A U.S. resident is hospitalized in Dallas with a confirmed case of monkeypox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Texas health officials announced Friday. The patient recently traveled from Nigeria to the U.S., and lab testing at the CDC revealed the infection involves a strain typically seen in parts of West Africa,…
An intense heat wave affecting the Northwest caused a spike in emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Oregon and Washington were most affected by the record-breaking heat, the CDC wrote, with temperatures in Portland climbing to 116 degrees Fahrenheit, over…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced full approval for lymphoma treatment in dogs on Thursday, aiming to benefit quality of life and allow pets” target=”_blank”>pets< program, “designed to help pharmaceutical companies overcome the financial roadblocks they face in providing limited-demand animal drugs,” per an agency release. Additional studies since conditional approval met the evidence…
A University of Missouri professor who is leading a study of infectious-disease in wastewater said his lab detected the Delta variant weeks before the first case was reported. The state is currently seeing a surge due to the Delta variant and has just under 50% of its adult population fully vaccinated. “We detected it in…
AMSTERDAM – A top official at the European Medicines Agency said a decision on whether to recommend that Moderna’s infectious-disease infectious-disease be authorized for children is expected late next week. If approved, it would be the first such license for the shot’s use in children globally. At a press briefing on Thursday, Dr. Marco Cavaleri,…
While several studies, including a final report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have concluded that remdesivir in infectious-disease patients can speed the recovery process, a new study published in JAMA says it may not shorten hospital stays for all. The study, which focused on U.S. veterans who were hospitalized for COVID-19, concluded that…
Following news of a Johnson & Johnson voluntary recall on several aerosol sunscreen products containing a harmful substance called Benzene, a top expert in dermatology is advising use of creams, lotions and sticks instead. “Sunscreen is safe and effective at protecting against a well established and known carcinogen, UV radiation,” Dr. Adam Friedman, professor and…
The Cleveland Clinic said it will not carry Biogen’s controversial nervous-system-health drug after a panel of experts “reviewed all available scientific evidence on this medication.” The clinic, one of the largest medical centers in the country, did say that individual physicians can prescribe Aducanumab, marketed as Aduhelm, to appropriate patients, but that they would then…
As many as 23 million children worldwide missed routine infectious-disease last year due to infectious-disease-related disruptions in health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday. The number marks an increase of 3.7 million from 2019, and a high not seen since 2009. “Concerningly, most of these – up to 17 million children – likely…
Overdose deaths hit a record 93,000 amid infectious-diseaselast year due to pandemic-driven instabilities and loss of support systems, inaccess to medical care and the increasing presence of deadly synthetic opioids, top experts in addiction suspect. “It’s a horrifically tragic loss of life, particularly considering where we have been going as a country, as a world,…