Some researchers are thinking outside the box to try to combat the growing antibiotic resistance crisis. One of the innovations has been the development of “living medicines” which use one living bacterium to kill another. In a new study, researchers developed a modified (non-pathogenic) version of Mycoplasma pneumoniae that attacks Pseudomonas aeruginosa—which is resistant to many […]
Norovirus infection has been confirmed in two schoolchildren in Ernakulam even as the Health authorities have stepped up efforts to contain the disease spread. The infection has been confirmed in two children of Class I and II at Bhavan’s Adarsha Vidyalaya, Kakkanad. Nearly 62 children and a few parents had earlier exhibited symptoms of the […]
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers — picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm. But millions now are receiving IV treatments at home, and a new study warns that not enough people are being […]
Back in October, a breakout of bird flu was detected in farmed minks in Galicia, northwest Spain. On Thursday, January 19, 2023, an analysis on the viral eruption, H5N1, was published in the infectious disease journal Eurosurveillance. The report noted: “A single mink farm hosting more than 50,000 minks was involved. “The identified viruses belong […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the death toll from Diphtheria disease across the country was now 34, as Kano State registered 100 cases. The NCDC, via its official website on Sunday, said that the deaths were between December 2022 and early January 2023; they were also from Lagos, Kano, […]
A recent study states that Covid-19 reinfections could pose additional risks to people’s long-term health – as compared to only getting Covid once – however, some infectious disease experts in the US disagree that there is evidence showing repeat infections are more dangerous. The issue of the impact of repeated infections is becoming a crucial […]
India saw a single-day rise of 94 new coronavirus infections, with the active cases declining to 1,934, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo The total tally of COVID cases on Monday stood at 4.46 crore (4,46,82,015). The overall death toll stands at 5,30,735 with two deaths — […]
Introduction An increasing proportion of the global population is affected by skin infections, primarily bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic skin infections. The major bacteria causing skin infections include Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pyogenes. These major pathogens lead to complications such as acne, impetigo, erysipelas, cellulites, etc. The major viruses involved in […]
Japan on Monday reported 32,571 new coronavirus cases, down 31,897 from Sunday. Tokyo reported 2,677 new cases, down 2,433 from Sunday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo was 37, down four from Sunday, health officials said. The nationwide figure was 644, down 27 from Sunday. The number of coronavirus-related deaths […]
If that 80% is true then it’s great news for Chinese and global demand.But it seems dubious. Why wouldn’t there be a death rate beginning to near that which we’ve seen in Hong Kong? (If China had Hong Kong’s current cumulative Covid death rate of 1,732 per million people, its deaths would total 2.5 million.)It […]