Pious Parasites: Medieval Monks Battled Nasty Gut Germs
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) Medieval monks were much more wormy than average folks, a new archaeological analysis has revealed. Those living in medieval Cambridge were nearly twice as likely to be infected by intestinal parasites as city dwellers, researchers found. Even though Augustinian friars had access to advanced sanitation […]
CDC Investigating E. coli Outbreak in Ohio, Michigan – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not yet found a food source responsible for sickening people. They […]
New Reports on Polio: How Worried Should We Be? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area. But infectious disease experts say there’s no need for families of […]
Poliovirus Discovered in New York Wastewater – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City’s wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely since first being discovered in the wastewater of a neighboring county last month. The New York State Department of Health and the New York […]
Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Monkeypox could soon get a new name. The World Health Organization announced Friday that it plans to rename the condition to eliminate any derogatory or racist connotations, a decision in alignment with current best practices for naming diseases. “The naming of virus species is […]
Poliovirus Discovered in New York Wastewater – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City’s wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely since first being discovered in the wastewater of a neighboring county last month. The New York State Department of Health and the New York […]
New Insights Into Link Between Kidney Stones, Urinary Tract Infection
Kidney stone disease (KSD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) often coexist, and stone removal may reduce the risk of recurrent UTI, authors of a systematic review concluded. The review showed a bidirectional nature of the relationship between KSD and UTI, as stone formers had a high prevalence of UTI and patients evaluated for UTI had […]
TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment — If You Can Get It – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 What if a rare viral illness with the potential to cause excruciating pain was in fact treatable, but the only drug for that use was nearly impossible to get, despite being in plentiful supply? That is precisely the dilemma now confronting thousands […]
FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said […]
Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) Flooding, heat waves and drought have made 58% of infectious diseases worse, a new analysis claims. For the review of previous studies, published Aug. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found that 218 of the known 375 infectious diseases have been made worse […]