Infections have surged in Rzeszow, whose strategic location near the Ukrainian border has transformed it into a hub for the Western response to Russia’s invasion. Sixteen people have died and over 150 have been hospitalized in southeastern Poland in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe strain of bacterial pneumonia, local health authorities said Wednesday. […]
A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. APH officials stated a sample specimen from the case has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Editor’s note: The headline of this story was updated to reflect that the amebic infection has resulted in one death. A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. […]
West Nile virus infections are on the rise this year in California after a particularly wet winter led to more mosquito reproduction, according to health experts. The state had 55 human cases of the virus as of Aug. 25. Five of them were fatal, according to the California Mosquito-Borne Virus Surveillance and Response Program. That’s […]
In a recent study published in Epidemiology & Infection, researchers investigate the contribution of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza to hospitalizations and mortality to inform future vaccination and treatment policies. Study: Mortality associated with Omicron and influenza infections in France before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: Luca9257 / Shutterstock.com […]
The human immune system is adaptive, remembering past infections and training itself to guard against future similar infections. But what happens when people have compromised immune systems due to chronic conditions, aging, or medications that decrease immunity as a side effect? In such cases, people can get opportunistic infections, so called because the germs causing […]
AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Public Health is reporting the death of a Travis County resident after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection. The resident became ill after swimming in Lake Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) in August. “Although these infections are very rare, this is an important reminder that there are microbes present in natural […]
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the frequency of hospital-onset coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and the hospital characteristics related to hospital-onset infections by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the United States (US). Study: Assessment of Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates and Testing Practices in the US, 2020-2022. […]
The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month With Canada identifying its first case of coronavirus infection involving the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in an individual in British Columbia, a fresh concern has emerged worldwide. The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month. It boasts of over 35 mutations in significant […]
Poland’s health authorities say the death toll from Legionnaires’ disease has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeast region close to the border with Ukraine ByThe Associated Press August 30, 2023, 6:37 AM FILE – This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows […]