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Mystery Disease Strikes Dozens in China

Mystery Disease Strikes Dozens in China

Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of people in China have contracted a mysterious infectious disease. At least 44 people in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan have been infected with a viral pneumonia, and eight possible cases have been reported in Hong Kong, the Associated Press reported. Wuhan […]

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TB Vaccine More Powerful When Given Intravenously

TB Vaccine More Powerful When Given Intravenously

Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is far from infallible, but new animal research suggests the problem is not the vaccine but how it is delivered. When given to monkeys intravenously rather than as an injection, the vaccine was much more effective, researchers from the University […]

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Patients Often Bring Undetected ‘Superbug’ to the Hospital: Study

Patients Often Bring Undetected ‘Superbug’ to the Hospital: Study

Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — One in 10 hospital patients who develop Clostridioides difficile infections may already have the dangerous germ when admitted, but no diarrhea symptoms, a new study finds. The new report suggests that such infections originate outside hospitals more often than believed, and that patients could […]

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Samoa Ends State of Emergency Over Measles

Samoa Ends State of Emergency Over Measles

Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Slowing infection rates and a surge in vaccinations have prompted the South Pacific island of Samoa to end a six-week state of emergency over a measles outbreak, the BBC reported Sunday. Over 5,600 people were infected with highly contagious measles and 81 died — […]

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Is MRSA Contagious?

Is MRSA Contagious?

What is MRSA? Symptoms of a MRSA Skin Infection MRSA is the short form of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and refers to strains of gram-positive coccal-shaped (round) bacteria that are resistant to several antibiotics. MRSA causes mainly skin infections in nonhospitalized people; in hospitalized patients, it can cause sepsis, surgical site infections, and pneumonia. All of […]

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Is a Staph Infection Contagious?

Is a Staph Infection Contagious?

Staph Infection Risk Factors Anyone can develop a staph infection, although certain groups of people are at greater risk, including newborn infants, breastfeeding women, and people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, vascular disease, and lung disease. Injecting drug users, those with skin injuries or disorders, intravenous catheters, surgical incisions, and those with a […]

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FDA Gives First Ebola Vaccine for Adults the Green Light

FDA Gives First Ebola Vaccine for Adults the Green Light

Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The first Ebola vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a single-dose injection called Ervebo. The vaccine from Merck & Co. is approved to protect against the Zaire ebolavirus in people 18 and older. In the United States, Ebola infections are […]

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Diphtheria

Diphtheria

Diphtheria Symptom Sore Throat Pain in the throat may be caused by a variety of inflammations of the larynx, pharynx, or tonsils. Throat soreness is typically associated with painful swallowing. Inflammation of the pharynx (pharyngitis) is the most common form of sore throat and is usually from virus infection. Read more about causes of sore […]

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U.S. Listeria Outbreak Linked to Hard-Boiled Eggs: CDC

U.S. Listeria Outbreak Linked to Hard-Boiled Eggs: CDC

Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The source of a listeria outbreak that’s sickened seven people in five states (Florida, Maine, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas) appears to be hard-boiled eggs produced by Almark Foods of Gainesville, Ga., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Four people have […]