TB Outbreak May Be Linked to Bone Repair Product
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A tuberculosis outbreak that may be linked to a product used to repair bones is being investigated by U.S. health officials. More than 100 patients may have been infected after having spinal surgery or fracture repairs with a bone product contaminated with […]
Opinion | Measles’ Deadliest Sequelae
Claire Panosian Dunavan is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a past-president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. In the late 1990s, my long-time colleague, Pam Nagami, MD, met a petite, Indian-American student she later called “Manju” when writing a terrific […]
Fauci Will Reflect on Long Government Career in Upcoming Book
Anthony Fauci, MD, has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from HIV/AIDS to the COVID-19 pandemic that made him famous. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” will be published […]
Opinion | Gonorrhea, Then and Now
Claire Panosian Dunavan is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a past-president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Last month, an article in Nature about a novel oral treatment for gonorrhea brought good news for anyone who might one day contract […]
Opinion | Stethoscope Hygiene: The Next Frontier in Infection Control?
Dhand is an infectious diseases physician. The evolution of modern medicine has led to a critical reliance on stethoscopes in the daily care of our patients. Stethoscopes, also considered to be the “third hand,” are used routinely by almost all healthcare providers across a variety of patients and hospital locations with more than 5.5 billion […]
ID Experts Urge Healthcare to Shed Universal Masking
The time for COVID-inspired universal masking in healthcare “has come and gone,” even if only for now, infectious disease specialists argued in Annals of Internal Medicine. Expanded use of facemasks — for clinicians, staff, patients, and visitors — was implemented as a “critical protective measure” during the pandemic, but it was done so in the […]
84 People Now Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy’s Restaurant Lettuce – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more illnesses have been reported […]
Fecal Transplant Treatments Could Transmit Monkeypox, FDA Warns
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Fecal transplant treatments could infect patients with monkeypox, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. Since May, an outbreak of monkeypox has been spreading in multiple countries, including the United States. Nearly 16,000 people in the United States have already been infected with the […]
84 People Now Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy’s Restaurant Lettuce – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more illnesses have been reported […]
84 People Now Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy’s Restaurant Lettuce – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more illnesses have been reported […]