Indwelling devices, prior antibiotic use tied to higher risk of bloodstream infections in infants
A study by US and Indian researchers suggests that the presence of indwelling devices and prior antibiotic exposure are associated ...
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Cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global infections, modeling study finds
Scanning electromicrograph of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAID A new modeling study published in The Lancet HIV journal highlights ...
Trial links probiotics to fever reduction in kids with respiratory infections
Zoonar J. Wachala / iStock In its latest biannual update on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia yesterday, ...
The Medical Minute: Ear infections and kids
Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels An earache can turn a happy, energetic child into a cranky, uncomfortable one in no ...
An unexpected mechanism regulates the immune response during parasitic infections
Virtual memory T cells (TVM), activated by IL-4 during a parasitic infection in the intestine, expressing the CD22 receptor, which ...
The Future of Training: How Virtual Reality Can Protect Clinicians from Healthcare-associated Infections
Every day in the U.S., 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In addition to ...
Guidance on animal-borne infections in the Canadian Arctic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new review on zoonotic infections—diseases transmitted by animals—in the Canadian Arctic provides timely guidance to ...
US respiratory virus infections rise, led by flu
During Christmas week, respiratory virus activity continued a steady rise across much of the nation, with the largest spikes seen ...
Study ties early phenotype-desirable antibiotics to better outcomes for bloodstream infections
Dr_Microbe / iStock Receipt of early phenotype-desirable antimicrobial therapy (PDAT) was associated with favorable 30-day clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized ...
Arizona confirms 2 avian flu infections as California probes second potential case in a child
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) on December 6 reported the state's first human avian flu patients, both of ...
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