Pious Parasites: Medieval Monks Battled Nasty Gut Germs
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medieval monks were much more wormy than average folks, a new archaeological analysis has revealed.Those living in medieval Cambridge were nearly twice as likely to be infected by intestinal parasites as city …
Learn MoreCDC Characterizes National Incidence of Fungal Infections
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis cause substantial illness, with about 20,000 cases of coccidioidomycosis reported in 2019, according to research published in the Aug. 19 issue of the…
Learn MoreCDC Investigating E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan, Ohio
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of Escherichia coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio.
The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no dea…
Learn MoreLa mitad de las personas infectadas con ómicron quizá ni se enteraron, según un estudio
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — ¿Es usted una de esas personas que piensan que, por algún milagro, han logrado evitar la infección con la COVID-19 tras más de dos años de pandemia?Quizá se equivoque, afirma una nueva investigación,…
Learn MoreLa directora de los CDC afirma que la agencia necesita una importante reforma
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. no lograron responder con la suficiente rapidez durante la pandemia de la COVID-19, y necesitan una importante reforma, pl…
Learn MorePandemic Tied to Worse Pregnancy-Related Complications, Maternal Death
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in pregnancy-related complications and maternal deaths during delivery hospitalization, according to a study published online Aug. 12 in …
Learn MorePediatric Populations Less Likely to Get Long COVID
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children and adolescents are less likely to experience persistent COVID-19 symptoms than adults, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.Sarah E. Messiah, Ph….
Learn More10 Percent of CRE Cases in U.S. Not Tied to Health Care Risk Factors
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In 2012 to 2015, 10 percent of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) cases in the United States were community-associated (CA), according to a study published online July 27 in the American Journal of …
Learn MoreCDC Investigating E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan, Ohio
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio.The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and inves…
Learn MoreIvermectin, Luvox Fail as COVID-19 Treatment
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two drugs touted as potential COVID-19 treatments, ivermectin and fluvoxamine, don’t do a thing to improve patients’ oxygen levels and keep them out of the hospital or the morgue, a new clinical trial has sh…
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