Immunization

A staph infection occurs due to a bacterium called staphylococcus. This bacterium lives on the skin naturally, but if it enters the bloodstream through a wound, it can cause sepsis. It can also cause skin infections and boil-like sores that may be swollen, flushed, and painful. Staph infections are contagious through person-to-person contact. Staphylococcus is an umbrella term for more than 30 types of bacterium. This bacterium can also cause: In this article, we discuss how contagious staph infections are, their signs and symptoms, how to avoid them, and treatments. Staph infections are contagious through person-to-person contact. If an individual with staph has a wound that oozes, someone who comes into contact with this liquid can contract the infection. This includes the following transmission methods: close skin contact sharing objects such as towels or toothbrushes droplets in coughs and sneezes, though this is less common People with staph infections who prepare food for others ...

News > Local "> Cooley Dickinson's new Oxbow Primary Care facility at 15 Atwood Drive in Northampton. Infectious Diseases and General Surgical Care offices are also located there. STAFF PHOTO/JERREY ROBERTS "> An exam room at Cooley Dickinson's new Oxbow Primary Care facility at 15 Atwood Drive in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/JERREY ROBERTS "> Amy Tenerowicz, a certified medical assistant, finishes her day at Cooley Dickinson's new Oxbow Primary Care facility at 15 Atwood Drive in Northampton on Nov. 20. STAFF PHOTO/JERREY ROBERTS "> Liz Kery, a receptionist, finishes her day at Cooley Dickinson's new Oxbow Primary Care facility at 15 Atwood Drive in No...

Exercising at the beginning of a fast can improve health outcomes according to a new BYU study. Credit: BYU With Thanksgiving just a day away—and the most anticipated meal of the year already in the works—the last thing on most people's minds right now is fasting. (Of course, maybe by Thursday evening, a few of us will be feeling like fasting for a day.) But even with a short Thanksgiving pause, many people are turning to fasting for weight loss and improved metabolic health, whether that be a regimen of time-restricted eating, periodic fasting or the "monk" fast. Now a new Brigham Young University study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise finds that exercising intensely at the start of a fast may help maximiz...

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Sponsored content by Boehringer Ingelheim Why has Boehringer Ingelheim entered the ILT vector vaccine market? Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is a viral disease of chickens caused by the Gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV 1), also called avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus. It mainly affects layer pullets worldwide. In addition, it is a growing concern worldwide, especially in broilers at the end of the rearing period. In the broiler segment, mortality resulting from ILT infection has been shown to double every day once clinical signs appear. 1 In October 2020, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health launched VAXXITEK® HVT+IBD+ILT, the first vaccine to offer protection in one shot from infectious laryngotracheitis, Marek's disease, and infectious bursal disease (classic and variant types). What are the main clinical signs and lesions of ILT? There are two main forms of this respiratory disease described: Acute form: associated with mortality, cough, and hemorrhagic lesions of th...

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(CNN) The first generation HPV vaccine cut cervical cancer rates among women by 87%, British researchers reported. The study published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet estimates that by mid-2019, there were 450 fewer cases of cervical cancer and 17,200 fewer cases of pre-cancers than expected in the vaccinated population. Researchers at Kings College London and the British government looked at population-based cancer registry data in the UK between January 2006 and June 2019 for seven groups of women, comparing those who were vaccinated to those who were not. They were looking at data covering the Cervarix vaccine, which protects against two strains of cancer-causing human papillomavirus or HPV. Newer vaccines sold under the Gardasil brand protect against even more strains of cancer causing viruses. Of the three groups that were vaccinated, each were vaccinated at different ages. One group was vaccinated at age 12-13, another at 14-16, and another at 16 -18. Those vaccinated at the...