New Type of Antibiotic Could Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The world desperately needs new antibiotics to fight infection as bacteria become resistant to existing options.GSK has developed a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) that appears to be so …
Learn MoreSimple Nose Swab Test Might Gauge Severity of Child’s RSV
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While it isn’t possible to tell parents how long their child will need to remain in intensive care with a serious case of RSV, new research has unearthed clues that may make it easier to predict which kids will…
Learn MorePresymptomatic Transmission Seen With Monkeypox
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial monkeypox transmission occurs before symptoms appear or are detected, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in The BMJ.Thomas Ward, from the U.K. Health Security Agency in London, and colle…
Learn MoreMonkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Monkeypox spreads even before a person shows any telltale lesions or other symptoms, a new study suggests.More than half of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom occurred in the pre-symptomatic phase, …
Learn MoreMonkeypox in Kids, Teens Is Rare and Seldom Severe: CDC
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Out of the more than 25,000 U.S. cases of monkeypox reviewed in a new study, just 0.3% occurred in people under the age of 18, new government data shows.Most of the kids and teens who contracted the virus — …
Learn MoreAI Algorithm May ID Dysfunctional Immune Profiles in Acute Infection
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A machine learning framework, built to deploy a quantitative sepsis response signature, can identify individuals with dysfunctional immune profiles, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in Science Tra…
Learn MorePhysicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Faulty readings by pulse oximeters may have resulted in more COVID deaths among minorities, doctors warned in testimony before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week. Pulse oximeters are…
Learn MoreUn nuevo fármaco de anticuerpos para la malaria previene la infección en los adultos durante 6 meses
MARTES, 1 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo tratamiento de anticuerpos para la malaria podría mantener a las personas libres de la enfermedad, que a veces resulta letal, durante hasta seis meses en las regiones donde las tasas de infec…
Learn MoreUn fármaco combinado podría ayudar a luchar contra las ITU difíciles de tratar
MARTES, 1 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los médicos quizá pronto tengan acceso a una nueva arma en la continua batalla contra las bacterias resistentes a los antibióticos.Una combinación experimental de antibióticos parece ofrecer una nueva…
Learn MoreAntiseptics Work Equally Well in Preventing Infection After Surgery for Open Fractures
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Both 10 percent povidone-iodine and aqueous 4 percent chlorhexidine gluconate are equally effective for preventing postsurgical infections among patients requiring surgery for open fractures, according to a …
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