Infectious Diseases News

• Tick-Borne Illnesses Are on the Rise in Canada Especially in the summer, medical professionals should keep an eye out for cases of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus, experts urged.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• 'Doesn't Fit Anything I Trained for': Treating Chronic Lyme Researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates at a national meeting weighed in on efforts needed to accelerate research on treatments for chronic illness associated with Lyme disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Bird Flu Infects Three More Colorado Poultry Farm Workers The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday announced three additional human cases of bird flu among poultry farm workers, bringing the total number...
  Reuters Health Information, July 25, 2024
• Newer Shingles Vaccine Tied to Lower Dementia Risk A new study showed a newer recombinant shingles vaccine was linked to a 164-day delay in dementia diagnosis in older adults compared to an older live shingles vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• AIDS 2024 Twice-Yearly PrEP Gives 'Huge' 100% Protection Final results of the highly anticipated PURPOSE 1 trial of lenacapavir show the shots prevent new infections without many side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• UN Agency Seeks Urgent Response to 'alarming' Spread in Asia-Pacific Bird Flu The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday called for an urgent and unified response to an "alarming" rise in avian influenza in humans and animals...
  Reuters Health Information, July 25, 2024
• A Collagen Valve Could Treat Pediatric Heart Disease In an animal model, the implantation of the valve restored the blood flow direction through the pulmonary artery without causing valve leakage.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Sliced Deli Meats Two people have died from an outbreak of the bacteria listeria linked to deli-counter sliced meat, and dozens more have been sickened.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2024
• The Case of the Drunken Teetotaler Episodes of somnolence and lethargy with recurring alcohol intoxication tormented a 50-year-old woman until the diagnosis of the rare auto-brewery syndrome was considered.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Merck's RSV Shot Helps Protect Infants in Mid-to-late Stage Study Merck's antibody-based shot met the main goal of a mid-to-late stage trial, when tested to protect infants against a disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),...
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2024
• Sleep Disruptions Up Susceptibility to COVID-19 Additional increased risk for poor outcomes appeared in younger adults and men.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Acute Pancreatitis: Five Things to Know To better manage this common GI condition, clinicians should determine the cause, aim to predict disease severity, and incorporate recent landmark findings into their interventions.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• AIDS 2024 Remembering HIV Leaders Shot Down in Plane HIV researchers and activists were killed when a missile hit their passenger airplane over Ukraine 10 years ago in the deadliest shoot-down incident to this day.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Can Canada Protect Mental Health During the Next Pandemic? Hospitalizations for mental health and eating disorders have soared among Canadian youth and young adults during the COVID pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Robitussin Maker Settles Lawsuit in US Over 'non-drowsy' Claim The maker of Robitussin settled a consumer lawsuit that claimed its "non-drowsy" cough and flu medicine causes drowsiness, agreeing to pay $4.5 million and remove the...
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2024
• Brazil Bucked the Trend in Childhood Vaccination in 2023 While childhood vaccination rates stagnated for the rest of the world, they increased in Brazil in 2023.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• US Invests in Avian Flu Vaccine Candidates HHS awards $176 to Moderna to develop an mRNA pandemic influenza vaccine and orders 4.8 million doses of a cell-based vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2024
• Canadian Pharmacies Emerge As 'First Stop' for Primary Care Recent data from Nova Scotia suggest that pharmacist-led clinics contributed to a nearly 10% decline in emergency department visits for nonurgent or less-urgent care.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2024
• Long COVID Risk Has Dropped Since Start of Pandemic Your chances of developing long COVID have significantly decreased since the pandemic began, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  WebMD Health News, July 19, 2024
• Tattoo Ink Contaminated With Bacteria Tattoo ink tested from different manufacturers are contaminated with aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, including possibly pathogenic microorganisms, warn investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2024