Category Archives: Infection

In a recent article published in Eurosurveillance, researchers presented serological evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus infection in a pet cat and five dogs on a rural poultry farm in Italy. Study: Asymptomatic infection with clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in carnivore pets, Italy, April 2023. Image Credit: KHON SUPAN/Shutterstock.com About […]

Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has the ultimate hack for recovering from a chest infection 2 minutes ago Poor Ruth Langsford is feeling quite under the weather with a nasty chest infection and cough – but the  Loose Women presenter has started a handy method to help her recover, and it’s shoppable on Amazon. The […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci may have stepped down as President Biden’s top medical adviser, but he’s still calling on Americans to mask up this winter if COVID cases skyrocket. Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease director Fauci—who retired in December after half a century of public service—spoke to CNN over the weekend about the […]

The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) reports that five million died globally in 2019 due to antibiotic resistance. Image Credit: Africa Studio / Shutterstock. The US Army has awarded a contract to develop bacteriophages to treat uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) infections to the South Korean biotech company iNtRON Biotechnology. The project was selected through […]

COVID once again seems to everywhere: numbers are up, variants are circulating, boosters are being brought forward and the government is planning to restart surveillance.  What do all of these things mean – and should you be worried? Here’s what you need to know. Infections are up More than 1 million people in the UK […]

A new study is offering data to back one of the core assumptions about the spread of COVID: The intensity of exposure to the virus matters, and vaccines and prior infections can only help so much — but they do indeed help. The research, led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health and […]

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, a group of researchers investigated and controlled the outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infections linked to a specific batch of piercing aftercare solutions in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, using genomic sequencing and reviewing associated manufacturing standards. Study: Community Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Associated […]

Home Health Asthma In Kids: 7 Parental Tips to Prevent Lungs Infection During Weather Change The increased humidity, allergens, and respiratory infections during weather change can trigger asthma symptoms in kids. For this growing concern, we share with you a mini guide to prevent asthma in kids. As the monsoon season rolls in, it brings […]

Fall may be the season of pumpkin patches and hayrides, but it’s also the time when cases of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus typically climb. The start of the school season and drop in temperature tend to drive larger groups of people indoors, making it easier to spread respiratory infections. Last year, as cases […]

Allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus unimpeded access to billions of people has raised the alarm among scientists that variant evolution will most likely lead to another event similar to the one experienced in late 2021 with the emergence of the Omicron BA.1 variant that harbored 35 mutations in its spike protein from the original wild-type variant […]