Respiratory infections among young children have been on the rise since the school year began in August, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the past six ...

Decongestant or antihistamine medicines are sometimes given to children with acute middle ear infection (acute otitis media). It is unclear whether decongestants or antihistamines are effective ...

Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly. The ...

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects the liver and can cause acute or chronic illness. The virus’s life cycle involves entering liver cells and producing new virus cells to trigger infections in other ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated if non-psychiatric PASC-AMs [post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...

The direct-acting antiviral glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (Mavyret) was highly effective and well tolerated in adults with acute ...

Infection prevention is likely still top of mind emerging from the pandemic. But even though facility leaders know what works to stop the spread of infections doesn’t mean that it’s getting done. That ...

BTS’ Jimin once suffered acute appendicitis. Learn what acute appendicitis is, its symptoms, causes, treatment, and warning ...