Infectious Diseases
The Infectious diseases topic features the latest news, guidelines, education, EMS training and tips related to infection control and EMS role in prevention the transmission of and caring for patients with infectious diseases.
Sorting through the maze of public health information overload and overlap
Epidemiologist calls for drastic actions to save lives and keep the EMS system from collapsing
Interactive maps, infection projections and your own PCR data illustrate how serious the COVID-19 pandemic is in your response area
The Novartis flu shots may have small particles that could cause adverse reactions
Health officials caution however that new infections will still be coming and as well as more deaths
The World Health Organization estimates about 8.7 million new cases of TB last year
Sundland Inc. may not resume making peanut butter for another two months after 35 have been sickened
One child has died from the outbreak, officials say they haven’t identified a specific source
The treatment involves processing blood and re-injecting it into a person, promising a more youthful appearance
New England Compound Center had allegedly produced a shot that killed an 83-year-old man
New England Compounding Center has voluntarily surrendered its license to operate
The farm was tied to a recent salmonella outbreak
A paramedic only gave the girl’s parents Tamiflu
The paramedic reportedly tampered with powerful painkillers and sedatives and administered them to patients
The 49-year-old man from Qatar is being treated in the ICU at a London hospital
About 2,000 villages have been hit by the overflowing waters
The boy is the 7th person at the NIH Hospital to die from the bug
The woman was trying to save her friend’s choking cat when the feline bit her
It is believed girl caught disease from burying dead squirrel
So far this year, 1,590 cases have been reported and 66 deaths
Tevita Alatini died after the infection spread to his muscle tissue, no word on how he contracted the infection
Federal health officials say the sickened live in 16 states and the cases started in July
2 people have died from the hantavirus and is spread through contact with rodent feces, urine and saliva
The hantavirus killed a person who visited the park in June, there may be up to four cases of the disease
So far, 1,118 illnesses have been reported, about half of them in Texas
Leak occurred when air flowed wrong way out of germ lab into clean-air corridor, rather than through HEPA filter
Dozen students, 2 teachers complained of itchy rashes
Levels reduced from previous study, but 5 vehicles still test positive
The research was posted online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Officers say man walked into Lucky’s Internet Cafe on Monday night and began touching the walls
Responders learn the proper way to decontaminate victims and use of the Hazmat suit with the powered air purifying respirator
The CDC said Tuesday that 72 illnesses, including 13 deaths, are linked to the tainted fruit
“It’s very plausible,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention