Neuropsychiatric Manifestations Seen in Monkeypox Patients
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Neuropsychiatric presentations, including seizure, confusion, and encephalitis, have been reported among patients with monkeypox infection, according to a review published online Sept. 8 in eClinicalMedicin…
Learn MoreScientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can’t Transmit Malaria
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The fight against malaria could hinge on genetically engineered mosquitoes that have something called “gene drive.”Researchers from the Transmission: Zero team at Imperial College London report that they hav…
Learn MoreCanada May Soon Drop COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for International Travelers
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 vaccine requirement for foreign nationals in Canada is likely to be eliminated by the end of September, the Associated Press reported, citing an official close to the matter who was not author…
Learn MoreSe disparan los casos de ETS en EE. UU. en medio de llamadas a mejores esfuerzos de prevención
MARTES, 20 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un creciente número de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) han llevado a los expertos en salud pública de EE. UU. a hacer un llamamiento a que haya más prevención y tratamiento.Esto incluye una…
Learn MoreHIV + Hep C Coinfection Not Tied to Increased Type 1 MI Risk
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For people with HIV (PWH), hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection is not associated with an increased risk for type 1 myocardial infarction (T1MI), but the risk with increasing age is magnified for those with…
Learn MorePerformance of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests With Nasal Self-Sampling Examined
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During the period of omicron emergence, the performance of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests with nasal self-sampling declined, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in The BMJ.Ewoud Schuit, Ph.D., fro…
Learn MoreCanada May Soon Drop COVID Vaccine Requirement for International Travelers
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you haven’t had a COVID vaccine, you can’t travel to Canada, but that could change soon.The vaccine requirement for foreign nationals in that country is likely to be eliminated by the end of September, …
Learn MoreHIV & Hepatitis Can Be Deadly Combo for the Heart
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As people with HIV age, their odds for heart attack rise — and those with untreated hepatitis C have an even higher risk, a new study finds.”HIV and hepatitis C co-infection occurs because they share a tr…
Learn MoreRisk of Monkeypox Transmission Low in Health Care Settings
TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk of transmission of monkeypox is low in health care settings, according to research published in the Sept. 16 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and…
Learn MoreDeer Are Spreading Lyme Ticks in Suburban Backyards
TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — They look so cute, grazing quietly in your backyard. But the overpopulation of white-tailed deer across the Northeastern United States could help spread Lyme disease and another tick-borne illness, anaplasmo…
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