As women tend to have a greater immune responses to a flu vaccination compared to men; but their advantage largely disappears as they age and their estrogen levels decline; In general, adaptive immune response to vaccines are lower in both aging males and females; as compared with their younger adult counterparts. The evaluating responses to the…
Pregnant women and their newborns are considering to be at high risk of serious illness during flu pandemics and seasonal epidemics. As such, many countries advise all pregnant women to have a flu vaccination; which can protect both mothers and their young infants from the flu. These results are reassuring and suggesting the influenza vaccination…
During an influenza pandemic and during seasonal epidemics, more persons have symptomatic illness without seeking medical care than seek treatment at doctor’s offices, clinics, and hospitals. Workplace absenteeism during the high-severity 2017 to 2018 influenza season increased. The researchers finding absenteeism sharply increased in November and peaked in January; at its peak, the absenteeism level…
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue; Virus-related chronic hepatitis infection represents an important healthcare issue; with a global prevalence for hepatitis C virus (HCV) estimated at 1%; while for hepatitis B virus (HBV) the prevalence is estimating at 3.5%. Portal hypertension (PH) is a crucial consequence of cirrhosis, because it leads to serious complications…
The Effects of Employment on Influenza Rates; finding that a 1% point increase in the employment rate correlating with; increases in the number of influenza relating doctor visits by about 16%. These effects are highly pronouncing in the retail sector; and health care sectors industries with the highest levels of interpersonal contact. The flu is…
Herpes zoster is a viral disease characterizing by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area; Antiviral prophylaxis is commonly administering to patients after HSCT to prevent such complications; but the efficacy depending on adherence to treatment. Vaccination has the potential to provide long-term protection against herpes zoster; but live attenuating vaccines are contraindicating in immunocompromising individuals…
Zika exposure can be a very difficult condition to diagnose in retrospect; so we can not rule out undiagnosed Zika infection in a control group of children enrolling at the same time. The study suggesting that 32% of children up to the age of 3 years; who were exposing to the Zika virus during the…
Vaccine preventable childhood killer diseases covering by the standard include diphtheria, polio, pertussis, tetanus; and the virus that causes infant meningitis, Hemophilus influenza type B as well as the hepatitis B virus. Other vaccines included in the program include the mumps, measles and rubella viruses. Immunization works not only by protecting the individual who receives the vaccine; but also by…
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae; It is spreading by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes; such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Where Summer is synonymous with mosquitoes, and that means possible exposure to the West Nile and Zika viruses. Both are spreading mainly through mosquito bites. But about one in 150 develop a serious inflammation of the…
Infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) resulting in chicken pox and after this initial infection the virus remains latent in sensory nerve ganglia until reactivation results in a painful disorder termed herpes zoster or shingles. studies in females indicated that during proestrus when estradiol is high there was a reducing response to VZV inducing pain…
The study developing a new trial regarding vaccination for the flu infections; a flu vaccine developed with artificial intelligence; had not advancing to clinical trials in humans; but by making this an exciting progression in vaccine development. By using artificial intelligence proving to substantially shorten the process; with Petrovsky’s research team only taking two years…
The researches find that the Understanding how antibiotic-resistant bacteria are transmitted to humans through meat and plant foods is important when considering public health; food safety, and the subsequent economic burden. Therefore The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that agriculture was responsible for 20% of the 2 million infections that are resistant to…