Influenza cases on rise, cluster infections mainly in schools: CDC

Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) Over 100,000 people visited the doctor with influenza-like symptoms and 65 cluster infection cases of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) were reported last week, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Tuesday. At a press conference Tuesday, CDC official Kuo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said a rise in influenza cases has been […]

Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is giving Northeastern University $17.5 million over the next five years to head an innovation center designed to help detect and prepare the United States for the next outbreak of infectious disease, especially in rural areas. Called “EPISTORM: The Center for Advanced Epidemic Analytics and Predictive Modeling Technology,” […]

Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement Training

Stony Brook Health Sciences programs to participate in AMA initiative    STONY BROOK, NY, September 19, 2023 – Hypertension affects some 120 million Americans, yet according to multiple medical data sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 25 percent of those with hypertension have the condition under control. Training future healthcare professionals how to […]

The Conversation: How Does Fever Help Fight Infections? There’s More to It Than Even Some Scientists Realize

When you’re sick with a fever, your doctor will likely tell you it’s a sign that your immune system is defending you against an infection. Fever typically results from immune cells at infected sites sending chemical signals to the brain to raise the set point of your body’s thermostat. So you feel chills when the […]

Data for Luspatercept Highlight Evolving Treatment Landscape in Lower-Risk MDS

Uwe Platzbecker, MD Data from ongoing phase 3 clinical trials could continue to alter the treatment landscape for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), according to Uwe Platzbecker, MD. In an interview with OncLive®, Platzbecker, a professor of hematology and director of Medical Clinic I at the University Hospital of Leipzig in Germany, discussed these […]

Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware

For much of the cybersecurity industry, malware spread via USB drives represents the quaint hacker threat of the past decade—or the one before that. But a group of China-backed spies appears to have figured out that global organizations with staff in developing countries still keep one foot in the technological past, where thumb drives are […]

Weirton Medical Center, Vitalant team up to combat local blood shortage with upcoming drive

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:56:59 GMT (1695146219288) 2bd56b2132ad955c8c1cfb23f05890a4430c2029 00da48b76bb827f84f5becfbd5d5b07ca34f3416 by WTOV9.com Tue, September 19th 2023, 5:55 PM UTC Weirton Medical Center is partnering with non-profit blood services organization Vitalant to address a critical blood shortage in the area. Loading …

Rare dog disease is now spreading to humans in UK. It is incurable in canines

ByYagya Sharma Sep 19, 2023 07:21 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Three people in the UK have contracted a bacterial infection known as Brucella canis, which is commonly found in dogs. Three people in the UK have till now contracted a bacterial infection, which is commonly confined to dogs, known as Brucella canis. The […]