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New research indicates fever may play a role in multiple sclerosis

mayo 30, 2023

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 […] Read More →

Covid Can Be the Last Pandemic

mayo 30, 2023

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 […] Read More →

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

mayo 30, 2023

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 […] Read More →

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

mayo 2, 2023

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 […] Read More →

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

abril 24, 2023

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 […] Read More →

Temporal Artery Thermometry (TAT) – Accurate for Preterm Neonates

febrero 4, 2023

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic, Neonatal #Nursing shows that the Exergen Temporal Artery Temperature measurements (Temporal Artery Thermometry) are as #accurate as axillary temperature measurements in low-birth-weight neonates in the NICU.   Babies Exhibit Less Fussiness and Crying with the TAT A study published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, Neonatal Nursing 1 shows that Exergen temporal artery temperature measurements […] Read More →

A fever is often accompanied by anxious dreams in children

enero 24, 2023

There is a flu wave affecting many countries. This causes many people to suffer from muscle pain, colds, and hots. Besides coughing a lot, they also have a snotty nose. Fever is one of the hallmarks of the flu. It is defined as a body temperature of 38 degrees or higher. Intense fever dreams can […] Read More →

Is it a Cold or the Flu?

enero 23, 2020

The Flu Almost Always Brings a Fever, According to Exergen According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), influenza-like illness activity is now widespread in 48 states, making this the worst flu season since 2003. From 2010  to 2019, the annual death rate from the flu has increased from approximately 12,000 deaths per […] Read More →

Rest in Peace, Our Friend Irving Erlichman

noviembre 25, 2019

Over 90 years young and still going strong in his second career after his retirement in 1985 from Polaroid: The Ultimate Secret

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Increased Temporal Scanner Hospital Use Increases Medicare Reimbursement

mayo 8, 2019

A new national survey was recently conducted to explore methods of thermometry used in hospitals, patients’ thermometry preferences and a possible correlation between the way patients had their temperatures taken and satisfaction with their hospital experience.

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