For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The number of people dying of infections resistant to antibiotics increased last year, with experts warning of “concerning rises” in drugs that are used to tackle the likes […]
Elisabeth Mahase The BMJ Antibiotic resistance is on the rise in England after a decline during the covid pandemic, and “more dangerous strains of bacteria” are spreading in the community and hospitals, the UK Health Security Agency has warned. National surveillance data unveiled at the UKHSA annual conference in Leeds on 15 November showed that […]
Raven La Fae, a 32-year-old artist in Calgary, Canada, has always been able to predict their menstrual periods almost to the day; it arrived every 28 days and lasted for five. But after contracting COVID-19 in late 2020, that’s no longer the case. La Fae’s bout with the disease lasted for two miserable weeks. A […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) $3.7 million in cooperative agreements to develop vaccines designed to prevent or limit the impact of future disease outbreaks that can spread between animals and humans. These cooperative agreements, which are […]
We found over twice as many co-infections than expected, if assuming no interaction, and similarly estimate in the model that influenza infection risk is 2.13 (95% CI: 0.97–4.69) higher during or shortly after RSV infection. This, however, translates to a very small population-level impact. In addition, the 95% CIs for the interaction estimate cross 1, […]
Mid America Pet Food of Mount Pleasant, TX, is expanding its Oct. 30 recall to include additional pet food products with best-by dates before Oct 31, 2024, because of Salmonella contamination. The company’s products are linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections in people. As of Nov. 1 seven people reported Salmonella Kiambu infections. Six […]
Open this photo in gallery: It is a good idea to get COVID vaccine booster shots as immunity to the respiratory virus that causes COVID-19 wanes over time as the virus continues to mutate.JOHANNA GERON/Reuters Question: I have already had multiple COVID-19 vaccines and I’ve even been infected. I must have a great deal of […]
The practice of infectious disease requires excellent communication between the ID consultant and primary care physicians (PCPs), internal medicine physicians, and hospitalists who are usually the first point of contact for patients. Important pieces of information for these front-line physicians are what to do (and not to do) as first steps in treating an infectious […]
