Category Archives: Infection

A fever and persistent cough are well recognised symptoms when it comes to Covid. Now, a GP has outlined a red flag that could appear in an infected person’s mouth. What’s more, this warning sign could also alert someone to new Covid variants, including HV.1 and JN.1. The Omicron spin-off, known as HV.1, has cemented […]

Rates of syphilis in newborn babies have risen astronomically since 2012, largely because pregnant women have not been getting screened as often as they once were, according to a new report. The reason, according to experts in infectious diseases, include less access because of clinics closing and greater difficulty in notifying partners, who can be […]

Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her poster on results from the ARMOR Study and latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in ocular infections at this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. Video Transcript Editor’s note – This transcript has been edited for clarity. Penny Asbell, MD, FACS: Hi. You know, what could be […]

If your immune system is fighting low-grade infections you will feel more tired  Experts say being low in zinc and vitamins A, C and D3 can leave you vulnerable By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 05:38 EST, 13 November 2023 | Updated: 06:08 EST, 13 November 2023

A SCHOOLGIRL has spent the last two years in agony after contracting a skin infection from a hot tub. The pain is so bad that Poppy Burns, 12, is only able to attend school part-time and is often forced to use a wheelchair. octors think Poppy Burns, 12, likely has complex regional pain syndromeCredit: SWNS […]

These days, we don’t think much about being able to access a course of antibiotics to head off an infection. But that wasn’t always the case – antibiotics have been available for less than a century. Before that, patients would die of relatively trivial infections that became more serious. Some serious infections, such as those […]

An infamous parasite primarily carried by cats, Toxoplasma gondii, could be responsible for increased frailty in older adults, a new study reveals – and with 11-15 percent of people in the US thought to have been infected by it at some point, that’s a significant finding. The discovery, made by an international team of researchers, […]

Image of microscopic parasite: Cryptosporidium. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 European health authorities have raised concerns over a significant rise in gastric infections, particularly in Spain, and the UK. According to 20 Minutos, the illness is triggered by the Cryptosporidium parasite, leading to watery diarrhoea and gastrointestinal issues, with […]

Drastic decreases in the time it takes people to move through the HIV cascade of care in France are reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Median time from diagnosis to viral control has been reduced from around eight months to two months, thus shortening the period during which people can pass the virus to others. The […]