Washington — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination. It’s […]
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Young children growing up in towns and cities suffer from more respiratory infections than those who grow up in the countryside, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy. A second study, presented at the Congress and published in Pediatric Pulmonology today (Monday), shows that factors such as attending […]
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Galveston County man dies from rare infection after eating raw oysters, health officials say
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Monday, September 11, 2023 4:38PM GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Galveston County officials are warning people about raw or undercooked shellfish after a man died from a rare infection. According to the Galveston County Health District, the 30-to-40-year-old man had eaten raw oysters and had underlying health conditions. Officials said his death was due to […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Paxlovid is still a highly effective treatment for most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 and the drug prevents many hospitalizations and deaths from COVID. But for millions of immunocompromised people whose infections may persist for months, the antiviral drug can lose its effectiveness as the virus mutates. Although patients may initially experience […]
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A sinus infection (sinusitis) usually resolves on its own within about a week with at-home treatments. Flushing your nasal passages, staying hydrated, resting, using steam, eating wholesome foods, and taking over-the-counter (OTC) medications often help keep you comfortable. Sometimes, when these treatments don’t work and your sinusitis turns into a bacterial infection, you may require […]
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SAN FRANCISCO — It’s always an exciting time for kids when back-to-school season comes around. With youngsters going back to school, however, it also means it’s that time of year for ear infections. Although pediatricians commonly treat these infections with antibiotics, not all children complete the recommended dosage, increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance. Now, […]
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COVID patients exhale up to 1,000 copies of the virus per minute during first eight days of symptoms
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<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/covid-patients-exhale.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/covid-patients-exhale.jpg" data-sub-html="(A) Levels of exhaled SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies per minute over the course of infection. Each dot represents the daily average number of exhaled SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies exhaled per minute, for each participant. The overlaid black line represents the rolling average of exhaled viral RNA copies over days since symptom onset. The overlaid […]
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MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The clinical features and outcomes of mpox reinfection and infection postvaccination are less clinically severe than initial infection, according to a global case series published online Sept. 4 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Aniruddha Hazra, M.D., from the University of Chicago Medicine, and colleagues describe the epidemiological and […]
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it recorded 894 COVID-19 infections from September 4 to 10, slightly higher than the 780 infections recorded the previous week. ADVERTISEMENT Based on the DOH’s latest data, the latest weekly total translated to a daily average of 128 cases, 15 percent higher than the […]
LasB, an enzyme that promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), is significantly more active in the early stages of infection with the bacteria, known more simply as P. aeruginosa, a study revealed. These findings suggest that therapies targeting LasB may be most effective for the treatment of early-stage […]