Simple 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 MorePresymptomatic Transmission Seen With Monkeypox
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial monkeypox transmission occurs before symptoms appear or are detected, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in The BMJ.Thomas Ward, from the U.K. Health Security Agency in London, and colle…
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 MoreUnas médicas responden a sus preguntas sobre el VSR
VIERNES, 28 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aunque un potencial aumento de la COVID 19 en invierno y la temporada de la gripe en ciernes reciben mucha atención, a los médicos les preocupa también otro virus.Se trata del VSR, es decir, el virus …
Learn MoreTreated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly everyone has heard of Paxlovid rebound, where COVID-19 symptoms return after taking the antiviral and then feeling better. It even happened to President Joe Biden. But new research shows it also happens…
Learn MoreDoctors Answer Your Questions About RSV
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While a potential COVID winter surge and the impending flu season get a lot of attention, doctors are worried about another virus.This one is RSV — short for respiratory syncytial virus — and hospitals acros…
Learn MoreManifestations of Hospitalization With Severe Monkeypox Described
THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most patients hospitalized with severe manifestations of monkeypox have HIV infection, according to research published in the Oct. 26 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
Learn MorePeople With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While monkeypox cases are declining in the United States, a new government report shows that patients with weakened immune systems, especially those living with HIV, have been hit particularly hard by the v…
Learn MoreNo Sign of Human Herpesvirus in African Gorillas
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite the presence of gorilla trekkers in their habitat, endangered gorillas in the region surrounding East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes do not have human herpesvirus, researchers say.The Gorilla Doctors te…
Learn MoreLa vacuna contra la varicela casi ha eliminado las muertes y las hospitalizaciones por el virus en EE. UU.
VIERNES, 21 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos nuevos datos del gobierno muestran que la vacuna contra la varicela prácticamente ha eliminado las muertes y los casos graves del virus entre los niños y los adolescentes de EE. UU.En el análisis…
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