Mystery China pneumonia outbreak threatens to overwhelm European country’s health system
Health officials say China is experiencing a surge in pneumonia cases after locking down for longer than other countries after the Covid-19 pandemic. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. childhood pneumonia outbreak raises alarm, no known link to China
The recently elevated number of pediatric pneumonia cases in Warren County, Ohio, has crossed the "outbreak" threshold, health officials say. However, there is "zero evidence" the Warren cases are connected to any respiratory activity "statewide, nationally, or internationally," county health…#warrencounty #ohio #warrencountyhealth #streptococcus #taiwan #vietnam #wuhan #messenger #mandycohen #turningpointusa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Now MASSACHUSETTS says it's being hit by wave of 'white lung' pneumonia in children as Ohio county issues similar warning - after China and Europe saw surge in cases and hospitalizations
Dr John Kelley, from western Massachusetts, said his practice was seeing a lot of children coming in with pneumonia or suffering from a combination of RSV and other respiratory illnesses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GOP lawmakers grill CDC director on China’s respiratory virus spike
CDC Director Mandy Cohen’s appearance before Congress came as clusters of pneumonia in Chinese children emerge as the latest public health issue enmeshed in geopolitical conflict. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil Source Type: news
What we know about China’s child pneumonia outbreak
According to the WHO, the outbreak has not been caused by a new virus but by existing pathogens. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ANOTHER US state reports mystery wave of pneumonia in children: Doctors in Massachusetts and Ohio warn they're being hit by outbreaks of 'white lung' infections - after China and Europe suffered spike in cases
Health officials in an Ohio county 30 miles outside Cincinnati said there had been 142 pediatric cases of pneumonia recorded in their area since August. They said this was an outbreak. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doxycycline Tied to Lower Risk for C. Difficile in Pneumonia Patients
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 -- For patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), doxycycline is associated with a reduced risk for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to a study published online Nov. 1 in the American Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Map shows countries affected by Chinese respiratory illness as cases spreading across EU
Pneumonia cases in Denmark have reached 'epidemic' levels as it becomes the latest European country to report a worrying increase in children with the illness. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Full list of countries affected by Chinese respiratory illness as cases spreading in EU
Pneumonia cases in Denmark have reached 'epidemic' levels as it becomes the latest European country to report a worrying increase in children with the illness. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Expert warns Europe to prepare for worst-case scenario over China outbreak
EXCLUSIVE: A health expert has raised alarm bells by warning Europe that it could be "venturing into the unknown" with the Chinese pneumonia outbreak. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congress demands CDC hands over everything it knows about China's mystery pneumonia outbreak
A Congressional committee sent a scathing letter to the CDC demanding more transparency regarding the mysterious outbreak of pneumonia cases in China. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The European cities 'likely to be hit hardest' by China's mystery pneumonia outbreak
A health expert has said these are the cities in Europe that will be hit hardest by the spreading Chinese pneumonia outbreak. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI assist for x-ray reads serves nonradiologists well in the ED
CHICAGO -- German researchers are testing ways to support nonradiologists in interpreting chest x-rays in emergency settings using an AI assistant.Presenting the research on November 28 at RSNA 2023, Jan Rudolph, MD, from the department of radiology at University Hospital LMU Munich said nonradiologists can significantly benefit from AI assistance in emergency-related chest x-ray analysis.“If you go to the periphery, to smaller hospitals in the periphery, there's basically the duty doctors from internal medicine or surgery departments that have to analyze the chest x-rays,” Rudolph explained. “So we were thinking and...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 29, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Digital X-Ray Artificial Intelligence RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Is China's 'mystery pneumonia' sweeping Europe? Netherlands sees alarming surge in similar illness among children - as terrifying video shows hazmat-clad workers in China disinfecting schools
Dutch health experts say a striking number have been sickened since rates began soaring in August, with most cases among those aged five to 14. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak
Hospitals in China have reportedly been overrun with pneumonia cases as an uptick is recorded in the Netherlands. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
