Consistent with the World Socialist Web Site’s (WSWS) warnings of a summer surge of COVID infections as evidenced by wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that hospitalizations due to infections with the coronavirus were up by more than 10 percent across the country. These have also been substantiated […]
Plain Language Summary Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at considerable risk of serious infections. Clinical providers report an ongoing challenge during an encounter with a febrile illness in SLE patients, by way of the varied types of infections mimicking lupus disease flare. Misdiagnosis of an infection for lupus flare will lead to complications […]
Abstract Prediction, prevention and treatment of virus infections require understanding of cell-to-cell variability that leads to heterogenous disease outcomes, but the source of this heterogeneity has yet to be clarified. To study the multimodal response of single human cells to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection, we mapped high-dimensional viral and cellular state spaces […]
Test could be breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections Test could be breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections 02:53 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A nasal swab test could be a breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections. The test could tell parents whether their child needs antibiotics for their sinus infection or not. Melissa […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A mysterious respiratory infection circulating in Savannah’s dog community is leaving veterinarians with many questions. Baxter is back to his energetic self but just a few weeks ago “It was a dry cough that didn’t go away.” Dr. John Shoettle at IVM says veterinarians across Savannah have been seeing patients with […]
Dengue is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy season, raising fears that the mosquito-borne disease could result in a record number of deaths and infections for the second consecutive year. At least 201 people, more than half of them in the capital Dhaka, have died and more than 37,000 have become infected with […]
When interviewed, most people who were sick with Salmonella said they’d eaten ground beef from the Northeast supermarket chain ShopRite. (Image credit: Bloomberg / Contributor via Getty Images) A multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to ground beef has infected 16 people, and of those affected, six have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease […]
The FDA has approved Ycanth (cantharidin) for the topical treatment of molluscum contagiosum in adult and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older as an in-office administered therapy.1 Developed by Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Ycanth (perviously VP-102) is the first FDA-approved treatment for molluscum, a highly contagious viral skin infection affecting about 6 million people annually […]
Cybercriminals are using paid adverts to lure users to malicious sites and trick them into downloading malware, in a variation on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) poisoning. SEO poisoning involves gaming search engines; threat actors put certain keywords on sites they control (either their own, or ones they’ve compromised), hoping that they get pushed up the […]
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – An exhibitor at the Oakland County Fair has tested positive for the highly contagious swine flu, and health officials are now reaching out to anyone who visited the barn with potentially infected pigs. A Lapeer County resident who was an exhibitor at the fair got sick, and tests identified a presumptive […]