Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body's immune defenses. Bacteremia can worsen into sepsis, a condition that accounts for more than 1 in 3 hospital deaths per year.

That was the basic update from Lyon County Health Office Dr Ladun Oyenuga on KVOE’s Morning Show on Wednesday. Dr Oyenuga ...

Influenza B cases in Oklahoma began rising the week ending Nov. 30, 2024, then spiraled upward on a steep curve until it peaked the week ending Jan. 1 with 5,594 cases. Only then did it began falling, ...

Pneumonia in both lungs is treatable, but it can be life-threatening in elderly patients like the 88-year-old pontiff.

Consider anti-tuberculosis therapy prior to initiation of SELARSDI ... may not elicit an immune response sufficient to prevent disease. Cases of interstitial pneumonia, eosinophilic pneumonia, and ...

Community-acquired pneumonia is of particular concern in older adults ... as were those with prescriptions for anti-TB drugs (in the year before cohort entry) and those with a previous diagnosis of ...

No, there is not a tuberculosis outbreak in Ohio. Public hackles in central Ohio have been raised over the bacterial disease, also referred to as TB, after a high school student in Whitehall ...

It could be an indicator that tuberculosis cases may be increasing across the United States, said Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at University of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - An active case of tuberculosis has been diagnosed in Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department reported. The case involves someone at ...