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That Puffy Forehead After a Sinus Infection Reached Inside the Skull in 38% of Adult Cases on Record

Pott's puffy tumor is seen as a teen sinus complication, yet a review of 181 adult cases found the infection reached inside the skull in 38%.

Medical Daily · 7h ago

‘Keep away from the doctor’: a visit to an influencer’s wellness event, where the advice could kill

Barbara O’Neill, identified as a risk to public safety in Australia, dismisses antibiotics, vaccines and scientifically proven cancer treatment at UK conference

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18

In 2018, over 6,000 volunteers examined pictures of tuberculosis bacteria exposed to drugs; their answers helped researchers test resistance to 13 medicines

In a collective effort in 2018, over 6,000 volunteers joined the BashTheBug project, focusing on tuberculosis bacteria images. Utilizing the Zooniverse platform, they gathered crucial data on antibiotic resistance through crowd-sourced analysis. Participants meticulously assessed photographs to evaluate bacterial growth under varying antibiotic conditions. Remarkably, their findings resonated with those…

The Economic Times · Oct 17

San Francisco Expands Doxy-PEP to Women and Others as Officials Report 24% Drop in Syphilis Cases

San Francisco now offers the after-sex antibiotic doxy-PEP to more people as syphilis and chlamydia rates fall. What it is, who qualifies, and the risks.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

A Kitten Scratch Was the Clue Behind a Transplant Patient's Hidden Blood Infection and Rare Immune Storm

A kidney transplant patient developed HLH, a rare immune overreaction, from a cat-scratch bacterium. Gene sequencing finally exposed the culprit.

Medical Daily · Oct 13

Peppa Pig's Doctor Makes House Calls for a Rash, and a Real GP Says That Breeds Unrealistic Expectations

A GP's BMJ feature argued that Peppa Pig's Dr. Brown Bear sets expectations that real doctors can't meet. U.S. patients now wait about a month for appointments.

Medical Daily · Oct 12

Anti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreak

Children’s Health Defense and RFK Jr publicly dispute recent measles deaths to ‘distract’ from damage caused and question vaccines, experts say

The Guardian - US · Oct 12

U.S. Plague Threat Called Extremely Low as CDC Monitors the Few Travelers Arriving From Siberia's Irkutsk Region

U.S. health officials call the plague risk extremely low but are checking the few travelers arriving from Irkutsk, Russia, as WHO presses Moscow for data.

Medical Daily · Oct 11

3 Zoonoses Indian Pet Owners Should Actually Know About

What a Zoonosis Actually IsRoughly sixty percent of known infectious diseases in humans originated in animals. A zoonosis is any pathogen that crosses from a vertebrate animal to a person under natural conditions, no laboratory, no unusual exposure. The three covered here are not exotic. They circulate in Indian homes,…

Times Life · Oct 11

Sexually Transmitted Diarrhoea Superbug 'Close to Untreatable' Is Fuelled by Drugs for Other STIs

Drug-resistant Shigella is spreading through sex while the antibiotics taken for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and HIV prevention quietly drive the resistance that makes it harder to treat.

International Business Times UK · Oct 9