According to the most recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant, EG.5, is now the leading cause of new COVID-19 cases across the...
A report published on July 13, 2023, by UNAIDS, a global effort to end acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), projects and outlines a plan to end AIDS by 2030. The 196-page report is divided into...
Researchers and scientists at Washington University in St. Louis developed an air monitor to detect COVID-19 variants in the surrounding air. The researchers published a proof-of-concept study in...
On June 26, 2023, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory prompted by local cases in Florida and Texas. The organization...
On June 16, 2023, the FDA issued a statement warning restaurants, retailers, and consumers to avoid serving, selling, or consuming raw oysters from Dai One Food Co, Ltd, and Central Fisheries Co, Ltd,...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published last week revealed an increase in meningococcal disease among individuals with HIV in 2022. The report estimated that, compared to cases in...
Jose Alexander, MD, a clinical microbiologist and director of microbiology, virology, and immunology for AdventHealth Orlando, and his team have expanded access to their brain-eating amoeba test beyond...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) evaluating antibodies among blood donors in the United States revealed that over 95% of people over 16 who donated blood between April 2021 and...
A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) assessment noted that 40% of foodborne illnesses between 2017 and 2019 were linked to infected or ill food workers. These findings suggest increasing...
While long-COVID has become a widely accepted phenomenon, researchers and healthcare professionals still do not clearly understand the condition, its symptoms, and its mechanisms. However, in a recent...
Last week, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a global nonprofit organization focused on HIV and AIDS advocacy and treatment, warned about the resurgence of mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Despite...
After investigations of fungal meningitis revealed a link between the condition and traveled to Mexico, the CDC issued a level 2 travel notice, urging United States residents to practice enhanced...
In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the CDC on May 12, 2023, public health officials identified the first cases of drug-resistant ringworm in the United States. According to...
An article published in SLEEP on May 11, 2023, reported a link between obstructive sleep apnea and an increased risk of long COVID. Using data from NIH’s Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery...
On May 11, 2023, the WHO released a statement announcing the end of the global mpox public health emergency. Just days earlier, the CDC began investigating the potential resurgence of mpox in the...
At the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Eric Adjei Boakye, PhD, shared survey data revealing that most Americans do not comprehensively understand the link between human...
On May 1, 2023, researchers from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) published a study on a combined therapeutic approach that...
On April 18, 2023, a study published in JAMA Network Open analyzing the link between COVID-19 and incident diabetes found that the condition may be linked to increased disease burden. Based on the...
The CDC is monitoring invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infections after noticing high incidence rates despite other declining respiratory infections. The rising rates are cause for alarm,...
Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is not nearly as well-known as other infections, the virus impacts many pediatric patients. The CDC notes that 0.5% of babies are born with congenital CMV. Additionally,...
