Category Archives: Infection

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that four CT residents have tested positive for Powassan virus (POWV) infection. These four cases of POWV associated illness are the first to be identified in Connecticut in 2023.  During 2016–2022, 19 cases of POWV associated illness were reported in Connecticut, including six in 2022; two […]

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Four cases of the Powassan virus have been confirmed in Connecticut, according to state health officials. The Department of Public Health announced on Monday that the four residents tested positive for the tick-borne virus this year. The patients included two men aged 60 years and older who were residents of Middlesex […]

CLEVELAND – Getting a pedicure is a good way to destress. But, it can also be a headache if you end up walking out with an injury or infection. To avoid this, Joy Rowland, DPM, a podiatrist with Cleveland Clinic, encourages people to do some research beforehand. “Those wanting to get a pedicure should look […]

A new study looked at data of U.S. covid patients who previously had no hypertension, finding those hospitalized with covid-19 were diagnosed with hypertension at twice the rate of those who were not. Also in the news: covid-blood clot links in cancer patients; U.S. covid rates tick up slowly; more. CNN: Covid-19 Linked With Higher […]

Covid can lead to high blood pressure (Picture: Getty) Covid-19 may cause high blood pressure in those previously unaffected by the disorder, a new study suggests. The ‘alarming’ research found that of more than 45,000 patients attending hospital due Covid with no history of hypertension, a significant number went on to develop high blood pressure […]

Across the United States, thousands of people with COVID-19 are being hospitalized each week and the number is steadily trending up — a sure sign that overall cases have also been on the rise. Levels of detectable coronavirus in wastewater samples and the proportion of tests that come back positive have certainly been ticking up […]

MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that’s not necessarily true. A new study of 750 vaccinated seniors living in retirement homes and long-term care facilities found that those infected during the first omicron wave were actually more […]