NEW YORK — The Red Sox’ Triston Casas was a late scratch Saturday afternoon due to a tooth infection. Casas went to a local hospital where the infected tooth was drained. Manager Alex Cora said he hopes Casas is back in the lineup Monday. Casas had made 17 consecutive starts at first. Justin Turner took […]
Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, has killed 5 people in Florida this year, according to the state’s health department. Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the infection across the U.S. so far in 2023. The bacteria, which thrives in warm water where river and ocean waters mix, can enter the […]
A Maryland resident was hospitalized with malaria after contracting the disease locally — a first in more than 40 years, Maryland Department of Health officials said Friday. Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted through mosquito bites. The Health Department did not say precisely where the patient was exposed to malaria, but officials said the […]
Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) should not be classified as hospital-onset from just laboratory identification of the pathogen after 3 days from admission, but should be corroborated clinically, according to investigators who recently evaluated different models to predict risk for the iatrogenic infection. “The current hospital-onset CDI reportable metric, which has been around for approximately a […]
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Casas was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Yankees with an infected tooth, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports. The Red Sox have yet to announce a timeline for Casas’ return, but if it’s an issue that can be fixed with routine dental work, he’s likely not looking at a long […]
Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area because of a flesh-eating bacterium known to lurk at beaches, Florida officials reported. According to Florida Health, the vibrio vulnificus bacterium’s natural habitat is in warm, brackish seawater because it requires salt to live. The bacteria typically grow more quickly in warmer months. Infections are […]
ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Aug 19, 2023 05:43 PM IST Share Via Copy Link BA 2.86 that is mainly causing a spike in infections in Denmark, Israel and US has as many as 36 mutations as compared to Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. After a lull, surge of new Covid strains in UK, China and other countries […]
As the summer winds down, Rhode Island is seeing low numbers of COVID-19, according to public health officials. “Right now, we are in a good position when it comes to COVID-19. Infection levels throughout this summer are the lowest they have been since spring 2022,” said Joseph Wendelken, a spokesman for the state Department of […]
That food is India’s Achilles Heel in tuberculosis control has been reiterated by the brilliantly intuitive Indian Council of Medical Research-backed study on how food baskets can prevent secondary infections in family members of TB patients. But for India the bigger challenge in TB has been keeping count – the patient needs to be identified […]