Even as Covid has faded into the background for most of the public, our curiosity about the virus’s idiosyncrasies hasn’t waned. Why does one member of a household suffer a hacking cough but another not even a sniffle? Why does long Covid afflict some and not others? A cluster of new studies suggests some of […]
In a study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, investigators evaluated the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the use of antibiotics in primary care for common infections. Study: Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission related to common infections. Image Credit: nokwalai/Shutterstock.com *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are […]
Overview This document highlights the diagnostics available now to support scale-up and expanded access to screening to meet the growing testing demands in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The focus of this landscape is on the technologies (tests, platforms and systems for use in resource-limited settings) commercially available at the time of publication for syphilis, chlamydia, […]
New Delhi: Unsafe food is the reason behind a staggering 600 million infections and 4.2 lakh deaths every year, G Kamala Vardhana Rao, chief executive, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said on Thursday at the first Global Food Regulators Summit 2023. The summit aims to create a global platform of food regulators […]
Experts have warned that sharing towels with other family members can lead to grim infections. Towels can retain moisture, creating an environment where some diseases can thrive. People should avoid sharing towels with family members and make good practice of changing them around once a week, experts have said. “Skin infections like molluscum contagiosum, impetigo […]
New study looks at how genetics may impact Covid infections Link Copied! CNN’s John Vause speaks with a professor of neurology about a new study on how genetics may shape who gets sick from Covid. 02:12 – Source: CNN
Variation in genes encoding proteins involved in immune responses could be behind why some people remain asymptomatic following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes encode these proteins used by the immune system in identifying and distinguishing healthy cells in the body from infected ones. Advertisement Research has shown at least 20 % of Covid-infected […]
ByDeutsche Welle | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Delhi Jul 20, 2023 11:16 AM IST Share Via Copy Link With antibiotic resistance rising, scientists think bacteriophages — which hunt and kill bacteria — could cure bacterial infections. For such tiny agents, viruses have taken a huge toll on humanity. Outbreaks of viral diseases, such as […]
DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom had a throat and palate infection that was treated in 2017, and about two weeks later, she had a heart attack. In 2023, she had pneumonia and was briefly hospitalized and treated, but again about two weeks later, she had another heart attack. We asked her cardiologist if there is […]
Innovative treatment paves the way for reducing antimicrobial resistance in the treatment of a deadly infection in chickens, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Surrey. The ground-breaking study investigated the effectiveness of a novel metal-derived complex in treating Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), a serious respiratory infection of chickens […]