An average of 3,447 influenza patients were on wards in England last week, up from 5,262 in the seven days to January 8, NHS data showed. It was the second week in a row that beds occupied by flu victims fell, after admissions hit their highest level in 10 years during the week before Christmas. … Read more
It is widely known that our thoughts, and more specifically our beliefs about those thoughts, determine our actions. We have all heard sayings like: “As the mind goes, the body follows.” and “as is the thought of a man, so is he.” and “What you think about what you provoke”, right? Even science has been … Read more
This is our weekly summary of the diseases that are spreading the most in metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. Local doctors share their notes on What’s Going Around: Wayne County: Dr. Jason Vieder — Emergency Department at Henry Ford Medical Center Fairlane “The flu and most respiratory illnesses have decreased. … Read more
With flu season looming in the United States, the medical world is currently busy preparing to fight the annual flu outbreak. A leading clinical and pathology laboratory in New Jersey, the Sunrise Diagnostic Laboratory, is up this time. As Mohammed Naeem assured, the laboratory is fully prepared for the upcoming virus season with the newest … Read more
For the second time this month, four members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are demanding answers from Johnson & Johnson about the national shortage of Tylenol and Motrin for children and infants. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic House Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Rep. Lori Trahan originally wrote a letter to the company on Jan. … Read more
The triple threat of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (or RSV) and Covid-19 It has been another stress test for a battered US healthcare system this winter. But after a succession of waves, it seems to be loosening up, at least for now. After a marked increase in hospitalizations began in late November, this winter’s wave … Read more
The triple threat of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (or RSV) and Covid-19 It has been another stress test for a battered US healthcare system this winter. But after a succession of waves, it seems to be loosening up, at least for now. After a marked increase in hospitalizations began in late November, this winter’s wave … Read more
For the second time this month, four members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are demanding answers from Johnson & Johnson about the national shortage of Tylenol and Motrin for children and infants. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic House Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Rep. Lori Trahan originally wrote a letter to the company on Jan. … Read more
Erie County’s 2022-23 flu season started early and reached a record level of cases. Now it could be winding down, though local health officials aren’t ruling out a second wave. Twenty-one flu cases were reported in the county from January 15 to 21, the seventh consecutive week that the weekly total has declined, according to … Read more
With a new semester comes a new variant of COVID-19, called XBB.1.5, but the University of Arizona campus protocols for the virus remain relatively unchanged this spring. The Omicron variant has been called the most transmissible strain by the World Health Organization, but it has not been found to cause more severe illness compared to … Read more