Infants born to mothers with HIV but are not infected with the virus tend to be smaller at birth. However, research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates that many HIV-exposed and uninfected, or HEU, children catch up in weight and length by early childhood. “As [combination ART (cART)] is now recommended and implemented globally to all people [...]
A reliance on “pan-culturing” and inappropriate urine culture practices may be contributing to the overdiagnosis of surveillance catheter-associated UTIs, or CAUTIs, delayed diagnosis of alternative infections and excess Clostridioides difficile infections, study findings showed. Researchers said knowledge gaps among nurses and physicians related to ordering cultures may be contributing factors. Read more at Healio… The post Inappropriate [...]
Tests confirmed the presence of the bacteria, though officials can’t confirm if its responsible for two employees contracting Legionnaires. BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland state health officials confirmed Friday that Legionella was found in the water system at the MDTA I-895/Baltimore Harbor Tunnel facility. Legionella is a pathogenic bacteria that can cause pneumonia- and flu-like symptoms [...]
Children with asthma too often keep quiet during doctor’s office visits and let their parents speak for them, studies say. This can sometimes lead to a disconnect. Parents may describe their child’s asthma symptoms or quality of life in worse terms than they actually are. It’s important that children be active participants – alongside their [...]
NEW YORK — There are now multiple target treatments to utilize in patients with atopic dermatitis, but there is still a very large unmet need for better treatment in this disease, according to Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD, a Sol and Clara Kest professor of dermatology at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. “Two years ago, [...]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Office of Press Relations The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing more than $38 million in additional assistance to help end the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including $15 million in new funding to the World [...]
Saudi Arabia has banned entry to travellers coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo over fears Ebola could spread during next month’s Hajjpilgrimage. The decision, announced in a note issued on Wednesday by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cited last week’s move by the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the Ebola outbreak in DRC’s eastern North Kivu and [...]
We need to look beyond disease and individual sector silos and take into account the potential of the social and built environment to both prevent disease, and also contribute to it, say Tolu Oni and colleagues. The need to prevent disease is well recognised globally. However, prevention efforts often largely focus onhealthcare systems. We need to [...]
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo by allowing more of its experts to travel to the outbreak zone, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. (CC BY-ND 2.0), flickr, UNMEER/Martine Perret Read more… The post WHO says [...]
Published on 23 July 2019 doi: 10.3310/signal-000794 Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improves psychological symptoms modestly, compared with no intervention. Depression improves by about 2.5 points, and anxiety by 2.2 points on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (range 0 to 21). This review of 10 trials is the first to show that [...]
