LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas resident has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba and health officials have concluded they were likely exposed to it at a country’s club’s splash pad, authorities announced Thursday. The Arkansas Department of Health announced the death from the Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection […]
09/15/2023 New vaccines are now available for flu, RSV, and COVID-19. Credit: Shutterstock This past week, the FDA and CDC recommended new COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for anyone over the age of six months. They’re expected to be in larger pharmacies by the end of the week. It’s welcome news for some, as […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A case of a rare, brain-destroying infection has been found in an Arkansas resident. According to a press release from the Arkansas Department of Health, the person was killed by the infection, Naegleria fowleri, after likely being exposed at a splash pad. “The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), through an […]
AHE: Association for the Health Care Environment (Photo used with permission by AHE) The 2023 AHE Exchange Conference in Dallas, Texas, had several important areas of focus for EVS leadership, but certainly a recurring theme involved infection prevention and the essential nature of keeping emerging pathogens and microorganisms from gaining a foothold in our health […]
The Arkansas Department on Health announced that a person has died from a rare infection which targets the brain tissue commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department on Health (ADH) announced on Thursday that an Arkansan has died from a rare infection, which targets the brain tissue. According to […]
NIAID / Flickr cc In the latest in a deadly outbreak of Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India, a 24-year-old healthcare worker who was exposed to a Nipah patient has tested positive, according to the Hindustan Times and other media sources. The newest infection in Kozhikode district raises the outbreak total to five cases, two […]
Perhaps they should be called STeyes. Sexually transmitted infections impact 1 in 5 people in the United States — and while symptoms in the nether regions are widely known, the eyes also provide a window to sexual health. “Eye pain and redness is usually one of the initial first signs,” Abbas Kanani, head pharmacist at […]
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email The top Covid hotspots in England have been revealed as new data showed hospital admissions have risen to their highest rate since the end of April. There were 8,961 cases in the […]
Infection exposure—rather than systemic inflammation or autoimmune disease—was statistically significantly associated with development of dementia in a dose-dependent manner in a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Previous studies have suggested that certain types of infections are linked to later onset of dementia, in part due to systemic inflammation. In the same breath, the […]
CNN — For the first time, an organ transplant is believed to have spread dangerous Legionella bacteria, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two people who developed Legionnaires’ disease received donated lungs from a man who died last year after falling into a river in […]