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micro tuberculosis :: Article Creator Tuberculosis Vaccines — An Update Tuberculosis (TB), a disease which is both curable and preventable, still kills 2–3 million people every year. After decades of neglect, the immense public health impact of TB is now widely recognized, and the development of new tools to combat and control the epidemic has become an international priority. The current strategy for TB control is based on reducing the spread of infection through effective treatment of individuals with active disease and vaccination of children. The WHO has initiated the directly observed therapy (DOTS) campaign in many regions, but so far this programme has not been able to control the global TB epidemic or prevent the increase in multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis1. The current TB vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide. BCG provides efficient protection a...

pulmonary tuberculosis transmission :: Article Creator Key Risk Factors Influencing Mortality Rates In Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Patients Older age, specific disease subtypes, and underlying conditions like malignancy identified as major contributors to higher mortality risks Study: Mortality in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.Com Recently, scientists have systemically reviewed the available literature and conducted a meta-analysis to explore the reasons for high mortality rates associated with CPA despite the availability of antifungal treatments. This review is available in Lancet Infectious Diseases. What is CPA? CPA includes multiple lung diseases, such as chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis (CCPA) and chronic fibrosing pulmonary aspergillosis (CFPA), caused by ubiquitous fungi of the genus Aspergillus. Individuals with m...

sore throat on one side and earache :: Article Creator Ear Pain And COVID: What To Know There are common signs and symptoms of COVID-19. However, some people with the illness have also been known to experience additional symptoms such as sore throat and ear pain, also called otalgia. Ear pain is not a common symptom of COVID, but researchers have suggested connections between the pain and the illness. Here's what you need to know about earaches and COVID. Getty Images / AdobeStock It can be. One study, including data from 2,247 participants, found that some people with COVID presented with ear pain around the ear or within the ear canal. Redness, swelling, or heat did not accompany the pain. Earaches aren't a common symptom of COVID, but it's not unheard of, Amesh A. Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Health Security, told Health. COVID as a Possible Ear Pa...

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salmonella infection :: Article Creator Costco Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears Now Classified As Highest Risk Level, FDA Warns The Food and Drug Administration has classified a recall of eggs sold at Costco caused by potential salmonella contamination as the highest risk level for infection. The voluntary recall last month was of 10,800 cartons of Handsome Brook Farms eggs sold under the Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised label. The FDA defines a Class I recall as there being "a reasonable probability" that a recalled product "will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." "The recall was initiated after the company determined that eggs not intended for retail distribution were instead packaged and distributed in retail packaging," Handsome Brook Farm said in a recall statement. No illnesses were reported as of the Nov. 27 recall initiation. California storms: Flooding disrupts Highwa...

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rsv symptoms :: Article Creator Covid, RSV, Norovirus Or Flu: NHS Reveals One Thing You Should Do If You've Got Symptoms A 'quad-demic' has led to the NHS offering a piece of crucial advice to those affected (stock) ( Image: scu) The NHS has warned Brits of the one thing to should do if they have symptoms for Covid, RSV, norovirus or the flu. NHS Chiefs are calling the four-way of these illnesses a "quad-demic," with each virus spreading across the country as winter bolsters their advances. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has since revealed there were up to 1,069 confirmed cases of Covid in the week up to December 11. Deaths and hospital admissions due to Covid have also increased, despite the number of confirmed cases decreasing by 1.6%. The number of flu patients in hospital beds is also on the rise, higher than any recent winter nationally. Numbers published at the end of last week has shown hospit...

m tuberculosis :: Article Creator Trudeau Institute Lands $1.4M Grant For TB Research SARANAC LAKE — A doctor at the Trudeau Institute has received a $1.4 million grant to study improved treatment for tuberculosis. Exactly 140 years after Edward Livingston Trudeau founded the research institute in Saranac Lake, the first in the country for the study of tuberculosis, researchers there are still studying the deadly infectious disease which kills between 1 and 2 million people each year. William Reiley, who is also Trudeau Institute's president and director, said the $1,437,261 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will fund studies evaluating nicotinamide's ability to be used in conjunction with other compounds currently in clinical use to shorten the treatment of tuberculosis. The 18-month project titled "Nicotinamide in vivo mouse studies" has already started. The focus is on using nicotinamide as an "add-...