“About half of the world’s population is at risk of dengue, and dengue affects approximately 129 countries,” said Dr Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s Head of the Global Programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. “We estimate that about 100 to 400 million cases are reported every year. This is basically an estimate and the American region alone […]
The symptoms of a brain-eating amoeba infection may initially resemble flu-like symptoms, which can make early diagnosis challenging. Read on to know more. In a heart-wrenching turn of events, the playful dip in water proved to be fatal for Woodrow Turner Bundy, a 2-year-old from Nevada, US. He breathed his last on July 19, after […]
Dr. Monica Gandhi, stands in a lab that tests for HIV medication in hair, at Parnassus Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, July 10, 2023. Dr. Monica Gandhi is an expert in infectious diseases, specializing particularly in the care of patients with HIV and AIDS. She recently came out with a new book, […]
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new rapid test uses bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—to quickly and accurately identify the pathogens that cause urinary tract infections. About one in two women gets cystitis during her lifetime, and many suffer from recurrent urinary tract infections. Bladder […]
Scientists have identified possible biomarkers that may make it easier to distinguish patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) from those with diarrhea from other causes. Writing in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, corresponding author Silvia Vázquez-Cuesta, PhD, of the Complutense University of Madrid, and colleagues, noted that there are a number of […]
A protein from scorpionfish might combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, a recent study suggests. The human version of the protein, called bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), normally works to fight off bacteria, but people with CF have self-reactive antibodies that destroy it. In lab studies, the scorpionfish version could escape the antibodies and […]
Tragedy struck when a two-year-old boy named Woodrow Bundy lost his life due to a brain-eating amoeba infection. The devastating incident occurred while he was playing in the water at Ash Springs in the US state of Nevada. Woodrow’s mother, Briana, shared the heartbreaking news on her Facebook page.In a poignant post, Briana expressed her […]
The zone includes the regions of Southwest Finland, Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia. Open image viewer The remains of a seagull found at Lahti harbour in July that is believed to have died from avian flu. Image: Markku Tuhkanen / Yle 9:16•Updated 10:32 The Finnish Food Authority has created a designated ‘infection zone’ […]
The recent deaths of two school-aged girls from influenza highlights the danger from a major surge of the virus that is currently sweeping Australia. The profit-driven removal by state and federal Labor governments of almost all public health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has created the conditions for mass flu infection, in parallel […]
Where do I go to get my reputation back? Back in May 2021 I was canceled from YouTube, and not for the first time. “Our team has reviewed your content and, unfortunately, we think it violates our medical misinformation policy.” The charge: that I had discussed “The Non-Existent Flu Season” with a Colorado ophthalmologist and […]