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MRSA: Stem cell protein shows promise as potential treatment, according to study

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A new Cornell study has found the antimicrobial properties of certain stem cell proteins could offer a potential treatment to reduce infection in skin wounds. Treating...

Australia officials restrict prescribing ivermectin for COVID-19

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) placed new restrictions on the prescribing of oral ivermectin, according to an announcement last Friday. General...

Italy: AIFA warns against use Parvulan for the treatment of COVID-19

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews the customs units of the Ministry of Health which are responsible for the evaluation of specific requests for the importation of medicines from abroad, the Italian Medicines...

Kansas DOH warns against the use of ivermectin

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 With a rise in calls to poison control centers and visits to emergency rooms, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is urging Kansans not to take the drug ivermectin...

Alabama health officials issue ivermectin warning

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other health agencies have advised against the unauthorized use of the drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 in humans. The...

Florida Poison Control reports spike in cases related to ivermectin, Most involve meds for livestock

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida Poison Control tweeted last week that they are seeing a spike in cases related to ivermectin, a deworming medication. They report treating 27 patients in August, primarily...

Ivermectin prescriptions up dramatically, Poison control receives five-fold increase in calls

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Ivermectin is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription medication used to treat certain infections caused by internal and external parasites. During the...

Modernized tetracycline antibiotic, NUZYRA, added as alternate agent to treat plague

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Boston-based biopharmaceutical company, Paratek Pharmaceuticals announced the novel, once-daily oral and intravenous antibiotic NUZYRA® (omadacycline) has recently been added...

Potential Overuse of Antibiotics Found in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

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Only 21 percent of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) have a documented bacterial superinfection at the time of intubation, resulting in potential overuse...

FDA ivermectin warning: You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put out a tweet Saturday that has garnered a lot of attention (with 36.6K retweets as of this writing) which states: You...