Global TB Cases Hit Record High, TB Becomes Top Infectious Disease Killer
Tuberculosis continues to mostly affect people in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Western Pacific
Iowa Resident Dies of Suspected Lassa Fever After Trip to West Africa
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Health officials are investigating the case of an Iowa resident who died of...
Many Seniors at Risk for Financial Precarity From Cost of Hospital Stay
Financial precarity more prevalent among Black and Hispanic versus White, those with less versus more than high school education
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Beef Patties Not Source of E. Coli Contamination
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- McDonald's Quarter Pounder beef patties have tested negative for E. coli contamination as...
ACAAI: Most Syphilis Patients With Penicillin Allergy Have Low Risk for Severe Allergy
Authors call for aggressively delabeling these patients to avoid treatment failure
CDC Says Some People May Need Extra Dose of COVID Vaccine
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines...
E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Widens to 75 Cases in 13...
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- An outbreak of E. coli illness linked to onions used in McDonald's Quarter...
Burger King, Other Fast Food Chains Also Pulling Onions Tied to E. Coli Outbreak
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- With onions from one supplier implicated as the source of E. coli illness...
CDC Confirms Second Human Bird Flu Case in Missouri With No Known Exposure to...
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A second person in Missouri who wasn't exposed to either poultry or dairy...
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oct. 16-19
By Beth Gilbert HealthDay Reporter
The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held this year from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles,...
