Category Archives: Infection

‘We’ve been constantly sick’: Why we can’t kick the ‘yo-yo flu’

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Australia is grappling with the “yo-yo flu”, where cold symptoms continually return, as a sharp rise in respiratory infections has been driven by an early flu season, continuing cases of COVID-19 and the circulation of nasty viruses. Sydney pharmacist Sylvia Thai said she and her family had […]

COVID cases rise across Japan; new subvariant BA.2.86 detected

People are seen wearing masks in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward in this file photo taken on Feb. 5, 2021. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Maruyama) TOKYO — The latest wave of coronavirus infections in Japan has shown no signs of abating, with the health ministry on Sept. 8 reporting an average of 20.5 infections at medical institutions across the country […]

Immigrant On Bus Dies From Bacterial Infection

The Marion County Coroner says an autopsy revealed a bacterial infection led to the death of three-year-old Jismary Gonzalez, who died on a bus taking immigrants from Texas to Chicago last month along I-57. Reports say the bacterial infection, known as Singella Flexnery Colitis, and aspiration pneumonia along with diarrhea and vomiting led to electrolyte […]

Study documents devastating effects of Long COVID two years after infection

A study recently published in Nature Medicine comprehensively assessed for the first time a broad range of impacts of COVID-19 up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection. It found that of 80 long-term consequences or sequelae of the disease, individuals with past infection remained at risk for 48 or 60 percent of them at two […]

Study reports an increase in incidence of islet autoimmunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection in young children

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease leading to an impaired glucose metabolism and requires life-long administration of insulin. While the cause of the autoimmunity reaction is still unclear, viral infections in young children are proposed to be critical environmental factors leading to type 1 diabetes. An international team of researchers from the Global Platform […]

Almost 130 children identified in E. coli outbreak associated with daycare centers

The patient count in an E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak among daycare centers in Calgary has increased to 128, with 25 children having been admitted to hospitals. Officials now report that nine hospitalized children have been diagnosed with a complication that causes the kidneys to shut down. Eleven daycare centers have been closed since Monday. Five […]

Man dies from Vibrio vulnificus infection after eating raw oysters in Galveston, health officials say

The health district said the man, who was between the ages of 30 and 40, had underlying health conditions that made him predisposed to the infection. GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — The Galveston County Health District on Friday announced a man has died from a Vibrio vulnificus infection after eating raw oysters. The health district said […]

COVID patients exhale up to 1,000 copies of virus per minute during first eight days of symptoms

“We developed this easy, cheap method and used it to collect over 300 breath samples from 44 patients over the course of their infections — multiple samples a day over multiple days,” Lane said. With this new device, investigators detected viral RNA in 100% of specimens collected from COVID-positive patients who were within 10 days […]

I had diarrhoea a YEAR after getting sick on hols – Brits were vomiting blood

A DISGUSTED holidaymaker vomited blood and had diarrhoea for a YEAR after being struck down by a nasty infection at a Moroccan hotel. Chelsea Hagan was just one of over 70 Brits who suffered “deeply concerning” illnesses following a trip to the four-star, Hotel Aqua Mirage, in Marrakech. Chelsea Hagan still suffers a year after […]