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South Korea raises virus alert to ‘grave’ as infections surge
Credit: CC0 Public Domain South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three…
With expedited partner therapy, researchers forecast lower rates of sexually transmitted infections
Sexually transmitted infections have risen dramatically in the past decade, according to the US Centers for Disease Control. New results…
A quarter of Aussie ‘transplant tourists’ get infections
Over a quarter of patients returning to Australia after receiving an organ transplantation overseas will experience complications, including bacterial and…
How clean is your hospital room? To reduce the spread of infections, it could probably be cleaner
Imagine you need to go into hospital. First, you are likely to be seen in the emergency department, and then…
New patient test could tell clinicians if infections are antibiotic resistant in under two hours
A new rapid patient test that could identify whether bacteria isolated from clinical samples are antibiotic resistant in under two…
Clostridium difficile infections may have a friend in fungi
The pathogen Clostridium difficile, which causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States, may have accomplices…
Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections
Gut microbes produce compounds that prime immune cells to destroy harmful viruses in the brain and nervous system, according to…
Warning: Dangerous Hantavirus spreads strengthened – So you protect yourself
Warning against the dangerous Hantavirus – the number of infections increases This year, the Hantavirus spread in various regions of…
New Antibiotic, Omadacycline, Treats Pneumonia, Skin Infections
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6, 2019 — An updated version of an old antibiotic works well against pneumonia and serious skin infections…