Category Archives: Infection

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Ear and Throat Pain

We’ve all had that morning. The one where you wake up and your throat is raw. Or where it feels like someone stuffed your ears with cotton.   Advertising Policy Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy […]

60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals Study Results Published by New Microbes and New Infections Demonstrate Tafenoquine Exhibits Broad Spectrum Antifungal Activity

60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals Study Results Published by New Microbes and New Infections Demonstrate Tafenoquine Exhibits Broad Spectrum Antifungal Activity News Home Wednesday, August 30, 2023 07:32 AM | GlobeNewswire via QuoteMedia Mentioned in this article 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals Study Results Published by New Microbes and New Infections Demonstrate Tafenoquine Exhibits Broad Spectrum Antifungal Activity Data […]

How a medical mystery led to a wriggling, parasitic worm in a woman’s brain

A 64-year-old woman in New South Wales, Australia, arrived at a hospital in January 2021 with a confounding set of symptoms. She reported three weeks of abdominal pain, a dry cough and night sweats. Tests revealed lesions in the woman’s lungs, liver and spleen, and an abnormally high white blood cell count. The high white […]

Warmer Seas Drive More Bacterial Infections, Threatening Fishermen, Public Health

By Will Atwater Last month, three people died as a result of infections from a category of bacteria you’ve likely never heard of: Vibrio. It is commonly present in coastal and brackish water, especially during warmer months. “There are almost 80 described species of Vibrio that live in the water,” said UNC Chapel Hill Institute […]

Bay Area wastewater samples show increase in COVID infections across region

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — If you are noticing a sudden increase in COVID-19 cases around you, you are not alone. The latest state data shows an increase in infections. The CDC is no longer tracking daily COVID infections, so wastewater samples collected locally are the best indicator of COVID levels in the Bay Area. RELATED: […]

Dog bite results in ‘extremely rare’ infection, kills Australian…

A Perth woman who contracted an “extremely rare bacterial infection” from a dog bite that placed her into an induced coma has tragically died. Tracy Ridout, a 53-year-old mother-of-two from Baldivis, was diagnosed with Capnocytophaga canimorsus after a friend’s young German Shepherd “accidentally bit her finger instead of a toy”. According to her daughter Sophie […]

Cache County reports 6 cases of E. coli; source of infection not identified yet

Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes LOGAN — The Bear River Health Department announced Tuesday it is investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections following six reported cases in Cache County. Bear River Health Department is working with the state health department and the Utah State Laboratory to identify potential links between reported cases and to […]