Family members and friends are mourning the death of Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie, an 18-year-old woman who died of blastomycosis at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North ICU on Aug. 1. Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of fungi that can be found in moist soil and rotting […]
John Yang: Geoff, after months of decline, numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that reported cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, slowly, to be sure, but still rising. For the week ending July 22, COVID-19 hospital admissions were up by 12 percent from the week before and emergency department visits […]
Human skin is often first swabbed with alcohol before an injection is administered, in an effort to prevent bacteria from entering the wound made when the needle pierces the skin. Horses, however, rarely receive this cleaning procedure before an injection. This is because the horse’s hair coat reduces alcohol’s effect. If the horse is very […]
Topline The FDA and CDC have approved the first RSV vaccines for infants and seniors, and are expected to make a decision on other RSV vaccine approval by the fall in anticipation for the winter—here are some of the top contenders that have shown promising signs in trials. Key Facts Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is […]
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD Photo courtesy of UAB Infectious disease expert and HIV researcher Jeanne M. Marrazzo, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), will be the new director of the National Institute of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) starting in the fall, replacing Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired […]
New way of testing for sinus infections could help eliminate use of unnecessary antibiotics – CBS Pittsburgh Watch CBS News Millions of kids are given antibiotics for sinus infections every year, but about half end up not actually needing the medication. A new way of testing for the common illness could help eliminate the use […]
The National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday that Jeanne Marrazzo, a leading researcher of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), will replace Anthony Fauci as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), raising the possibility of a meaningful response to recent crisis-level STI transmission trends in the US. Marrazzo’s career has been devoted […]
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of smell and taste were often telltale signs that a person had been infected b the coronavirus. The unusual symptom added another layer of misery to the illness by interfering with the enjoyment of food and way people sense the world around them. More than three […]
“Clean hands save lives.” “Save lives: Clean your hands.” “Washed hands are caring hands.” “The number 1 way to prevent health care–acquired infections (HAIs) is to wash your hands.” These are only a few sayings commonly heard and promoted in the medical field, but are these sayings true? The answer is an overwhelming yes. The […]
An illustration of Streptococcus pyogenes, which can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a “flesh-eating” infection. (Image credit: Shutterstock) A man was recently diagnosed with and treated for a “flesh-eating” bacterial infection in his right leg — only to have it spread to his left leg four days later, according to a new report of the case. The […]