Category Archives: Infection

By Thea Jourdan Published: 16:43 EDT, 25 September 2023 | Updated: 16:46 EDT, 25 September 2023

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — This is very frustrating to parents – myself included – because the liquid form of amoxicillin is what doctors prescribe for our young children who can’t swallow pills. This medicine treats common, unpleasant illnesses like strep throat, earaches, and chest and sinus infections. There are several manufacturers that make the medication, […]

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been on the rise since the beginning of July. Then came the identification of the heavily mutated and possibly highly-transmissible BA.2.86 variant by the global surveillance network. Such a variant has the potential to evade our vaccine- and infection-induced antibodies and cause a surge of seasonal hospitalizations. The recommendation by the […]

Antibiotics can help some bacteria survive for longer and protect them from death, research has suggested. The drugs have traditionally been used as a blanket medication for infections, as it is believed they kill bacteria or stop them from growing. However, research has shown that the drugs can actually protect or even benefit bacteria, with […]

Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory alerting doctors and public health officials of an increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases that can cause serious wound […]

With no consensus among infection preventionists (IPs) about the minimum qualifications required for the IP position, Infection Control Today (ICT) would like to hear from you. Share your opinion with ICT by participating in this poll and emailing Senior Editor Tori Whitacre Martonicz at [email protected] with your thoughts What Should be the Minimum Educational Requirement […]

Phil Roeder / Flickr cc Three Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses stimulate long-term immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 similar to breakthrough infection plus two doses, while four doses only temporarily increase antibody levels, according to a new study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Every 2 to 4 months, researchers at Ziv Medical Center in Israel […]

The Biden administration announced last week that the public would once again be able to request free at-home COVID-19 tests beginning Monday. The return of the program comes as COVID-19 infections have been on the rise since July, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. While hospitalizations and deaths have risen, totals remain […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has registered 210 new suspected cases of cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from July 31 to Aug. 27. The NCDC said this via its official website in its latest monthly situation report on Cholera, covering Epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 […]

When people think of public health preparedness, they often think in terms of threats such as biological weapons like anthrax or maybe even preparing against another COVID-19 type pandemic. However, one area within public health that is not given the same type of public awareness on a large scale is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It affects […]