What Happens When You Have Mononucleosis? Mono Symptoms, Treatment
Once infected with mononucleosis, the virus may remain dormant in the throat and body fluids for the rest of your life. Mononucleosis is a contagious viral infection usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It typically affects adolescents and young adults and is characterized by symptoms such as fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and […]
Surveillance testing shown to reduce community COVID-19 spread
Covid-19 is often asymptomatic and can lead infected individuals to spread the disease without knowing it. Yet, regular surveillance testing of a community can catch these cases and prevent outbreaks. In early 2020, Georgia Tech researchers designed a saliva-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and encouraged community members to test weekly to track the health […]
Children with asymptomatic malaria a ‘hidden risk’ to disease control efforts: Study in Uganda highlights potential for school-aged children to be targeted for malaria control interventions
The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to efforts to control the disease after they were found to be responsible for most infections in mosquitoes, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers from the Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC), London School of Hygiene & […]
Does Rubella Cause German Measles? Vaccines & Rubella vs Rubeola Chart
If a pregnant woman gets infected with the Rubella virus, it can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth or cause congenital rubella syndrome in babies, including birth defects German measles (rubella) or three-day measles (rubeola), is usually a mild illness caused by the rubella virus. In comparison, the measles virus (rubeola virus, a paramyxovirus, genus Morbillivirus) causes measles. How serious is rubella in pregnancy? Usually, […]
CDC Chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky Says Omicron Mostly Mild So Far
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill. In an interview with the […]
Can You Survive West Nile Virus? Symptoms, Prevention
Most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (70-90% remain asymptomatic), and less than 1% of people become severely ill. Fortunately, most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (about 70 to 80 percent of infections are asymptomatic). Only one in five infected people have a fever […]
COVID’s Assault on the Moral Fiber of Medicine
COVID-19’s fourth surge is testing the moral fiber of American medicine. The virus has infected more than 42 million Americans and claimed more than 675,000 lives in less than 2 years. Now the Delta variant is forcing us to once again face an onslaught of critically ill patients while at the same time delaying routine […]
COVID Hospitalizations Soared With Delta
COVID-19 patients infected with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) were more likely to need a higher level of care compared with those with the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7), British researchers found. Patients infected with Delta were more than twice as likely to be admitted to the hospital within 14 days after PCR testing versus those with the […]
Dangerous Delta COVID-19 Variant Infecting Vaccinated Adults In Israel
In an alarming new development, the particularly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 has infected some fully vaccinated adults in Israel, officials there have reported. Of more than 100 daily cases amid an outbreak of the delta variant, half were children younger than 16., The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Most of them hadn’t yet been […]