# infection - Friday 15 May, 2020
# R Number
# R Number
The UK’s R number is between 0.7-1.0.
# infection - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Every person who contracts Covid-19 is expected to spread it to no more than one other person, the figures reveal.
# infection - Thursday 9 April, 2020
# Transmission
# Transmission
Professor Philip Nolan said the modelling advisory group can see the “profound effect” the measures are having on transmission.
# infection - Sunday 5 January, 2020
# Infection
# Infection
SARS killed 349 people in mainland China and another 299 in Hong Kong in 2003.
# infection - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
The man has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women.
# infection - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
# infection - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
# Infection
# Infection
The screenings include a skin test and, if needed, blood tests and chest x-rays.
# infection - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
# Infection
# Infection
Simon Harris said hospital staff are now trained to be more “sepsis aware”.
# infection - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
# Rare Occurrence
# Rare Occurrence
The Irish Blood Transfusion Board has tested 1.2 million donations for the infection.
# infection - Tuesday 11 July, 2017
# Answers
# Answers
Thousands of patients were given blood products infected with diseases.
# infection - Tuesday 11 October, 2016
# Dublin
# Dublin
The hospital said today that children are not permitted to visit any circumstance.
# infection - Monday 15 February, 2016
# Formal Warning
# Formal Warning
It found that 46 babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit which was only designed for 36.
# infection - Sunday 31 January, 2016
# Achoo
# Achoo
Yes, it’s disgusting, but that gooey stuff coming from your nose is trying to tell you something.
# infection - Friday 7 August, 2015
# infection - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
# Diagnosis
# Diagnosis
It is hoped that as well as detecting new cases, people bring previously diagnosed patients back into care.
# infection - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
# Breakthrough
# Breakthrough
Researchers said there is renewed hope for patients who start treatment early after infection.
# infection - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# Sydney
# Sydney
The worries stem from inadequate equipment sterilisation at the facilities.
# infection - Thursday 9 October, 2014
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
The woman had just returned from working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone.
# infection - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
# Suspect Cases
# Suspect Cases
A Spanish nurse tested positive for Ebola yesterday.
# infection - Sunday 14 September, 2014
# Bad Blood
# Bad Blood
The device, which has only been tested in rats so far, could be adapted one day for removing Ebola from blood, they said.
# infection - Friday 15 August, 2014
# Underestimated
# Underestimated
The official death toll has now climbed to 1,069.
# infection - Saturday 9 August, 2014
# Lagos
# Lagos
It has appealed for volunteers to come forward.
# infection - Friday 8 August, 2014
# Slimy
# Slimy
The common bacteria produces a slimy bio-film that on the lungs that is almost impossible for patients to clear
# infection - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
This video shows how the infection takes hold.
# infection - Monday 23 June, 2014
# West Africa
# West Africa
The virus is fatal in 90% of cases.
# infection - Friday 25 April, 2014
# World Malaria Day
# World Malaria Day
With malaria causing 627,000 deaths last year, there are high hopes for the first vaccine. But old-fashioned people power can also make a difference.
# infection - Thursday 24 April, 2014
# Aids
# Aids
The going rate for sex in Kasensero is as little as €1.50.
# infection - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# Snooze Therapy
# Snooze Therapy
Experiments on fruitflies showed faster recovery and better survival rates for the ones that had more sleep.
# infection - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
# Infection
# Infection
New research at TCD is looking to find out which strains will become the most dominant.
# infection - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
Between 2002 and 2011, researchers identified a 44-fold increase in the prevalence of PVL-positive MRSA.
# infection - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
# Wash Your Hands
# Wash Your Hands
Unlike MRSA, alcohol wipes do not stop the spread of CDI.
# infection - Friday 28 February, 2014
# Infection
# Infection
Mercy University Hospital has confirmed a case of the Influenza H1N1 today.
# infection - Thursday 27 February, 2014
# Infection
# Infection
The virus, named Chameleon, searches for weaknesses within WiFi networks and infects them before automatically seeking other vulnerable access points.
# infection - Thursday 13 February, 2014
# Infection
# Infection
All staff and children who has close contact with them have been given antibiotics.
# infection - Wednesday 18 December, 2013
# Get Immunised
# Get Immunised
The HSE are stressing the importance of vaccination against tetanus which causes death in between 10-25 per cent of cases.
# infection - Monday 16 December, 2013
# Tanzania
# Tanzania
The practice has been outlawed in Tanzania but is still performed in some parts of the country.
# infection - Monday 7 October, 2013
# Flu Vaccine
# Flu Vaccine
Those in at-risk groups can get the vaccine free-of-charge from their GP or pharmacy.
# infection - Saturday 17 August, 2013
# Spay That Stray
# Spay That Stray
Last week was Feral Cat Awareness Week – here’s why people are being encouraged to ‘spay that stray’.
# infection - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
# Amputation
# Amputation
Doctors said that the patient contracted an unrelated illness that forced him to stop taking anti-rejection drugs.
# infection - Monday 13 May, 2013
# Virus
# Virus
There have been 33 confirmed cases of human infection since September last year, including 18 deaths.
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