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New research indicates fever may play a role in multiple sclerosis

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Is multiple sclerosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus? Researchers aren’t sure, but new research suggests there may be a connection. A fever is one of the symptoms of Epstein-Barr infection, especially when it occurs later in life. As an autoimmune disease, MS results from the body’s immune system attacking healthy cells by mistake. According to some […]

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Covid Can Be the Last Pandemic

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We started this series with a question: What if the next pandemic happens tomorrow. For this newsletter — the final installment in this series — we are exploring the idea of whether it’s possible for Covid to be the last pandemic. It has been a pleasure exploring and debating pandemic preparedness with you over the

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Explained: What Is Disease X? Why Are Top Experts Warning Of A Deadlier Pandemic?

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In June last year, health experts in Britain had reportedly warned the UK government to be prepared for ‘Disease X’ amid reports of cases of poliovirus being detected in sewage samples in London, monkeypox, Lassa fever and bird flu in the recent years. Days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that Covid-19 was no

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Long COVID–like symptoms can happen after the flu, too. Here’s how to prevent both

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When looking at the percentage of those infected who develop post-viral illness, as well as the severity of symptoms, post-viral illness from COVID generally isn’t more of a problem than that from flu—in the Omicron era, at least. That’s according to new findings presented this week at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious

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Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant, WHO says

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For the first couple of years of the pandemic, other respiratory viruses seemed to be on hiatus. (Rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, were an exception.) Social distancing measures, sharp declines in international travel, and potentially some interplay between SARS-2 and the other viruses are thought to explain their absence. There was no flu season

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Exergen appoints first member to newly launched Medical Advisory Board

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WATERTOWN, Mass, March 28, 2023 – Infrared temperature measurement equipment manufacturer Exergen Corporation has launched a Medical Advisory Board. The first medical professional appointed to the Exergen Medical Advisory Board is Dr. Gopichandran Lakshmanan, PhD (MSN), FCRMEBN (AIIMS), RN, RM and Associate Professor at the College of Nursing, AIIMS in New Delhi. “The medical sector

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Exergen will participate in Hospitalar 2023 in Brazil

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Health care professionals in Brazil and Latin America will be able to see for themselves the benefits of using the innovative Temporal Artery Thermometer in hospitals, clinics, and at home. WATERTOWN, Mass, March 15, 2023 – Exergen, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, will exhibit its TAT-5000S, TAT-2000, and TAT-2000C

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Exergen will participate in FIME 2023 in Miami, Florida

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Health care professionals in the Americas will be able to see for themselves the benefits of using the innovative Temporal Artery Thermometer in hospitals, clinics, and at home. WATERTOWN, Mass, March 15, 2023 – Exergen, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, will exhibit its TAT-5000S, TAT-2000, and TAT-2000C thermometers at

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Exergen will participate in Hospitalar 2023 in Brazil and FIME 2023 in Miami Beach

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Exergen promoting their highly innovative Temporal Artery Thermometer WATERTOWN, Mass, March 15, 2023 – Exergen, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, is highly commuted to help doctors and nurses in Latin America and the Caribbean to further improve the healthcare they are able to provide their patients. As part of

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Exergen Congratulates Newsweek’s 15 best performing hospitals in Belgium

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WATERTOWN, Mass, February 10, 2023 – Exergen Corporation, the global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies, congratulates Belgium’s Top 15 hospitals. Newsweek recently published the list that celebrates top hospitals in Belgium. Newsweek’s Best Hospitals honor roll highlights 15 of Belgium’s best hospitals. Over 2,200 hospitals around the world are included in the list. This

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