A new study found that 1 in 3 men aged 15 and older carry at least one type of HPV, and 1 in 5 have high-risk cancer-causing HPV types. According to a study published in The Lancet Global Health, globally, about 31% of men had any type of HPV, with 21% having high-risk HPV. HPV […]
A pre-pandemic common cold coronavirus infection may help set the stage for long COVID, according to Boston researchers who have been looking to explain why some patients end up facing the long-lasting, debilitating symptoms. The researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital teamed up with experts in immunology and virology to look […]
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are on the rise in the Southeastern U.S., which suggests they could rise nationally very soon. RSV, a common respiratory virus that can cause serious illness in young children and older adults, has been spreading in Florida and Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in a […]
Bird flu is back with a vengeance. Medical experts have discovered that one variant of the avian flu virus, dubbed H3N8, has undergone several mutations and can now cause more severe infections. Additionally, the H3N8 virus — which is endemic among poultry farms throughout China — is transmissible by airborne droplets between animals that have […]
You don’t need to tell local parents that there are nasty germs out there. They already know the viruses, the bacteria — even the bugs — are back.”One catches it,” said a mom having lunch outside with her two children. “And then a few days later, the next one. And it just ping pongs around […]
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, are rising in the parts of the southeastern U.S., and expected to spread to the rest of the country over the next couple of months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The public health agency this week issued an advisory about the increases, encouraging […]
At a briefing on global health issues today, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said there are concerning trends ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter, including rising deaths in parts of the Middle East and Asia and increased hospitalizations in multiple regions. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, included the caveat that data […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A microbiologist, who was involved in the first study to witness human-to-human COVID transmission, is among experts laying out strategies that would help the world react and prepare for the next pandemic. As UK scientists prepare developing insurance vaccines for the next pandemic, caused by any list of potential animal viruses […]
The Food and Drug administration plans to greenlight an updated version of the COVID-19 booster as early as Friday, NBC News reports, which means the new vaccines could be available as soon as next week. The latest shots are designed to target the dominant omicron subvariant prevalent in much of the country. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, […]
At a briefing on global health issues today, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said there are concerning trends ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter, including rising deaths in parts of the Middle East and Asia and increased hospitalizations in multiple regions. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, included the caveat that data […]