Researchers have discovered that a combination of honey and vinegar, known historically as oxymel, exhibits significant antibacterial properties against biofilm-protected bacteria, offering a potentially effective and economical solution for treating wound infections. The team is now planning to advance this promising treatment into clinical trials to further investigate its efficacy and explore the optimum dosages […]
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Topline Health officials in India have shuttered schools, offices and public transport and are testing hundreds of people in an effort to track and contain an outbreak of Nipah virus that has killed two people, but can kill as many as three in four people it infects and has been flagged by experts as having […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding a $2.5 million grant to an associate professor of medicine at the University of Virginia. The grant will help Doctor Mami Taniuchi and her her team do environmental surveillance and track numerous vaccine-preventable infectious diseases in Dhaka, Bangladesh. “We don’t know if the […]
Image: The ball shapes are bacteria and the “sheet” is black phosphorus, as seen under a microscope (Photo courtesy of RMIT University) Antibiotic resistance is turning into a severe worldwide health crisis, contributing to approximately 700,000 deaths each year. This number could skyrocket to 10 million annual deaths by 2050 if new antibacterial treatments aren’t […]
In July last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”. The WHO reversed the designation in May this year. According to the CDC website, there were 501 confirmed cases across 25 provinces in August. That compared with 491 cases in July and 106 in June. […]
ByManjiri Chitre Sep 15, 2023 09:36 PM IST Share Via Copy Link According to the ICMR DG, India will be procuring 20 more doses of monoclonal antibody from Australia for the treatment of Nipah virus infection. Director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Rajeev Bahl on Friday said the mortality rate among […]
UNION COUNTY – Though common every year, the summer of 2023 proved to be an especially active time for West Nile Virus (WNv). Numerous mosquito pools were confirmed to be carrying the virus throughout August, with county vector control offices working hard to track and, if necessary, contain the nasty little bugs. Sadly, WNv may […]
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said though the E. coli outbreak linked to several Calgary daycares remains serious, there is a decrease in patients requiring care in hospital. The government also announced a one-time payment to affected families of $2,000 per child. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said information on how to apply for this […]
With COVID on the rise and new vaccines arriving in pharmacies and doctor’s offices, the vast majority of Floridians believe the shots are safe, help prevent the spread of infections, and reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. Those assessments are validated by the overwhelming majority of public health authorities — and, a statewide poll […]