Powassan Virus Disease: Symptoms, Treatment, Causes & Vaccine
Powassan Virus Disease Symptoms & Signs Powassan virus disease is a rare viral infection. Powassan (POW) virus is a Flavivirus, a genus in the family of Arbovirus; it is related to the West Nile virus. The virus is named after Powassan, Ontario, where it was discovered in 1958. Most cases in the U.S. have been […]
Do COVID Vaccines Stave Off New Medical Conditions?
Risks of long COVID symptoms and the incidence of new onset hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease were lower among vaccinated patients with breakthrough infection versus those with COVID who were unvaccinated, a large analysis of medical records in the U.S. suggested. Compared to those who were unvaccinated, relative risks were 0.33 for hypertension (95% CI […]
Hope for 1st Vaccine Against Virus Driving ‘Mono,’ Cancers and Maybe MS
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) Two experimental vaccines show promise in protecting against infection with the “mono” virus, which also causes cancer and has been implicated as a potential trigger of multiple sclerosis, a new paper reports. Tested only in animals so far, the vaccines […]
City Rats May Not Pose Big Pandemic Threat
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Despite what you may have heard, rats and other city wildlife aren’t likely to trigger future pandemics in people, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists trying to determine where future outbreaks are most likely to start. It’s long been suspected that […]
Another Health Threat: Drug-Resistant Mold Infections – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, May 2, 2022 British researchers are warning of one more rising health danger: a drug-resistant mold found in the environment that infects certain people’s lungs. Aspergillus fumigatus can cause a fungal lung infection called aspergillosis in people with lung conditions or weakened immune systems. Aspergillosis, which affects 10 to 20 […]
First Case of New Bird Flu in Human in U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 – The first U.S. case of bird flu in a human has been confirmed in Colorado, federal and state health officials reported Thursday. Still, the risk to the general public is low, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed. The patient, a 40-year-old man who […]
First Case of New Bird Flu in Human in U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 – The first U.S. case of bird flu in a human has been confirmed in Colorado, federal and state health officials reported Thursday. Still, the risk to the general public is low, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed. The patient, a 40-year-old man who […]
Dangerous Germs Floating on Microplastics in Ocean Wind Up in Food, Water
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) Land parasites that pose a risk to human and wildlife health can hitch rides on the millions of pounds of microplastics that float between oceans, a new study shows. “It’s easy for people to dismiss plastic problems as something that doesn’t matter for them, like, […]
Experts Weigh in on CDC’s New Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) Back in December, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a detailed briefing to warn public health officials about an emerging COVID variant dubbed Omicron. Officials were incredibly specific, said Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association […]
CDC Launches Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) A new forecasting center for infectious diseases was officially launched by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The goal of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is to act as a “National Weather Service” for infectious disease outbreaks, and to […]