Infection News

The presence of mucosal damage on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was associated with a 76% greater risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, underscoring the need for “increased vigilance” among these patients, according to a cohort study.

A Salmonella enteriditis outbreak linked to eggs has left dozens hospitalized in nine states, prompting a Wisconsin farm to recall all eggs supplied by their farm to retailers, foodservice distributors and individual customers.

WHO this week announced that cholera cases increased by 13% and cholera deaths increased by 71% globally in 2023.

Declines in serum hepatitis B virus RNA at the first and second year of treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogues correlated with risk for hepatocellular carcinoma and may serve as independent predictors of cancer development.

Five more people have died and 14 more illnesses have been reported in a multistate Listeria outbreak caused by sliced deli meats, the CDC said Wednesday.

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, warned that, despite being the smallest virus capable of causing human disease, hepatitis delta virus holds an outsized global impact as the most severe form of viral hepatitis.

Diagnostic stewardship helped reduce the number of inappropriate tests ordered for Clostridioides difficile by 20 percentage points in a Florida health care system, according to a study.

Another person has died in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats, bringing the death toll to three, according to the CDC.

Routine childhood vaccinations prevented more than 1.1 million deaths among children born during the past 30 years in the United States, CDC researchers found.