LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentuckians continue to weigh getting the new COVID-19 booster shot as cases and hospitalizations spike. The new booster is supposed to be available at physician offices and pharmacies this week, but not everyone has decided to take it. Dr. Nicholas Van Sickel, Infectious Disease Physician and Interim Director of Infection […]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspections of nursing homes have dropped precipitously so far this year even as Covid hospitalizations tripled over the summer for health care facilities overall and infections among nursing home workers “quadrupled” – this is on top of surges in RSV and the flu. OSHA inspections registered an 84% drop, […]
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months. The Department of Health and Human […]
A childcare centre worker is in intensive care with a severe Group A Streptococcus infection after a toddler, who attended the same facility, died last month. Key points: A toddler who was infected with strep A attended the same childcare facility as a now-hospitalised worker Close contacts have been offered preventative antibiotics and the public should be alert, […]
A San Jose woman who became infected with a deadly bacteria had to have her all of her limbs amputated last week to save her life. Now, a friend says tilapia from a local fish market is to blame for the infection. Health officials on Wednesday, however, cast doubt on the now viral story. As […]
SAN JOSE — A San Jose woman recently underwent a quadruple amputation, but it remained unclear Wednesday what disease or infection may have forced the procedure. A statement released by the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department contradicted the claims of a GoFundMe fundraiser, which said the 40-year-old mother, Laura Barajas, was forced to […]
People with repeat mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections and those who were infected after vaccination appear less likely to develop severe illness, according to a global series of 37 cases reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. These findings show that although people who had mpox can get it again, and vaccination does not always […]
By Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. A CDC advisory committee has been updating its 2007 standards for infection control in hospitals this year. Many healthcare […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it’s awarding an estimated $262.5 million, pending the availability of funds, over the next five years to establish a national network of 13 infectious disease forecasting and analytics centers. The effort is being led by the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), which […]
Newly emerging and recurrent cases of viral infections constitute a significant problem and a huge challenge to public health. Most countries prevent or control acute viral infections through widespread vaccination and improved sanitation. As a result, measles, yellow fever, and rabies cases rarely occur in developed countries. The 21st-century health crisis caused by the coronavirus […]