Risk factors for having a history of any STI were 3 or more sexual partners ever, 6 or more partners in the past 12 months, condom non-use and being 20 years or older. Almost all sexually active participants said that they would have a chlamydia test if their doctor recommended it. ...
Kidney infections usually start with a bladder infection that spreads to your kidney. Bacteria calledEscherichia coliare most often the cause. These bacteria live in your intestines, where they don't cause any problems. But they do cause problems in your urinary tract. Other bacteria or viruses ...
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach stressed that although the risk of illness caused by infection with the Omicron variant has been "significantly less dangerous," this is not a reason to "lift the alarm," especially for those who have not been vaccinated. Croatian Minister of Health Vili Be...
Despite imposing one of the world's toughest lockdowns when the country had only a few hundred cases, South Africa saw a surge in coronavirus infections that left it with the fifth highest number of cases in the world -- currently around 579,000, of whom around 11...
We repeated the primary adjusted analysis using a logistic regression model and found that both prior vaccination (odds ratio (OR) 0.66 (0.48–0.91)) and prior infection (OR 0.68 (0.49–0.95)) were associated with reduced odds of infection in close contacts (Supplementary Table 12). Additional...
The cruise passenger can also often present with infections that they may acquire while on the land excursions that are part of the cruise. They can also become symptomatic with infections that may have been incubating before the start of the cruise. Infections that are endemic in the ports of...
There's another treatment sometimes used with staph infections. If the infection goes so deep that it involves muscles or fibers that enclose the muscles, it needs to be surgically cleaned. Staph Infection Complications There is a type of infection that can lead to septic shock if staph bacteria...
Mi Feng, a spokesperson with the National Health Commission, told a press conference on Sunday that the recent respiratory infectious diseases are mainly due to the influenza virus, with additional cases caused by rhinoviruses, mycoplasma pneumonia, respiratory syncytial viruses, and adenoviruses. ...
Increasing anti-S levels are associated with a reduced risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Hazard Ratio 0.85; 95%CIs: 0.79-0.92). We do not find evidence that this antibody relationship with risk of infection varies by second dose vaccine type (BNT162b2 vs. ChAdOx1). In keeping with our anti...
WARSAW, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Poland reported 30,586 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest number since the spring of last year. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said during a press conference that nearly 20 percent of new cases are of the Omicron variant, and the spread of ...