High-Dose VE303 Prevents Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adults with laboratory-confirmed Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) at high risk for recurrence, high-dose VE303, a defined bacterial consortium of eight strains of commensal Clostridia, prevents…
Learn MoreIs It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics? Many Experts Think So
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Health care facilities remain one of the last places left in the United States with COVID-era mask requirements still in effect.It’s time for that to end, experts say.A prestigious collection of infection …
Learn MoreFDA Authorizes Spring COVID-19 Booster for Certain Americans
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Seniors and people with weakened immune systems can get another booster dose of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine this spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Seniors aged 65 years and ol…
Learn MoreLa gripe aviar de un hombre chileno muestra que el virus se adapta a la propagación entre humanos
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unas pruebas realizadas a un hombre chileno infectado con la gripe aviar mostraron señales de que el virus se ha adaptado, parcialmente, para propagarse entre mamíferos. Pero el riesgo de salud pública si…
Learn MoreFDA Authorizes Spring COVID Booster for Certain Americans
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Seniors and people with weakened immune systems can get another booster dose of the bivalent COVID vaccine this spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Seniors age 65 and older can ge…
Learn MoreSARS-CoV-2 Infection Linked to Increased Risk for Diabetes
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with an increased risk for diabetes, according to a study published online April 18 in JAMA Network Open.Zaeema Naveed, M….
Learn MoreOral Fluvoxamine Plus Budesonide Cuts Severe Disease in COVID-19
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For high-risk outpatients with COVID-19, treatment with oral fluvoxamine plus budesonide reduces the incidence of severe disease needing advanced care, according to a study published online April 18 in the A…
Learn MoreIncidence of Mpox Higher for Most Racial, Ethnic-Minority Groups
FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most racial and ethnic-minority groups had a higher incidence of mpox than non-Hispanic White men, according to research published in the April 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Learn MoreHealth Care-Associated Infections Higher for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of health care-associated infections (HAIs) was higher among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 than for patients without COVID-19, according to a study published online April 13 in JAMA Networ…
Learn MoreFlu-Related Hospitalization Rates Higher for Indigenous People
FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Indigenous people are three to six times more likely to be hospitalized for influenza than non-Indigenous people, according to a global review published online April 13 in PLOS Global Public Health.Juliana M….
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