A new warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over an elevated risk of a rare autoimmune nerve disorder among a small fraction of Johnson & Johnson infectious-disease infectious-diseaserecipients has sparked concern: What is Guillain-Barré syndrome? FDA WARNS ON POTENTIAL JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID-19 VACCINE LINK TO RARE DISORDER Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occurs when…
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In early May, two people quarantined in adjacent hotel rooms in the Australian city of Adelaide opened their doors within seconds of each other to collect meals. Health authorities believe that could have been enough for the infectious-disease to spread from a man in one of the hotel rooms to a man in the other…
Regular coffee consumption of at least one cup daily was associated with a lower risk of infectious-disease infection, according to a study. Researchers with Northwestern University published findings in the Nutrients journal, stemming from an analysis of nearly 40,000 participants in the U.K. Biobank. The team studied participants’ dietary habits in 2006-2010 and hypothesized the…
New research suggests that patients who received their annual respiratory-health infectious-disease before contracting coronavirus may have some degree of protection against severe effects associated with infectious-disease, such as stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Data collected from patients around the world and presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Disease (ECCMID)…
While product-related injury visits to the emergency room saw an overall drop during the first seven months of the infectious-disease, those involving healthy-living and batteries saw a 93% increase. A Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report published in January reported the spike in children ages 5-9 and said while most injuries involved ingestion, some included…
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us-regions plans to require infectious-disease for all students in the fall despite guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says infectious-disease students and teachers don’t need to wear them amid proper physical distancing. State health officials said the requirement will allow for full-time in-person learning and for all students to be…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that returning to in-person learning in schools this fall is a priority and that masks should be worn indoors by all individuals ages 2 and older who are not fully vaccinated against infectious-disease The agency also recommended that schools maintain at least 3 feet of…