The number of deaths caused by an outbreak of the Legionella pneumophilia bacterium in the south-eastern city of Rzeszow has risen to four. A patient infected with the bacterium died in the chemotherapy ward of the Podkarpackie Centre for Lung Diseases on Wednesday, Andrzej Sroka, the spokesman for the hospital told PAP. Earlier in the […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An economic model by bioinformatics company Genpax published in Microbial Genomics concludes that in England the National Health Service (NHS) could save close to £0.5bn and prevent 1,200 avoidable deaths, and the US health system over $3bn and 4,800 deaths by implementing whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a tool to control […]
A month later, on July 3, Amanza returned home. However, her journey to recovery continues. Now, the mother of two tells the outlet she will continue taking antibiotics for the rest of the year as well as do physical therapy. “Right now, I have clear blood cultures, so there’s no infection in my blood,” she said in the video. “We […]
A new Covid variant named BA.2.86 has been detected in the UK. Here’s what we know – and don’t know – so far. What is the BA.2.86 variant? BA.2.86 was first detected in Denmark on 24 July 2023 and has also been found in Israel and the US. It was identified in the UK on […]
4 deaths linked to contaminated eye drops outbreak 4 deaths linked to contaminated eye drops outbreak 00:25 Federal health regulators are warning consumers to immediately stop using two additional eye drop products because of potential bacterial or fungal contamination. The Food and Drug Administration is advising people not to buy “Dr. Berne’s MSM Drops 5% Solution” and […]
Selling Sunset’s Amanza Smith reveals she was ‘two days’ from DYING after diagnosis with a spinal infection that left her hospitalized for a month: ‘The doctors and my friend saved my life’ By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Updated: 13:06 EDT, 23 August 2023
A dangerous bacteria responsible for the deaths of five people on Florida’s west coast this year has been less lethal in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast where the Atlantic Ocean may temper its virility. No cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections have been reported in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie or Indian River counties […]
Companies BioNTech SE Follow Moderna Inc Follow Novavax Inc Follow Show more companies Aug 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday the new BA.2.86 lineage of coronavirus may be more capable than older variants in causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A large international team of medical researchers has found that the severity of COVID-19 infections in children over the course of the pandemic varied by age and viral variant. In their study, reported in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, the group analyzed clinical data for 31,785 children hospitalized due to COVID-19 infections […]
Several people along the East coast have contracted a rare “flesh-eating” bacterial infection that scientists say is exacerbated by climate change. At least a dozen people have died from the Vibrio vulnificus infection outbreak this summer, including two in Connecticut, and others in New York and Florida. Several others are recovering after being infected and […]