UK femcare-turned-gynaecological-health startup, Daye, has expanded its tampon-based home screening service to add STI testing. The startup is billing this “non-invasive screening” service for sexually transmitted infections as a “world first”. The “STI Diagnostic Tampon” service uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing tech to detect the presence of pathogens. Daye is launching with the ability […]
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As an “eighth wave” of COVID-19 emerges, it’s very much business as usual for most Australians. The disease is now very much part of life – the World Health Organization ended its public health emergency declaration half a year ago, and Australia recently withdrew COVID-19’s Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance status. Most people have […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major airports. The CDC is looking for more than 30 pathogens, including RSV and the flu. Testing will happen at Boston Logan International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C., and John […]
A tampon is being repurposed to screen for sexually transmitted infections, with the at-home test aiming to encourage more women to seek treatment. The gynaecological health startup Daye has launched an STI diagnostic tampon, which uses a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to check for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas, mycoplasma and ureaplasma, with the tampon used […]
After seeing a substantial rise in hospital-acquired infections during the COVID-19 infection, health systems have made progress in reducing infections, according to the Leapfrog Group. A nonprofit group focused on patient safety, The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades today. The group assigned letter grades to nearly 3,000 general hospitals and analyzed […]
The dengue virus and its equally infamous cousin, the Zika virus, together infect up to around 400 million people every year. The Zika virus and genomic studies of it have opened fascinating windows into our knowledge of the infectious disease and its relevance in the context of emerging outbreaks. The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne […]
In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health, researchers evaluate the effectiveness of commonly prescribed antibiotics for treating severe bacterial infections in children in Southeast Asia and the Pacific using a Bayesian Weighted Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram (WISCA) model. Study: Coverage gaps in empiric antibiotic regimens used to treat serious bacterial infections in neonates and […]
Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections. (2021). Available at: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/data-on-syphilis. (Accessed 2 June 2023). Newman L, Kamb M, Hawkes S, Gomez G, Say L, Seuc A, Broutet N. Global estimates of Syphilis in pregnancy and associated adverse outcomes: analysis of multinational antenatal surveillance data. PLoS Med. 2013;10(2):e1001396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001396. Epub […]
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted through droplets and airborne aerosols, and in order to prevent infection and reduce viral spread vaccines should elicit protective immunity in the airways. The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) transfers IgG across epithelial barriers and can enhance mucosal delivery of antigens. Here we explore FcRn-mediated respiratory delivery of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S). […]