Neglected Tropical Diseases

NEW YORK , Nov. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The hospital acquired infection control market in 2020 was worth US$ 5.5 Bn , which is expected to expand 1.6X by the end of the decade. The market has been analyzed in a recently revised survey conducted by skilled analysts at Persistence Market Research. They have predicted demand for hospital acquired infection control equipment to rise at a steady CAGR of 5% over the next ten years. The world has seen substantial rise in the number of infectious diseases over the past decade, and this trend is anticipated to be followed through this decade as well. We saw the onset of a major pandemic in 2020, which made the world rethink its approach toward infectious diseases and their control and prevention. Infection control is key to minimize the impact of any disease as most result in community spread that often goes unmonitored. Improper sanitation of hospital surroundings and inadequate measures to curb infections from spreading are fact...

In March 2020 Operation Pangea XIII seized some 37,000 counterfeit medical devices, most of which were surgical masks. Credit: InkheartX / Shutterstock.com In March 2020, as Covid-19 spread around the world, many essential medical products fell into short supply. Surgical masks, and other PPE, were particularly hard to come by, with existing supply chains buckling under this unprecedented strain. Medical device companies rose to the challenge admirably. But they weren't the only ones producing supplies. That month, a global operation by Interpol, dubbed Operation Pangea XIII, seized some 37,000 counterfeit medical devices, most of which were surgical masks. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals were rampant too, including products like the dubiously named 'corona spray'. "Once again, Operation Pangea shows that criminals will stop at nothing to make a profit. The illicit trad...

(WXYZ) — With kids back and school and cold & flu season setting in, there's a lot going around, and parents know it. Related: State expecting a rise in RSV cases among kids; here's what to look out for & how to stay safe What, what's going around is changing from community to community and also changes as we move through the year. At Shelby Pediatrics in Shelby Township, they say Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and the common cold are two of the three issues bugging kids in Macomb County. RSV is a common childhood ailment. Most kids have had it by the age of two, but it can send children to the hospital. The third issue bugging kids is an uptick in COVID-19, which they say may be tied to Halloween activities. At Bloom Pediatrics in Birmingham, they're also seeing an uptick in RSV and COVID-19. We're also seeing a lot of Coxsackievirus A-16, commonly known as hand, foot and mouth disease," Dr. Anna Groebe from Bloom Pediatrics ...

Staff reports  |  Corpus Christi Caller-Times The wait is over. It's time to celebrate this year's top businesses in the Corpus Christi area! What is the Caller-Times Best of the Best? Since 1997, the Caller-Times has held an annual readers' choice contest to determine the best businesses and people in various food, services and entertainment categories. It was up to the community who gets nominated and the most votes for the top businesses in various categories including food, services and entertainment. Nominations were made online in June and voting was in August. Besides bragging rights as the Caller-Times Best of the Best, the winners also are showcased in a special section of the Caller-Times. A virtual awards event was held Tuesday, Oct. 26 at https://yourchoiceawards.com/corpuschristi/ Here's the list of winners for the 24th annual Caller-Times Best of t...

A recent online rumor has some wondering whether Chicago Med has been canceled, but is there any truth to the rumor, or is Chicago Med season 8 happening? Recently, Showbiz Cheatsheet ran an article speculating over the odds of  Chicago Med  being the second One Chicago drama to come to an end citing fan speculation over the show's future as the root of the report. While the article seemed to be designed as a reaction piece to fan speculation, some on social media have since been questioning the fate of the show and whether season 7 might actually be its last. Is Chicago Med canceled? Although  Showbiz Cheatsheet 's initial report seems to want to write  Chicago Med  off in trying to make it seem like it's only a matter of when, not if the show will be canceled, the truth is there have been no indications that  Med  is in danger of being canceled by NBC anytime soon. And the show most definitely has not been c...

The Clinical Implications of Basic Research series has focused on highlighting laboratory research that could lead to advances in clinical therapeutics. However, the path between the laboratory and the bedside runs both ways: clinical observations often pose new questions for laboratory investigations that then lead back to the clinic. One of a series of occasional articles drawing attention to the bedside-to-bench flow of information is presented here, under the Basic Implications of Clinical Observations rubric. We hope our readers will enjoy these stories of discovery, and we invite them to submit their own examples of clinical findings that have led to insights in basic science. The pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is incompletely understood, with its effects on multiple organ systems 1 and the syndrome of "long Covid" occurring long after the resolution of infection. 2 The development of multiple efficacious vac...

Delegates at the 74th World Health Assembly unanimously adopted a proposal by the UAE to declare January 30 as 'World NTD Day' Snakebite envenomation is also included among neglected tropical diseases. Photo: Ltshears via Wikimedia The ongoing 74 th World Health Assembly declared January 30 as 'World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day' May 28, 2021. #WHA74 agreed to dedicate 30 January as World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. The day will be an important opportunity to engage a wide range of partners at global, natl & local level to help accelerate the end of NTDs & the suffering associated with these devastating diseases. pic.twitter.com/ux4NE2I0bf — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 27, 2021 The proposal to recognise the day was floated by the United Arab Emirates. It was adopt...

Doctors have discovered that a 38-year-old man who was left "speaking gibberish" after a violent seizure had a parasitic tapeworm infection in his brain. The man, who has not been identified, arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a 4 a.m. seizure left him shaking on his bedroom floor. His case has been documented in The New England Journal of Medicine. Initially, doctors were puzzled as to what was causing the condition. When the 38-year-old, who was in good health and had no history of seizures, suffered another episode, doctors ordered MRI and CT scans of his brain, which revealed three lesions. These legions led to the realization that larval cysts from a tapeworm had traveled to the man's brain, in a condition called neurocysticercosis. Neurocysticercosis is the most serious form of cysticercosis, which occurs when pork tapeworm infects parts of the body, and can be fatal when left untreated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Last week, I experienced every parent's worst nightmare. When my 3-year-old son, Cayden, woke up the other day, I noticed he was coughing a lot more than usual. I prepared to do what we do every morning: remove his BiPAP machine and deliver his breathing treatments, which consist of using a cough assist machine and lots of suctioning with another machine. But that morning was unlike any other. After removing Cayden's BiPAP mask, he immediately stopped breathing. His eyes closed and he became unresponsive. I watched as my little boy turned gray and then blue. I panicked. Most of that morning is a blur, but I remember a few details, such as placing Cayden on the floor and screaming for my younger sister to call 911. Thankfully, my grandma, who is trained in CPR, was planning to visit that day and arrived early. I saw her pull up in her car and remember just screaming for help. "Cayden isn't breathing!" I shouted. Grandma rushed inside and immediately started d...

Transcript: James A. McKinnell, MD: Hello, and welcome to this Pharmacy Times ® Peer Exchange titled "The Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Management of C Difficile ." I'm Dr Jamie McKinnell, from the Lundquist Institute at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center [in Los Angeles, California]. Joining me in this discussion are my colleagues Dr Carl Crawford, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York; Dr Sahil Khanna, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; and Dr Kelly Reveles, an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.In this discussion, we're going to investigate the role between the microbiome and Clostridium difficile [ C difficile ]. It starts logically by establishing the role of the gut microbiome and the impact of dysbiosis in health care. For the first question, I'll turn to you, Carl. What's the gut microbiome, and what does it consist of? C...

"The Dimensity 9000 is a flagship chip, the first in a series of flagship chips, and MediaTek's first real foray into the truly flagship part of the market." That's how MediaTek's Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Finbarr Moynihan, described the new Dimensity 9000 to Digital Trends in an interview ahead of the company's annual summit taking place in California this week. The company is better known for its mid-to-high range chipsets at the moment, so to mark the jump into flagship territory, it has launched the most technically advanced phone chip we've seen yet. Dimensity 9000 The Dimensity 9000 is the first smartphone chip to be built using a 4nm process, and the first to use the ARM Cortex X2 core, which is based on the recently announced ARM V9 architecture. The ARM Cortex X2 runs at up to 3.05GHz, and is joined by three 2.85GHz Cortex A710 cores and four Cortex A510 cores. For the graphics, the Dimensity 9000 is the first to use ARM's M...

kickstand/Getty I recognized it right away when a parent in one of my social media groups posted a close-up of their child's skin. The pink, raised bumps were shiny, and the child's parent noted that the bumps seemed to have multiplied overnight. The commenters played a familiar round of name-that-rash, some suspecting chicken pox, eczema, and contact dermatitis. One mom (always) asked if the child had recently been vaccinated. Another one asked if the child had tried any new foods the day before. But I knew the truth. The child had molluscum, and I commented, sorrowfully, letting the parent know my unofficial medical opinion. All four of my kids have had this dreaded, highly-contagious, aggressive skin issue in the past. Molluscum isn't the end of the world, but it can take weeks or even months (up to a freaking year!) to clear up, and meanwhile, the kids pass it to each other. Cue David Rose saying, "Ew." Thankfully, Scary Mom...