Two Cases of New Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain Reported in Massachusetts
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two cases of a new strain of gonorrhea reported in Massachusetts were at least partly resistant to several antibiotics, state officials announced Thursday.”The discovery of this strain of gonorrhea is a seriou…
Learn MoreReport Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the b…
Learn MoreReport Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the…
Learn MoreA Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A probiotic supplement appears to clear the body of a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections, a new study finds.More research is needed, but experts said the work could lead to…
Learn MoreA Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A probiotic supplement appears to clear the body of a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections, a new study finds.More research is needed, but experts said the work could lead to…
Learn MoreWhat to Know About XBB, the New COVID Variant
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus continues to dodge, duck, dip and dive, mutating again and again to find its way past people’s immune defenses.The latest COVID variant to gain a foothold in America is called XBB.1.5, whic…
Learn MorePlane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wastewater research isn’t for the squeamish, but it can get to the bottom of questions about such things as the effectiveness of COVID-19 air travel restrictions.Tests of toilet tank water from flights enterin…
Learn MoreGut Microbiome May Play Role in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers believe they have found a link between lower bacterial diversity in the intestine’s microbiome and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Normally, “more than 10,000 species of microorganism live in the hu…
Learn MorePost-COVID-19 Conditions Tied to Higher Health Care Utilization
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Health care utilization is increased in the six months following COVID-19 infection, but vaccination can lower the risk for long COVID symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Network …
Learn MoreInequities Seen in Cancer Treatment Delay in Patients With SARS-CoV-2
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Race and ethnicity and area-level social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with delayed or discontinued cancer treatment among patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C…
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