The Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis has canceled its annual Veterans Day event for families on Saturday, due to a handful of COVID infections among its 250 residents. Instead, staffers at the state-run home, near Minnehaha Regional Park on the banks of the Mississippi River, will be holding smaller and more informal gatherings to mark […]
The FDA has approved a chikungunya vaccine (Ixchiq, Valneva), making it the first approved immunization for the illness, aimed to treat individuals that are 18 years and older at high risk of being exposed to the chikungunya virus. Image credit: Mohammad | stock.adobe.com The chikungunya vaccine is a single dose injection that is administrated into […]
The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) developed evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of foot infections among patients with diabetes. The full guidelines were published simultaneously in Diabetes/Metabolism: Research & Reviews and Clinical Infectious Diseases. Using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and […]
The MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London has been redesignated as WHO’s Collaborating Centre (CC) for Infectious Disease Modelling. The Centre’s mission is to serve as an international resource and centre of excellence for research and training in epidemiological analysis and modelling of infectious diseases. Building on decades of collaboration […]
An estimated 10.6 million people developed tuberculosis (TB) in 2022. A majority of those — 7.5 million people — were diagnosed with the airborne lung disease for the first time. This is significant because once you’ve had TB, you are more likely to get it again. The World Health Organization said this was the highest annual record […]
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have achalasia, which I understand is quite rare. Can you tell me the cause, and is it in any way related to the COVID vaccination? I heard from one professional doctor that it might be. I had excessive coughing before, during and long after recovery from COVID. Could it have damaged […]
Hanging scrubs in many colors (Adobe Stock by Jesse 344038847) Infection transmissions occur more frequently in hospitals and health care facilities. Health care workers risk getting infections because they interact with patients and in infection-active environments. The lack of robust control programs increases multidrug-resistant bacteria and disease outbreaks. Health care facility owners should encourage the use […]
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How do digital platforms impact sexual health?Prevention messagingAccess to STI testing servicesPre-exposure prophylaxisAdherence to medicationArtificial intelligence for STI managementReferencesFurther reading Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are spread from one person to another through sexual contact, including vaginal, oral, and anal sex. Of more than 30 pathogens that are transmitted sexually, eight are associated with the highest […]
Health officials in New Jersey are warning of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak for part of the state that has sickened dozens. The state’s Department of Health said 21 people in Middlesex County and 20 people in Union County were sick and tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that leads to the disease. The tests were […]