Enlarge / Travelers walk through Union Station as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington, DC, November 21, 2023. Getty | Saul Loeb As Americans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, respiratory viruses are ramping up, creating hazardous infectious conditions for mass travel and multi-generational family gatherings. Flu is on the rise […]
Salmonella pathogen. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The spread of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella in Canada has prompted serious public health concern. The outbreak, which has now spread across six provinces and infected at least 40 people, is being closely monitored by the Public Health Agency of Canada, according to an advisory. Brian Coombes, chair of McMaster’s […]
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Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoo As the cold and flu season takes its grip, the incessant coughing and sneezing become unavoidable. Viral infections, culprits behind the common cold and flu, spread through direct contact, touching contaminated surfaces, and exposure to infected individuals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasizes the disruptive impact of common […]
There were 57 new cases of the lethal fungus in Southern Nevada last month Last year, the region suffered the worst outbreak of C auris in the US READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE Daughters who lost their mothers to deadly fungus By Caitlin Tilley, Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:01 EST, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 13:01 EST, […]
From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have raised concerns about the potential for long-term health problems linked to SARS-CoV-2 and warned repeated infections are likely to increase the risk. An association between COVID and cardiovascular disease emerged quickly. And now — almost exactly four years since the first case was discovered in […]
Dr. Peter Daley, an infectious diseases physician and Memorial University medical microbiologist, says patients and physicians alike need to work together to slow the over-prescription of antibiotics. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) One expert says Newfoundland and Labrador’s reliance on antibiotic prescriptions could lead to deadly consequences. Dr. Peter Daley, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor at Memorial University, […]
QakBot trojan tactics live on in DarkGate, PikaBot malware attacks Attack techniques once used to disseminate the dismantled QakBot trojan, also known as QBot and Pinkslipbot, have been leveraged in a new widespread phishing campaign involving the DarkGate and PikaBot strains aimed at various industries, according to The Hacker News.
Rachael WardAAP Scientists have uncovered how to reverse the ageing effects of ‘zombie’ cells in COVID-19 patients, sparking fresh hope the findings could be used in Alzheimer’s research. Senescent cells, also known as zombie cells, occur naturally as people age and can contribute to brain fog or memory loss as tissue is inflamed or degenerates. […]
Scanning electron micrograph of human T lymphocyte or T cell. Credit: NIAID/NIH A recent publication from Audrey Gérard’s lab looks at how a specific protein, called IFNγ, can coordinate CD8+ T cell responses during a flu infection. CD8+ T cells are a type of white blood cell responsible for recognizing and destroying cells that have […]