Category Archives: Infection

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WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ director by this fall. The announcement comes roughly eight months after longtime institute director Anthony Fauci stepped down. Marrazzo will assume her post at the $6.3 billion-dollar agency just as Congress begins hashing out the […]

CNN  —  Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo will be the next director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health announced in a news release on Wednesday. Marrazzo is expected to begin her role in the fall, NIH said. She will take over from Dr. Hugh Auchincloss Jr., who has served […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – UAB’s Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo has been named the Director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She is replacing Dr. Anthony Fauci who stepped down from the position in 2022. Dr. Marrazzo is currently the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UAB. “Dr. Marrazzo brings a […]

News Release Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., acting director for the National Institutes of Health, has named Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., as director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Marrazzo is currently the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at […]

It all happened in 11 days; 17-year-old Megan Ebenroth’s mother said the teen went swimming in a lake by her home in McDuffie County, then on July 22, she was dead. DEARING, Ga. — A teenager has died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba; no one in Georgia has died from the disease […]

In a recent study posted to the SSRN* preprint server, researchers performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccination on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, hospitalization, and associated mortality. Study: Effect of Vaccination Against Influenza Viruses on Infection, Hospitalization, and Death from Respiratory COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: InsideCreativeHouse/Shutterstock.com […]

Simon Matthews made three trips this spring to the emergency room of his local hospital in Eastbourne, on England’s southeast coast, before doctors managed to figure out what was making him so ill. He had a fever of 104 Fahrenheit, uncommonly high for an adult. On his first foray to the hospital — in an ambulance […]

Updated On Aug 02, 2023 01:35 PM IST Liver infections are common in monsoon and it’s important to take special care of this crucial organ during this time of the year. Here are important tips. / View Photos in a new improved layout Updated on Aug 02, 2023 01:35 PM IST Monsoon brings respite from […]

An investigation into the lab’s origins is underway. (Unsplash/Representative pic) Officials in the United States have uncovered an illegal medical lab inside a California warehouse filled with infectious agents, hundreds of dead mice and other hazardous materials. According to The Independent, the lab, run by Prestige BioTech, a Nevada-based company not registered in California, was […]