Photomicrograph of skin biopsy showing secondary syphilis. Spirochete organisms are stained bright red by the Treponema pallidum immunohistochemical stain. 400x magnification. Credit: Jerad M. Gardner, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0 ,…
Tag: Diseases
Protect yourself and loved ones with the new RSV vaccines
Transmission electron micrograph of RSV. Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer / Public Domain National medicine regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent…
Here’s what to know this fall and winter
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As colder weather sets in, COVID rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene. Here’s what you need…
Sickle cell disease continues to face underfunding and lack of research, say researchers
Healthy blood cell (left) and sickled blood cell (right). Credit: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Since its discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for…
Color of phlegm can predict outcomes for patients with the lung disease, bronchiectasis
Different coloured sputum used as indicators of the degree of inflammation in the lungs. Credit: Dr Megan Crichton The color of the phlegm from patients with the lung disease bronchiectasis…
Making sure you don’t get RSV this winter: An expert offers tips
by Todd A. Mahr, MD, Executive Medical Director, American College Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common viral infection that affects people of all ages,…
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in southeast Poland on decline with only 1 new case reported
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires’ disease. Poland’s…
Concizumab may be effective prophylaxis for hemophilia A or B with inhibitors
Patients with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors have a lower annualized bleeding rate with concizumab than with no prophylaxis, according to a phase 3 study published online Aug. 31…
Resistant E. coli rises despite drop in ciprofloxacin use
Microbiology lab media plates show E. coli bacteria growing on E. coli selective agar (pink) and blood agar (red). Credit: Sokurenko Lab/UW Medicine After a nearly three-fold drop in prescriptions…
The human body may possess a secret weapon against SARS-CoV-2
Identification of HLA-E restricted SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8 cells. A, Representative graphs showed the gating strategy to analyze tetramer positive cells. Live CD3+CD4–CD8+ cells were gated and CD56–CD94– cells were selected for…
