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Infectious Disease

Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection

July 15, 2024
NIH-funded analysis of health record data shows severe reinfections often follow severe first infections.
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Infectious Disease

QIAGEN welcomes new U.S. guidelines for use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in detecting tuberculosis infections in children

June 28, 2024
American Academy of Pediatrics in the United States now recommends IGRA tests like QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus to screen at-risk children of all ages.
Infectious Disease

Benefits of molecular test-and-treat for Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis

June 24, 2024
Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections have been on the rise since late 2022 and 2023 after an overall low incidence during the years of the COVID-19 pandemic.1  GAS infections...
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Infectious Disease

Difficult-to-treat fungal skin infections in the U.S. emerge

June 21, 2024
Potential sexual transmission of tinea pubogenitalis from TMVII.
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Infectious Disease

CDC warns of Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers

June 10, 2024
Most people infected with Salmonella experience diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps.
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Infectious Disease

How COVID-19 'breakthrough' infections alter your immune cells

June 3, 2024
How COVID-19 'breakthrough' infections alter your immune cells.
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Infectious Disease

Risk of death from COVID-19 lessens, but infection still can cause issues three years later

May 30, 2024
Study also shows that patients hospitalized within 30 days after infection face 29% higher death risk in 3rd year compared with those not infected.
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Infectious Disease

COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy

May 28, 2024
World Health Statistics 2024 report urges countries to redouble efforts towards health-related goals by 2030.
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Infectious Disease

WHO releases a strategic framework for enhancing prevention and control of mpox

May 28, 2024
Mpox is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).
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