Category Archives: Infection

Prosthetic Joint Infections Pipeline Research Report 2023: Comprehensive Insights on 5+ Companies and 5 Drugs

DUBLIN, Nov. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “Prosthetic joint infections – Pipeline Insight, 2023” clinical trials has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report provides comprehensive insights about 5+ companies and 5+ pipeline drugs in Prosthetic joint infections pipeline landscape. It covers the pipeline drug profiles, including clinical and nonclinical stage products. It also covers the therapeutics […]

A new ‘highly infectious’ COVID-19 variant is spreading across the US: What to know about HV.1

HOUSTON – COVID-19 is continuing to make its presence known across the world as it adapts and evolves into a new strand. American Medical Association Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, said HV.1 has become the variant responsible for most COVID cases here in the United States in just […]

Michigan: Eye syphilis outbreak in women linked to single sex partner

In a shocking discovery, health authorities in Michigan found a cluster of syphilis infections affecting the eyes of five women who had sexual contact with the same man. This is the first time such a cluster has been reported in the US, and it raises the concern that a new variant of the syphilis bacteria […]

NHS warning of ‘overuse’ risk, as new report warns of antibiotic resistance

As new data shows the North East has the highest rate of blood poisoning and highest levels of antibiotic use, a leading regional medic has warned over-use of antibiotics could make things “far worse”. An annual report from the UK Health Security Agency has highlighted how our region has the highest prevalence of blood stream […]

Outrage over babysitting sister-in-law’s “remedy” for child’s ear infection

A babysitting sister-in-law has sparked fury online after it was revealed that she had used her own “bodily fluids” to treat her niece’s ear infection. In a furious post shared to Reddit under the handle u/SILbabysit, the seven-year-old’s unhappy mom said that her husband’s sister would “no longer be able to babysit” their daughter Rose […]

Study uncovers no compelling evidence that air purifiers prevent respiratory infections

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID pandemic led to many calls for improved indoor air quality with claims that doing so would reduce the risk of the virus spreading. However, the real-world evidence to support these claims has been lacking, and studies undertaken during the pandemic have not yet been reported. So, my colleagues and […]

Specific HLA alleles may be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

This study analyzed and proposed the potential association of specific HLA alleles with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several studies have investigated the association of different HLA alleles with COVID-19. However, most of these studies have shown significant differences or conflicting results regarding the clinical relevance between HLA alleles and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study analyzed the correlations between […]

Bacteria 60% resistant to Zithromax, other drugs

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: A strain of common bacteria creating a respiratory illness surge in China is already stronger than a common medication, health experts said By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA Infectious disease experts yesterday raised caution about antibiotic resistance, saying that a bacteria partially responsible for a surge in respiratory illness in China […]

Respiratory illness season sees pre-pandemic infection levels » Minden Times

By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Contrary to the much higher than usual number of hospital visits last fall, this respiratory illness season has been more typical thus far. Dr. Natalie Bocking, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s medical officer of health, said COVID-19 infection remains in the mix of influenza and other […]

Pneumonia in China: Everything we know so far about mystery illness

Children being treated at a hospital in Beijing, China, on 23 November JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images A rise in cases of an unknown illness in China is being investigated by health officials, with children being hospitalised with pneumonia. While the situation remains unclear, it appears most likely that these outbreaks are due to a […]