Tonsillitis itself is not contagious. However, “the viruses and bacteria that cause tonsillitis are highly contagious and can ...

WHO guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level: These new guidelines on the core components of IPC programmes at ...

Some are undergoing further tests. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples ...

Life-threatening fungal infections are on the rise in the United States. Their growth has been described as "alarming" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,) with one ...

Once trapped in the tonsils, bacteria or viruses are then transported to lymph nodes, where specialized immune cells cluster to fight infection. However ... reside on both sides of the back of the ...

While you develop some immunity after a COVID infection, it doesn’t just grow with each additional hit. You might be thinking, “Aren’t I more protected against COVID and less likely to have ...

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You can still get strep throat if you've had your tonsils removed. Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils. Although swelling—and sometimes even infectious oozing—of the ...

And certain chronic viral infections can lead to liver cancer. Infections like these account for an estimated 13 percent of all cancer cases globally, according to a new report published Wednesday ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) commonly occur if bacteria enter the urethra, the duct where urine leaves the body. Several factors, like sexual activity and kidney stones, increase UTI risk.

Queen's Infection Prevention & Control (IPAC) Online Professional Development Course is a fully online program with interactive content for health professionals who are new to or are about to enter ...