Epilepsy Linked to Higher COVID Hospitalization, Death Rates Epilepsy Linked to Higher COVID Hospitalization, Death Rates
Epilepsy was linked to a significantly increased the risk for hospitalization and death from COVID-19 early in the pandemic, while healthcare utilization rates declined.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Opinion: COVID, 4 Years on Opinion: COVID, 4 Years on
A quick update on some important new dataMedscape (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases Viewpoint Source Type: news
North Carolina labor chief rejects infectious disease rule petitions for workplaces
North Carolina’s elected labor commissioner has declined to adopt rules sought by worker and civil rights groups that would have set safety and masking directives in workplaces for future infectious disease outbreaks like with COVID-19. Commissioner Josh Dobson, a Republican, announced Wednesday…#northcarolinas #joshdobson #northcarolina #stateaflcio #naacp #generalassembly #lukefarley #braxtonwinston #charlottecitycouncil #labordepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How HHS Plans to Fight Increases in Syphilis, Maternal Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- fIn this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about how HHS... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Five Keys to Helping Long-COVID Patients Recover Five Keys to Helping Long-COVID Patients Recover
Certain strategies have proven helpful for sufferers of long COVID as they slowly progress through recovery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Paul Alexander Thrived for Decades in an Iron Lung After Contracting Polio in 1952
(MedPage Today) -- Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, built a big following on social... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Timing the New Meningitis Shots Serogroup Top 5's Timing the New Meningitis Shots Serogroup Top 5's
Clinicians are evaluating optimal timing for vaccination now that the first pentavalent vaccine against all five major serogroups of meningococcal disease is available.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Timing the New Meningococcal Disease Shots Timing the New Meningococcal Disease Shots
Clinicians are evaluating optimal timing for vaccination now that the first pentavalent vaccine against all five major serogroups of meningococcal disease is available.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Routine Viral Testing in EDs Has Limited Benefit Routine Viral Testing in EDs Has Limited Benefit
Rapid testing doesn ' t necessarily reduce antibiotic use but can help in specific cases with high-risk patients and infection control in hospitals.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Inexperience Diagnosing Syphilis Adding to Higher Rates Inexperience Diagnosing Syphilis Adding to Higher Rates
After years of not seeing any cases of syphilis, rising rates mean that clinicians are having to refresh their diagnostic and treatment skills for the sexually transmitted infection.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Published Data Show Why GSK Bailed on Its Maternal RSV Vaccine
(MedPage Today) -- GSK's abandoned maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine protected infants from severe RSV, final results of a phase III trial indicated, but those positive outcomes came at the expense of an unexplained higher risk... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Risk for Preterm Birth Stops Maternal RSV Vaccine Trial Risk for Preterm Birth Stops Maternal RSV Vaccine Trial
With a maternal vaccine already on the market to protect newborns from RSV, the outlook for another looked promising, but latest phase 3 trial of a new candidate is now halted over safety concerns.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Prevention and Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention and Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Almost 10,000 older adults die each year due to respiratory syncytial virus. Two new FDA-approved RSV vaccines may help lower that number, and also ease congestion in hospitals.Medscape (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Diabetes Raises Herpes Zoster Hospitalisation Risk Diabetes Raises Herpes Zoster Hospitalisation Risk
Rates of hospitalisation, rehospitalisation, and complications are higher among people with diabetes.Medscape UK (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
A Deadly Amoeba Is Linked to Neti Pots. Here ’ s What to Know
NEW YORK — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of deadly amoeba to nasal rinsing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to neti pots and other nasal rinsing devices.
Officials also renewed their warning that extremely rare, but potentially deadly, consequences can come from flushing nasal passages with common tap water.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
