Category Archives: Infection

What You Should Know Infectious diseases, including hepatitis infections, can have a significant impact on chronic health conditions like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Assessing the interplay between previous infections and NAFLD can be challenging due to potential interactions between treatments for NAFLD and antiviral therapies. The intricate pathways and mechanisms through which viral infections […]

Diphtheria infection in Nigeria has continued to increase as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports that as of 3 October, the country has recorded 13,204 suspected cases. Out of the suspected cases, 8,406 were confirmed from 114 local government areas (LGAs) across 19 states including the Federal Capital Territory. The Director General of […]

Understanding syndromic infectious disease testingRapid diagnosis: A game changerVersatility of syndromic testingBeyond diagnosis: guiding antibiotic stewardshipOvercoming challenges and future directionsReferencesFurther reading The demand for swift and accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases stands as a paramount challenge. Syndromic infectious disease testing is a novel approach that focuses on identifying the cause of an illness by examining […]

The October week began well for the health team. The undeniable high of witnessing yet another Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine acknowledging steadfast contributions in research was the high point of this week. The announcement of the Nobel for Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the […]

Enlarge this image Alexis Perkins, 25, tried to get a prescription for PrEP during a recent visit to her OB-GYN in Atlanta, but her doctor did not feel confident prescribing it. Sam Whitehead/KFF Health News Sam Whitehead/KFF Health News Alexis Perkins thought her OB-GYN’s office in Atlanta would be just the place to get a […]

SINGAPORE – There was a spike in the number of Covid-19 infections here in the week of Sept 17 to 23. The 14,843 people diagnosed with the disease is more than double that of the previous week, when 6,401 cases were recorded. In the previous 10 weeks, between July 9 and Sept 16, the number […]

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Up to 200,000 people will be monitored for COVID-19 this winter in a scaled-down version of the three-year infection survey for the virus. The new study will run from November 2023 to March 2024, with as many as 32,000 lateral flow tests being used every week. Scientists will be able to identify any changes in […]

CNN  —  More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh’s worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing spread as more cases are reported away from dense urban centers for the first time. Since January, 1,017 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease, […]