Americans urged to get COVID & flu shots this fall Federal officials are once again urging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as infections start to spread. Moderna and Pfizer both expect the FDA to authorize their updated boosters by the end of the month. The Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council said there are 237 […]
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers examined the dynamic interplay between human stimulator of interferon genes (STING) genotype and bacterial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-glycohydrolase (NADase) activity that regulates varying outcomes of Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) invasive infections. Specifically, they investigated if S. pyogenes-derived c-di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) directly activated STING, a cytosolic immune surveillance enhancing pathway […]
An ancient but treatable sexually transmitted disease is seeing a resurgence in Iowa. The state counted 877 new cases of syphilis in 2022 — a 209% increase compared with the 283 cases in 2018, according to new data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Syphilis case counts have increased nearly every year […]
EVANSVILLE — A second round of tuberculosis testing is coming to McGary Middle School this week in response to tests in May that found more than 10 people had latent infections. The 10-plus individuals who had LTBI (latent tuberculosis infection, which is not infectious) were culled from a total of about 400 people, according to the […]
Recent news reports regarding deaths attributed to a rare flesh-eating bacteria noted that one of the five deaths since Jan. 1 that occurred in Florida was in Sarasota County. Florida Department of Health records indicated that there have been only two incidents in Sarasota of people infected with that bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus – one in […]
A highly mutated variant of the virus behind COVID-19 has popped up in multiple countries, but scientists aren’t yet sure whether it will help fuel a fall wave of infections or simply fizzle out. BA.2.86 was deemed a variant under monitoring by the World Health Organization on Aug. 17. Though only a handful of samples exist, its emergence […]
Researchers at McMaster University have found that rather than conferring immunity against future infections, infection during the first Omicron wave of COVID left the seniors they studied much more vulnerable to reinfection during the second Omicron wave. The surprising finding from a study of 750 vaccinated seniors in Ontario retirement homes and long-term care settings […]
Hospitalizations for adenovirus infections over the past five years in Korea. (Credit: KDCA) An increasing number of Korean children aged six or younger are suffering from adenovirus infections, presenting cold symptoms like fever, cough, and pink eye, the government said. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the number of hospitalized individuals […]
A new study involving Canadian researchers has found that an early Omicron infection may have left some seniors more prone to reinfection from a later version of the COVID-19 variant. Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., published a study Monday in eClinicalMedicine, a journal from The Lancet, which looked at 750 vaccinated seniors in […]
Should we worry about Covid again now another variant has sparked concern? Eilish O’Regan Today at 03:30 Hot on the heels of the Eris Covid variant, which is currently being blamed for a rise in cases, here comes another Omicron off-shoot now dubbed the “real deal”.