Heading into the fall and winter, health officials and the public alike are better equipped to combat COVID-19 than at any point since the pandemic began in 2019, thanks mainly to a stronger wall of immunity in the population built up with vaccines and natural infections. But questions remain about how protected the public will […]
FIVE people have died after developing a ‘flesh-eating’ bug after swimming off the east coast of America. One person in Connecticut, another in New York and three people in North Carolina, died between July and August this year after being infected with Vibrio vulnificus. 1 Vibrio vulnificus can be found in seawater and brackish water, and has thrived because of […]
News Release Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Researchers study confluence of multidrug resistance and hypervirulence among Klebsiella pneumoniae. New “hypervirulent” strains of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged in healthy people in community settings, prompting a National Institutes of Health research group to investigate how the human immune system defends against infection. After exposing the strains […]
People who value their flesh are being warned to steer clear of Hurricane Idalia floodwaters in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Officials are warning residents that hurricane flooding has spread the flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus to inland regions where it isn’t usually a threat. A Vibrio infection can cause necrosis — the death […]
Recently published in Neurology Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation, findings from a study demonstrated that cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may be a potential trigger for the occurrence of aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin seropositive (AQP4-IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).1 These results provide indications to the potential of NMOSD T-cell receptors (TCRs) as markers for predicting the efficacy of immunosuppression among patients […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an urgent warning after five people were killed by flesh-eating bacteria that live in waters along the East Coast of the US. The CDC’s health warning is designed to alert US healthcare providers, laboratories, and public health departments about recent infections by Vibrio vulnificus (V. […]
An Alabama high school has asked all students and staff to wear masks again And a Maryland school has insisted children wear N95 masks for 10 days READ MORE: Everything you need to know about the Covid situation in the US By Caitlin Tilley, Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Updated: 11:36 EDT, 6 September 2023
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A formulation for intravenous nutrition that includes four lipid sources, including fish oil, reduced hospitalizations and urinary tract infections among pediatric patients at Duke Children’s Hospital. The new multi-component lipid with fish oil—given to young patients with cancer, bowel conditions and other illnesses that prevent them from eating—has not been as […]
Advertisement Cincinnati Zoo alligator returns to habitat following near-fatal infection Updated: 9:54 AM EDT Sep 6, 2023 Fletcher Keel Lucy, an American alligator at the Cincinnati Zoo, is back in her habitat after surviving a near-fatal infection.In a post on its Facebook page, the Zoo says Lucy’s infection, which was in her tail, required a […]
A newly identified therapeutic target showed a potential to enhance the effectiveness of antibiotics against resistant Mycobacterium abscessus (Mabs) lung infection, a damaging complication in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), researchers report. Experiments using human airway organoids derived from CF patients also accurately reflected many features seen in their lungs. “Here we adapted the human […]