Updated COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of symptomatic infection by more than half, shows new data Jacinthlyn Sylvia5 Feb 2024 11:15 AM ISTThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended an updated COVID-19 vaccination...
High volume of topical antifungal prescribing could lead to rise of resistant fungal skin infections Medha Baranwal23 Jan 2024 7:30 PM ISTUSA: The high volume of topical antifungal prescribing could be feeding the spread and emergence of antifungal-resistant infections, suggests a study...
Lung transplant recipients likely to contract Legionnaires' disease from the donor Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Sept 2023 8:00 PM ISTA recent report published in Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report by Shannon McGinnis and colleagues reveals that two patients who received lung...
Maintenance Dialysis Patients may have high Infection rate of COVID-19 and related mortality: CDC study Jacinthlyn Sylvia13 Aug 2023 8:00 PM ISTIn a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlighted that individuals undergoing maintenance dialysis are facing an...
DEG-contaminated cough syrups led to AKI and death in many children in Gambia Dr Kartikeya Kohli6 March 2023 9:30 AM ISTUSA: Syrup-based medications contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a chemical often used in antifreeze, is the probable cause of acute kidney...
Bivalent mRNA booster vaccine reduces risk of severe COVID-19 by more than half: CDC Medha Baranwal20 Dec 2022 9:45 AM ISTUSA: Updated bivalent (two-strain) mRNA booster shots reduce the risk of contracting severe COVID-19 by up to 57%, a recent study in Morbidity and...
High rates of kidney failure, clots seen in children and teens following COVID-19 infection: CDC Medha Baranwal7 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A recent CDC report has described a wide range of symptoms and conditions that cropped up in children and adolescents in the year after a...
Covid 19: Cleaner and Disinfectant Poisoning cases significantly rise Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 April 2020 11:18 AM ISTThe number of Poisoning cases due to Cleaners and Disinfectants has significantly increased during the COVID-19 Pandemic, finds MMWR Morbidity and...
CDC updates guidance on Latent Tuberculosis treatment Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Feb 2020 11:59 AM ISTCentre for disease control and prevention (CDC) has released guidance for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. This is an update on...
