It’s easy to forget coronaviruses existed long before the covid pandemic, but new research into long covid found that a previous infection of a common cold-causing coronavirus may explain why some people suffer from persistent symptoms. Also in the news: covid is here to stay, as a new normal. Boston Herald: A Pre-Pandemic Infection Could […]
Category Archives: Infection
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Yale School of Medicine (YSM) officially launched its new Center for Infection & Immunity (CII), established within the Department of Immunobiology, on August 18. The COVID-19 pandemic and the prevalence of Long COVID have shed light on the urgent need to study post-acute infection syndromes. The mission of the new center will be to provide […]
European Respiratory Society Milan, Italy: 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 [1]. A second study, presented at the Congress and published in Pediatric Pulmonology today (Monday) […]
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Breastfeeding for longer than six months helps protect babies and children from problematic chest infections, new research has claimed. The research also showed how young children living in damp homes were twice as likely to need treatment with an inhaler to relieve respiratory symptoms. Living in areas with dense traffic also increased the risk of […]
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Doctors fear deadly fungal infection outbreak after Tropical Storm Hilary, monsoon flooding in West
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FOX 11 Palm Springs’ Samantha Lomibao talks to Dr. Vincent Devlin who is concerned that recent rains from Hurricanes Hilary and Jova and monsoon flooding will lead to an outbreak of valley fever Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hilary, storms from Jova and flooding from monsoon moisture have doctors on high alert in the Desert […]
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It’s possible that due to the heat, many people stayed in air-conditioned rooms without ventilation, and that this played a part in the increase in infections.
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Atsuo Hamada, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo Medical University who is familiar with infectious diseases, suggesting one reason why the latest wave of coronavirus infections in Japan has shown no signs of abating. © Mainichi Shimbun
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Israeli residents took a global lead by receiving the first COVID-19 vaccinations nearly three years ago. Recently, the country reached another significant milestone in the global fight against the pandemic. The world’s first report on the worrisome new coronavirus variant, BA.2.86, nicknamed “Pirola,” was unveiled just two weeks ago. This variant contains numerous previously unseen […]
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A family has been left devastated after their 5-year-old daughter died from what was initially believed to have been a common cold. However, they later discovered that young Cathy Kassis had actually been struck down with Strep A, a bacteria that can cause respiratory and skin infections and can range from mild to severe. But by […]
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Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said […]