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Respiratory, GI, vector‑borne, and antimicrobial resistance trends and care.
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First-of-Its-Kind Preventative Phage Therapy Provides Promising Results | Newswise
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (453+ words) The mammalian gut microbiome is teeming with a delicate balance of bacteria and the viruses that keep them in check, called bacteriophages, or phages. Each bacterial species usually has its own set of phage partners. When bad bacteria enter this…...
AI Repurposes Drugs in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (351+ words) AI has revealed existing drugs that could be newly deployed against a drug-resistant bacterium that is a leading source of common infections. The findings, in Advanced Science, reveal how computational strategies can identify drugs that could be repurposed to expand…...
Six-hour sepsis test identified infection days before conventional methods
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (587+ words) A new blood test has identified likely sepsis pathogens in a real-life patient days before conventional methods caught the infection. Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that can lead to shock, multiple organ failure and death if it is…...
Why Pittsburgh isn't considered a measles outbreak area
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (19+ words) Waynesboro Record Herald Why Pittsburgh isn't considered a measles outbreak area...
Common antibiotic linked to higher risk of death in adults, major study finds
15+ hour, 51+ min ago (580+ words) A commonly used drug has been linked to a higher risk of death in a new study. The antibiotic, cefepime, which is used to treat bacterial infections like pneumonia, UTIs and skin infections, is typically administered via injection by healthcare…...
How hospitals, clinics in Pennsylvania are responding to the measles outbreak
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (1381+ words) (NEW YORK) — Prior to this year, Dr. John Goldman said he’d only seen two cases of measles throughout his career: one in the late 1980s and one in the early 1990s. Now, Goldman said measles patients are being admitted to the hospital…...
A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (687+ words) The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of the state, the county coroner’s office said in a Facebook post. The cause was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles, it…...
Measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania rise to 4, health officials say
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (233+ words) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A fourth person has died of measles-related complications in Pennsylvania, the state's health department announced Tuesday. The person who died lived in Mifflin County and was unvaccinated, state officials said. The Mifflin County coroner said the person was…...
Antibiotics on Patient Request: Study of 1,231 Doctors Reveals Risks for Central Asia
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (618+ words) How much does a doctor's decision to prescribe an antibiotic depend solely on medical indications — and how much can the patient influence that decision? The question is becoming increasingly important as bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs continues to grow. A…...