Amid a Surge in RSV Cases, Hopes for a New Vaccine
MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants and children sick with RSV are flooding pediatricians’ offices and children’s hospitals across the United States, due to an early surge of the common childhood virus this year.But within one or two “sic…
Learn MorePaxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID
MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The antiviral pill Paxlovid not only reduces hospitalization and death after catching COVID-19: New research shows it also cuts the chances of long COVID by roughly 25%.The drug, which combines a newer antivira…
Learn MoreCan Adults Get RSV?
MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As health experts warn about RSV infections in infants and toddlers, adults should know that they, too, can become severely ill from the virus.Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is not always the mild respirator…
Learn MoreLa viruela del simio es rara en niños y adolescentes, y pocas veces resulta letal, según los CDC
JUEVES, 3 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — De más de 25,000 casos de viruela del simio de EE. UU. que revisó un nuevo estudio, apenas un 0.3 por ciento ocurrieron en personas menores de 18 años, muestran nuevos datos del gobierno.La mayoría de…
Learn MoreNew Type of Antibiotic Could Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The world desperately needs new antibiotics to fight infection as bacteria become resistant to existing options.GSK has developed a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) that appears to be so …
Learn MoreSimple Nose Swab Test Might Gauge Severity of Child’s RSV
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While it isn’t possible to tell parents how long their child will need to remain in intensive care with a serious case of RSV, new research has unearthed clues that may make it easier to predict which kids will…
Learn MoreMonkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Monkeypox spreads even before a person shows any telltale lesions or other symptoms, a new study suggests.More than half of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom occurred in the pre-symptomatic phase, …
Learn MoreMonkeypox in Kids, Teens Is Rare and Seldom Severe: CDC
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Out of the more than 25,000 U.S. cases of monkeypox reviewed in a new study, just 0.3% occurred in people under the age of 18, new government data shows.Most of the kids and teens who contracted the virus — …
Learn MoreAntiseptics Work Equally Well in Preventing Infection After Surgery for Open Fractures
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Both 10 percent povidone-iodine and aqueous 4 percent chlorhexidine gluconate are equally effective for preventing postsurgical infections among patients requiring surgery for open fractures, according to a …
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