In December of 2019, several cases of atypical pneumonia caused by an unknown agent were reported in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in China. In early January 2020, it was announced that these cases were caused ...
Feb 4, 2022
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With the surge in omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally.
Feb 2, 2022
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(HealthDay)—In pediatric primary care practices, there was a substantial reduction in antibiotic prescribing, beginning in April 2020, which was mainly due to a reduction in prescriptions at visits for respiratory tract ...
Jan 13, 2022
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The World Health Organization said Friday that the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors including the make-up of the COVID-19 variant and increased social mixing.
Jan 7, 2022
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One of the long-term impacts observed during the COVID-19 pandemic stems from patients being intubated and breathing from a ventilator for an extended period of time. These patients usually undergo a procedure known as a ...
Jan 3, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Vyvgart (efgartigimod), a neonatal Fc receptor blocker (FcRn), was approved to treat generalized myasthenia gravis in adults who test positive for the anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody, the U.S. Food ...
Dec 21, 2021
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In a new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, investigators report on the design and testing of a breathalyzer, known as the Bubbler, that relies on viral RNA detection to diagnose SARS-CoV-2. Its name is derived ...
Dec 13, 2021
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On the occasion of European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) on 18 November and the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week, new data from the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) published in Eurosurveillance ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Nose swab samples collected by parents are as good as those collected by nurses at detecting respiratory infections in children, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol published in the journal Microbiology ...
Nov 10, 2021
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Common maternal infections during pregnancy, such as urinary and respiratory tract infections were linked to a child developing leukemia, a new study has found. But the increase in overall risk was small given the rarity ...
Oct 28, 2021
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