Nuevas pistas sobre un brote reciente de hepatitis en niños
VIERNES, 31 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Una nueva investigación ha provisto respuestas a un misterio respecto a un brote de hepatitis grave en niños del año pasado.Surgieron alrededor de 1,000 casos en todo el mundo en primavera de 2022, desp…
Learn MoreUnas tasas bajas de vacunación ponen a EE. UU. en un alto riesgo de nuevos brotes de viruela símica
VIERNES, 31 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las autoridades de salud pública de EE. UU. quieren que los individuos con un riesgo alto que no se hayan vacunado contra la viruela símica (que en inglés se conoce ahora como mpox) lo hagan antes de un…
Learn MoreWisconsin Fungal Infection Sickened 4 People, 5 Dogs
MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first season of “The Last of Us” may be over, but many folks have been left with an abiding fear of fungal infections.Some of that fear might be well-founded in real life: A cluster of the fungal infection…
Learn MorePope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Pope Francis was back delivering Mass on Palm Sunday, just one day after he was released from the hospital following a three-day stay for bronchitis.Francis, 86, celebrated in St. Peter’s Square in Rome as abou…
Learn MoreCDC Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour
MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are investigating a Salmonella Infantis outbreak that is likely linked to raw flour. It’s not clear what brand of flour is the culprit.Investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont…
Learn MoreIguana Bite Left Vacationing Toddler a Medical Issue Months Later
MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A family vacation to remember, but maybe not for the best reasons.Doctors report on an unusual case where a hungry iguana bit a vacationing toddler’s hand, passing on an infection with a germ called Mycobacter…
Learn MoreLow Vaccination Rates Put U.S. at High Risk of New Mpox Outbreaks
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. public health officials want high-risk individuals who haven’t been vaccinated for mpox — previously called monkeypox — to do so before a potential resurgence of the virus in the coming months. That surg…
Learn MoreVibrio Vulnificus Infections Expanding Their Range
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is projected to expand its current range, and infections may be present in every Eastern U.S. state by 2081 to 2100, according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreOral Azithromycin Equivalent to Six Weeks Doxycycline for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study published online March 23 in JAMA Ophthalmol…
Learn MoreNew Clues to Recent Hepatitis Outbreak in Kids
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research has provided answers to a mystery involving an outbreak of severe hepatitis in children last year. A total of about 1,000 cases emerged around the world in spring 2022, after the easing of COVID-…
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