Neglected Tropical Diseases

solano and kokales :: Article Creator Billionaire-Backed Bid For New Solano County City Will Likely Be On The Ballot Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Will Likely Be on the BallotKQEDSearch-IconSave ArticleSave ArticleKQEDKQED upper waypoint Listen May 8 Failed to save article Please try again A California Forever billboard along I-80 westbound in Vallejo on May 2, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) A full transcript will be available 1–2 workdays after the episode's publication. California Forever, the billionaire-backed group behind an effort to build a city from scratch in Eastern Solano County, is plowing ahead in its campaign to convince voters.  Last week, the company announced that it has gathered enough signatures to qualify its measure for the November ballot. KQED's Adhiti Bandlamundi unpacks the last few months ...

staph skin infection treatment :: Article Creator Struggling With Recurring MRSA? Here Are Some Treatment Options A viewer says they keep getting skin infections with MRSA; they want to know what it is and how it can be prevented. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. Tuesday, May 7th 2024, 12:16 pm By: News 9 A viewer says they keep getting skin infections with MRSA; they want to know what it is and how it can be prevented. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant staph. Aureus. Staph. Aureus is a very common bacteria on our skin, but it has a growing resistance to several antibiotics. It often causes painful boils on the skin and abscesses, or pockets of infection under the skin. Sometimes these infections will drain infected fluid on their own and sometimes they need to be drained at a doctor's office.  There are a few antibiotics that can kill MRSA including Bactrim and doxycycline as well as a top...

bay creek internal medicine :: Article Creator Department Of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine is the largest department in the School of Medicine with more than 145 physicians and scientists who are national and international leaders in vaccines, liver, lupus, kidney, and aging just to highlight recent accomplishments in setting standards of excellence in research. The Department of Internal Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine offers state-of-the-art facilities, a faculty of outstanding clinical scholars and rapidly expanding research programs. Of equal importance, you will find a friendly, caring atmosphere and a love for learning that are part of the culture of this Jesuit University and medical center. Ours is a well-established program with deep historical roots. In 1911, Charles Hugh Neilson, M.D., was appointed as the first director of the Department of Internal Medicine, marking the foundation of the depar...

bacterial lung infection :: Article Creator Purdue Pharmacy Researcher Receives $2.4M NIH Grant To Fight Antimicrobial-resistant Lung Infections WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Qi "Tony" Zhou, a researcher in Purdue University's College of Pharmacy has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fight lung infections that have established a resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Zhou is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, a Faculty Scholar and a faculty member of the Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery and the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease. He leads a team of multinational experts from Australia, Thailand and the United States in developing novel, patent-pending inhalation therapeutics for lung infections. "We are providing a promising option to fight the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance," Zhou said. "The s...