Consumer Health: Why flu vaccination is more important this year than ever
National Influenza Vaccination Week will be observed Dec. 5 –9, which makes this a good time to learn more about the flu and why you need to get a flu shot. Public health officials are warning that it could be a different flu season than what the U.S. experienced the past two years, so protecting yourself and your family is more important than ever. What is the flu? What many people call the flu is actually viral gastroenteritis, or… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 8, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Almost 260 Britons have been sickened by E. coli outbreak linked to SALADS 
The cases occurred across the country through August to October, however the full details have only just been made public by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Unlicensed weed tainted with E. coli, lead and salmonella, study finds
About 40% of cannabis products sold at unlicensed storefronts in New York City contained bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides, finds a recently released report. Marijuana, edibles and vaporizers purchased from 20 illicit shops in August were tested and found to contain varying levels of eight…#thc #theofficeofcannabismanagement #newyorkcity #marijuana #theempirestate #thenewyorkmedicalcannabisindustrya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA— By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

World's deadliest bugs REVEALED: Bacterial infections kill nearly 8MILLION people a year
In the year before Covid stuck, 7.7million fatalities worldwide were caused by bugs such as S. aureus, E. coli, S. pneumoniae. They can cause skin, blood and lung infections. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Montreal Public Health looks to fight back against rise in shigella infections
Montreal Public Health says shigella is transmitting locally through sexual contact and the bacteria is evolving to be more drug resistant. Now the health authority is updating its protocols for combating the potentially dangerous bacterial infection. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news

More than 110 people hospitalized as shigella outbreak in Edmonton grows
According to Alberta Health Services, as of Wednesday, there were 172 confirmed cases in Edmonton, of which 115 people had to be hospitalized — but physicians expect the actual number is much bigger. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news

South Africa: Ethekwini Contaminated Water - We Are Swimming in Faeces While Dodging E. Coli.
[Greenpeace] Rivers polluted by sewers are nothing new to Durbanites. This problem has existed for years. In 2020, a local group of Greenpeace Africa in Durban submitted a petition to the water and sanitation authorities that gathered more than 10,000 signatures. Our riverside residential community was fed up with the unpleasant stench of raw sewage in the air. It was no longer safe to walk along the river or enjoy the surroundings and wildlife of the river. Informal communities that settled along riverbanks to earn a (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Aleddra Smart Disinfection and Emergency Lighting Ideal for Healthcare Facilities
RENTON, Wash., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The healthcare engineers and facilities managers are always overloaded with work and looking for products that will meet and exceed their standards. " When they learned that Aleddra ' s smart emergency Gen4 T8 tube automatically performs the monthly and the annual audit tests, they couldn ' t wait to test/approve the Gen4 for their facilities, " according to Matthew Maa, VP Sales& Marketing. The Gen4 Emergency T8 tube is recognized by IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) as a significant advancement in emergency lighting technology and is quickly becoming the product of choice ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 14, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

New TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Post-Hoc Analysis Reveals Early Efficacy Predicted Longer-Term Efficacy And Sustained Achievement Among A Diverse Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patient Population
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 11, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced a new post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 DISCOVER program (DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2) evaluating TREMFYA® (guselkumab) in adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which showed that early skin and enthesitis responsesa,b predicted longer-term clinical response,c including disease remission, at week 52.1 TREMFYA is the first fully human selective interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor therapy approved in the U.S. for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO) and adults with active PsA...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 11, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

News at a glance: A new antibiotic, COVID-19 in Antarctica, and a Venus mission deferred
CLIMATE SCIENCE Space station carbon mapper faces demise An orbiting fridge-size sensor that uses lasers to map forest structure—key to understanding how much carbon trees sequester—is set to plummet to a fiery destruction in the atmosphere in 2023 unless NASA extends its tenure. Researchers and some U.S. Congress members are lobbying the agency to reconsider its plan to jettison the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument from the International Space Station to make way for a Department of Defense sensor. GEDI measures the height of trees and the quality of habitat they provide...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 10, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

New TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Post-Hoc Analysis Reveals Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patients With Early Efficacy Had Meaningful Long-Term Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, November 10, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced a new post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 DISCOVER-2 study that show early (week 8) clinical improvementsa of most measures (joint and skin disease, enthesitis and dactylitis) in adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with TREMFYA® (guselkumab) were associated with meaningful improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (measured by EQ-5D)b from year one (week 52) through year two (week 100).1 TREMFYA is the first fully human selective interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor th...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

FDA Approves New Fully Liquid Presentation of GSK ’s Rotarix Vaccine to Prevent Gastroenteritis Caused by Rotavirus
New fully liquid formulation of Rotarix removes the need to reconstitute prior to administration, for improved convenience Clinical data demonstrated non-inferiority of immunogenicity as compared to the lyophilized formulation of Rotarix and... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - November 7, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Red Blood Cells Made to Deliver Antibiotics to Bacteria Red Blood Cells Made to Deliver Antibiotics to Bacteria
A “smart blood” platform delivered antibiotics to E coli without harming normal cells.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - November 7, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Acute Gastroenteritis in US Causes Widespread Disease Acute Gastroenteritis in US Causes Widespread Disease
Acute gastroenteritis is common in the United States and can be spread by asymptomatic virus shedders, report researchers, who recommend hand hygiene and vaccination in order to reduce the spread.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - October 31, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news