Category Archives: Infection

Bastos FI, Bastos LS, Coutinho C, Toledo L, Mota JC, Velasco-de-Castro CA, et al. HIV, HCV, HBV, and syphilis among transgender women from Brazil: assessing different methods to adjust infection rates of a hard-to-reach, sparse population. Med (Baltim). 2018;97(1S Suppl 1):16–24. Article  Google Scholar  Data on the size of the HIV epidemic. https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/data-on-the-size-of-the-hiv-aids-epidemic. Accessed 1 […]

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have tested positive for COVID-19, ministry sources said on Monday. Lindner, who is experiencing mild flu-like symptoms, will continue to work from home, DPA reported. A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry said Pistorius had canceled his trip to Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany, for […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Laura Barajas went to the hospital after realizing something ‘was terribly wrong’ and was diagnosed with Vibrio vulnificus The 40-year-old mother purchased the fish from a local San Jose market. Photo by Getty Images Article content A woman in California had all her limbs amputated after contracting a bacterial […]

The World Health Organization records 1.4 million new infections during July and August – up 80 percent from the previous month. COVID-19 cases are rising again, along with variants of the coronavirus. The extent is less than before, but the latest figures show the incidence of the disease is increasing. There are many variants, too, […]

At a Glance Prior infection with a common cold coronavirus may predispose some people to develop Long COVID. The findings identify a potential marker that could help identify people at high risk of developing Long COVID. Many infections with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, resolve within days or weeks. But a significant number of […]

Health officials have urged dog owners to watch out for a disease that has spread from canines to humans in Britain for the first time. The UK Health Security Agency said three cases of Brucella canis had been confirmed in people since last year — the first on record. Infections are rarely fatal but can […]

A passenger is screened for Covid-19. Fever is a major symptom of Covid-19. | Punit Paranjpe / AFP 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 […]

Over 1,100 people in the southern Indian state of Kerala were in quarantine as of Monday after coming into contact with patients infected with the Nipah virus, according to Indian media. In the past week, six cases of the virus have been recorded, with two of the patients succumbing to the illness. Samples from bats […]

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A 40-year-old woman in California recently developed a bacterial infection and had to have all of her limbs amputated after cooking fish she reportedly bought from a San Jose market. The type […]

Rutgers University Super sensitive technique could revolutionize treatment during pandemics like COVID-19 Rutgers researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics. The test, described in Science Advances, is an electronic sensor contained within a computer […]