WASHINGTON — A new strain of COVID-19 is gaining traction, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s called the EG.5 COVID variant and the CDC says it’s now the dominant COVID variant across the United States. The data shows there were just over 8,000 people that went to the hospital for COVID […]
August 10, 2023 1 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Cho E, et al. Paper 1084. Presented at: Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting; Aug. 4-5, 2023; Salt Lake City (hybrid meeting). Disclosures: Cho reports no relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your […]
Jose Navarrete, MD1,2; Gregory Barone, MPH2,3; Iram Qureshi, MPH2,4; Austin Woods2,5; Kira Barbre, MPH2,6; Lu Meng, PhD2; Shannon Novosad, MD2; Qunna Li, MSPH2; Minn Minn Soe, MBBS2; Jonathan Edwards, MStat2; Emily Wong, MPH2; Hannah E. Reses, MPH2; Sydney Guthrie, MPH2,6; John Keenan, PhD2,6; Leticia Lamping2,5; Meeyoung Park, MPH7; Sorie Dumbuya, MPH7; Andrea L. Benin, MD2; […]
Epidemiologic Investigation and Findings On July 5, 2021, Public Health Ontario (PHO) identified, via routine surveillance, three cases of S. Typhimurium infections across multiple public health districts (known as public health units) in Ontario, with four or fewer allele differences in isolates by whole genome multilocus sequence typing (wgMLST), suggesting a common exposure source. By […]
Abstract Although most infections are transmitted through the environment, the processes underlying the environmental stage of transmission are still poorly understood for most systems. Improved understanding of the environmental transmission dynamics is important for effective non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies. To study the mechanisms underlying environmental transmission we formulated a parsimonious modelling framework including hypothesised mechanisms of […]
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The Butte County Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday the first human West Nile virus infection in Butte County for the 2023 season. According to officials, as of Aug. 4, there have been eight human infections confirmed in California. Typically active from June through October, August is considered the “peak month” for the virus in […]
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – The Butte County Department of Public Health announced the first confirmed human West Nile Virus infection in Butte County for the 2023 season. The department said as of Aug. 4, eight human WNV infections have been confirmed in California. WNV is usually active from June through October, with August typically being […]
DURHAM, N.C. — For the past 10 months, parents have dealt with a shortage of Amoxicillin. That’s the drug used to treat pneumonia, bronchitis and certain infections caused by bacteria. A Durham parent told WRAL News he couldn’t find it at CVS Pharmacy at all for his sick child. We’ve reached out to CVS specifically […]
©jasniulak/AdobeStock New research sheds light on whether COVID-19 vaccinations reduce disease severity and mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection.1 Findings published August 7, 2023, in The Lancet Microbe showed that among persons recently infected with SARS-CoV-2, those who were fully vaccinated had lower concentrations of nearly all inflammatory markers (cytokines and chemokines) than those who were unvaccinated […]