough, and sore throat, body aches, and/or a headache. The symptoms of COVID can vary depending on factors like variant and vaccine status, and can show up in a different order for everyone (though usually in a different order […]
More than 56,000 schools in Pakistan closed their doors for four days amid an outbreak of viral conjunctivitis, with 13,000 new cases reported in one day on Tuesday. Millions of students were sent home after Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, announced that it had recorded nearly 400,000 infections since the start of the year. The […]
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Bayhealth announced a new internal medicine and infectious disease specialist, Rafael Ruiz Gaviria, MD, has joined its team based in Sussex County. Ruiz Gaviria joins physicians Preeti Gupta, MD; Cynthia Zarraga, MD; Antonio Zarraga, MD; Meliseanna Gibbons, MD; and Lilia Villarin, MD; and family nurse practitioner Roseann P. Velez, FNP-BC, in the Bayhealth Primary Care, […]
Doctor shares what patients and parents need to know about antibiotics, cotton swabs and ear candling RAHWAY, N.J., Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Most of us can remember the intense pain and bubble gum-flavored medicine that accompanied ear infections as kids. But not all ear infections are the same, and understanding the differences can be […]
The CDC will propose recommending the antibiotic doxycycline to reduce STIs The regimen is most effective in gay and bisexual men and transgender women READ MORE: Your risk of an STD is highest if you live in one of these states By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:58 EDT, 3 October 2023 | […]
Photo of doctor’s hands holding legs of a newborn in an incubator in a neonatal intensive care unit. (Adobe Stock, 464090504 by Iryna) Premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) require special care and attention, especially regarding infection prevention. Infection control practices in the NICU have evolved significantly, resulting in improved outcomes and […]
Rates of life-threatening infections by pneumococcal bacteria have significantly declined, by about 80%, among children with sickle cell disease (SCD) since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines 20 years ago. That’s according to a study analyzing more than two decades of healthcare data from young SCD patients in metropolitan Atlanta. Results also showed that after […]