Category: Infectious diseases
Fungi are worth your attention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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What’s your favorite fungus? You might say mushrooms and stop there, since for most of us a broad knowledge of fungi is lacking. Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor and author of a new book, “What if the Fungi Win?” is …
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Illnesses spread by mosquitoes and ticks are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that over the last decade plus illnesses conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, so called vector-borne infections, have risen by over 300%. Mary Shue, a Johns Hopkins dermatologist, says people …
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Older men don’t respond as well to vaccination as older women, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Giving Covid vaccines to adults aged 75 and older has shown that while they do respond with antibodies, that response lasts a much shorter time than in younger people. Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Sean Leng says the study also found …
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How do vaccine responses compare among older and younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Older adults may need Covid boosters more often, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People older than 75 experience a robust antibody response to Covid vaccines but it fades quickly, research by Sean Leng, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Leng: Now the good news is when those same individuals got the …
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