Sonoma County officials Tuesday issued a health order requiring health care workers to wear masks in patient care settings, a move triggered by rising cases of respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19 and influenza. Dr. Karen Smith, the county’s interim health officer, said higher rates of respiratory illnesses that can cause severe infections occur between the […]
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COVID infection rates are rising again in Britain, which has recorded more than a third of internationally sequenced cases of the new BA.2.86 (Pirola) variant. Last week saw a week-on-week jump of 15 percent in new cases. On September 10, the Zoe Health Study reported a daily total of 100,516 new cases. The government’s latest […]
A Northern California mother who reportedly ate undercooked fish from a San Jose market is now a quadruple amputee after likely contracting a bacterial infection from the food, her friend says. Laura Barajas, 40, of San Jose, became ill after she bought fish from a local market in July, cooked it and ate it, her […]
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Three Britons have contracted a rare disease usually confined to dogs. Brucella canis, a bacterial infection that causes pain, lameness and infertility in canines has spread to three people in the UK. […]
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TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Urbanized living at birth and environmental factors are associated with an increased risk for infections in early childhood, according to two studies presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2023, held from Sept. 9 to 13 in Milan. Nicklas Brustad, M.D., Ph.D., from Gentofte Hospital in Denmark, […]
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Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Deadly Clostridioides difficile infections may not result from transmission, but from within the infected patient themselves, a new study shows. Hospital staff spend a significant amount of time working to protect patients from acquiring infections while they are being […]
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A canine disease that has rarely been reported in humans has been identified in two individuals in the U.K. Brucellosis caused by Brucella canis was previously only seen in dogs imported into the U.K. but since 2020 has been spreading between local dogs, a report by the Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group released […]
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Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) Over 100,000 people visited the doctor with influenza-like symptoms and 65 cluster infection cases of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) were reported last week, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Tuesday. At a press conference Tuesday, CDC official Kuo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said a rise in influenza cases has been […]
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Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is giving Northeastern University $17.5 million over the next five years to head an innovation center designed to help detect and prepare the United States for the next outbreak of infectious disease, especially in rural areas. Called “EPISTORM: The Center for Advanced Epidemic Analytics and Predictive Modeling Technology,” […]
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The Conversation: How Does Fever Help Fight Infections? There’s More to It Than Even Some Scientists Realize
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When you’re sick with a fever, your doctor will likely tell you it’s a sign that your immune system is defending you against an infection. Fever typically results from immune cells at infected sites sending chemical signals to the brain to raise the set point of your body’s thermostat. So you feel chills when the […]