Influenza Virus Symptoms

[unable to retrieve full-text content] How can you tell if you have COVID-19, RSV, or the flu?    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio — largely involving unvaccinated children — is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. Most of the 82 children infected so far are old enough to get the shots, but their parents chose not to do so, officials said, resulting in the country's largest outbreak of the highly infectious pathogen this year. "That is what is causing this outbreak to spread like wildfire," said Mysheika Roberts, director of the Columbus health department. The Ohio outbreak, which began in November, comes at a time of heightened worry about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment, a long-standing problem that has led to drops in child immunization rates in pockets across the United States. The pandemic has magnified those concerns because of controversies and politicization around coronavirus vaccines and...

have learned a lot about pandemics in the last four years, yet there is still a lot more to learn. The way these viruses from various pandemics are transmitted has changed over the years, and thankfully, the death count has dropped. Since water supplies have been sanitized and basic hygiene precautions are now understood, modern pandemics jump from animal populations to human ones. Animals have long been the primary cause of pandemics; the infamous Black Death, which struck Europe in the 14th century and again in the 17th, resulted in enormous death tolls worldwide due to fleas that rode on shipboard rats. This pandemic was caused by a variation of Influenzavirus A (subtype H1N1), and the last crisis occurred 11 years ago in 2009, although there had been other influenza A pandemics in previous periods. The newly discovered influenza A (H1N1) virus is a new subtype of influenza virus that is transmitted to humans and contains genes from swine, avian and human influenza viruses in a com...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Transactions and Financings: Pine Park Acquires Geriatric Practice ...    Senior Housing News

Listen to this article In the coming days, your skin may become dry and itchy as a result of the winter chill. However, if you're experiencing intense itchiness and irritation in your inner thigh or groin, it may be a jock itch. If you're coming across this term for the first time, let us explain what is it. A jock itch is a type of fungal infection like a diaper rash, athlete's foot, and oral thrush. But since they frequently appear in the genital region, inner thighs, or buttocks, it can be extremely unpleasant. Fortunately, getting rid of it is easy! Arthi Raguram, a skincare expert (natural and organic skincare products), spoke to Health Shots about how you can treat jock itch at home with the help of natural remedies. Raguram says, "Jock itch is a fungal infection that usually occurs in areas such as the groin, and inner thighs. It is commonly found among men, but women can also get a jock itch. In women, a jock itch can affect the skin around the groin, inner thi...

Project aims & design Grounded in implementation science and program evaluation [30], the present project will evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the AHE, a medical improv workshop designed to improve communication skills among healthcare professionals. Specifically, using mixed methods, we will conduct an Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Design project [31] that includes [1] an outcome evaluation to determine the impact of this workshop on communication skills among healthcare professionals (effectiveness), and [2] a process evaluation to explore interprofessional communication and its effects on AHE implementation fidelity (implementation). Our outcome evaluation will assess the impact of the AHE workshop on short- and long-term improvement in several relevant outcomes, including interprofessional communication, stress, and professional fulfillment. We will use an embedded experimental explanatory sequential mixed methods design for implementation and evaluat...

TAMPA, Fla. , Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MyCare Medical announced it had recently acquired Jacinto Medical Group (JMG) located in Baytown and LaPorte, Texas . JMG is a wholly owned network of four clinic locations with a state-of-the-art imaging center and 14 primary and specialty care providers. The acquisition represents another phase of growth into the Texas region for MyCare Medical, which has already established itself in Florida as a leader in managed healthcare, delivering high quality, cost-effective services to seniors and other patients. "This union will marry strength with strength and will form a best-in-class managed platform," said Gautam Shirhattikar, MyCare CEO. "Together with JMG, MyCare Medical now reaches a greater population of Medicare patients in Southeast Texas . This strategic partnership will grant us the opportunity to make a greater impact in these patients' lives and the lives of their families. We look forward to continued growth...

Mercy Health is pleased to announce that the following providers have joined Mercy Health Physicians, expanding access to primary care services on the East Side of Cincinnati: Dinesh Chauwan, MD is a primary care/internal medicine doctor practicing from Mercy Health – Anderson Hills Internal Medicine, 8000 Five Mile Road, Suite 305, Cincinnati, OH 45230, 513-232-3500. "The best aspect of being an internal medicine physician is helping patients maintain good health and establishing lifelong physician patient relationships. My goal is to support patients with their individualized plans to help them lead a healthy life. That includes considering how their religious and cultural practices influence their health and ensuring that they understand and can manage their medical conditions." Derrick Dillow, CNP is a primary care and family medicine certified nurse practitioner practicing from Mercy Health — West Clermont Family Medicine, 4101 Bach Buxton Road, Batavia, OH 45103, 51...

Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, gathering with friends and family again has become important for many Americans, but the U.S. faces a dangerous "tripledemic" of the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 going into the holiday season. While there is no vaccine for RSV yet, there are safe and effective vaccines for flu and COVID-19 that can make congregating safer and can help prevent thousands of deaths from the two diseases over the coming months. Even so, some patients are unsure, or maybe just lukewarm, about getting them. To hammer home the importance of getting the updated COVID-19 booster and a influenza vaccine—something the AMA and other national health care organizations strongly urge—First Lady Jill Biden hosted a virtual town hall event with Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator, and Anthony Fauci, MD, outgoing director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medica...

CVS Minute Clinics Following Hurricane Ian, CVS Pharmacy locations in Southwest Florida have reopened their MinuteClinic medical clinics, which provide a variety of services for community members in need. MinuteClinic locations are fully stocked with tetanus vaccinations, which are recommended by Florida Health for anyone exposed to floodwaters or involved with hurricane debris cleanup. Tetanus shot boosters should be updated every 10 years according to the CDC or after five years in the case of a deep wound. MinuteClinic providers are also available to diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common illnesses; treat wounds, abrasions, sprains and skin conditions; and provide chronic disease monitoring services and prescription refills; especially for patients unable to see their primary care provider due to the storm. MinuteClinic is open seven days a week including weekday evening hours. Patients can walk in or make an appointment at MinuteClinic.com for the following locations: C...

Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care requires that doctors be consistently available for providing ongoing care to their patients. Can doctors who meet their patients via video form an effective doctor-patient relationship, and does that relationship lead to appropriate and needed primary care? The answer is a resounding "yes" on both counts. Many people still believe that doctors must perform hands-on physical examinations in the office to deliver effective primary care. Some have gone so far as to say that "telemedicine is not medicine" and to assert that even when a physical examination is not needed, telemedicine is still ineffective — "Medicine … cannot be practiced through a screen between a doctor and a patient." Both clinical experience over the past decade and more recently publi...