Blood Biomarker Linked to Incident VTE in COVID-19 Patients
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) are associated with incident venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, regardless of D-dimer levels, acc…
Learn MoreWendy’s Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak
MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy’s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”A specific food has…
Learn MoreFirst Lady Jill Biden Leaves Isolation After Testing Negative for COVID Twice
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, First Lady Jill Biden left isolation on Sunday following two negative test results.She had been isolating on Kiawah Island, S.C., where she had tested positive wh…
Learn MoreChronic Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Confirmed After COVID-19
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms are observed following COVID-19 infection, although self-reported symptoms are not associated with quantitative dysfunction, according to a study published in the October is…
Learn More‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ May Have Caused Nebraska Child’s Death
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a “brain-eating amoeba” that occurred after the child swam in a local river, state health officials announced this week.In a news release…
Learn MoreLos CDC investigan un brote de E. coli en Michigan y Ohio
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. dijeron el miércoles que están investigando un brote de E. coli que ha infectado a 19 personas en Michigan y Ohio.El brote ha conducido a nueve hospitalizaciones, per…
Learn MoreLos países con cobertura universal de salud tuvieron unas mejores tasas de vacunación infantil en la pandemia
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los países que están más cerca de lograr una cobertura universal de la salud tuvieron unos declives más pequeños en las vacunaciones infantiles de rutina durante la pandemia, revela un estudio reciente….
Learn MoreLa ivermectina y Luvox fracasan como tratamientos para la COVID-19
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dos medicamentos que se anunciaron como tratamientos para la COVID-19, la ivermectina y la fluvoxamina, no hacen nada para mejorar los niveles de oxígeno de los pacientes ni mantenerlos fuera del hospit…
Learn MoreClinical Management Guidelines Lacking for Monkeypox
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a lack of evidence-based clinical management guidelines for monkeypox (MPX), according to a review published online Aug. 16 in BMJ Global Health.
Eika Webb, M.B.B.S., from Liverpool School of Tropic…
Learn MoreMetformin, Ivermectin, Fluvoxamine Do Not Prevent Severe COVID-19
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with COVID-19 infection, metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine do not prevent the occurrence of hypoxemia, an emergency department visit, hospitalization, or death, according to a study publish…
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