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Athlete's foot is a fungal infection that causes itchy, flaky skin between toes and on foot soles. You may also experience foul-smelling feet and changes in skin color depending on what type you have. You should start to feel relief about two weeks after starting treatment. Athlete's foot, also known as tinea pedis, is a type of fungal infection called ringworm that affects the feet. It occurs most commonly between the toes or on the soles of the feet. Athlete's foot is quite common and is estimated to affect 3%-15% of people Contrary to the name, you don't have to be an athlete to contract it. The name came about because it is commonly caught and spread in places athletes frequent like gyms and locker rooms.  But the fungus thrives in any moist, humid environment — like sweaty socks — whethe...

Conway McLean, DPM, Journal columnist When any popular entertainment centers on some infectious disease, chances are good it's some epidemic (or even pandemic?). As we all know, movies are not reality. When it comes to infections in the real world, some of the most common everyday problems are due to a fungus. Most fungal organisms like a dark, moist environment, like your garden variety mushroom. And the inside of your shoe is a wonderful habitat. With the increasing temperatures of summer upon us, activity levels are rising as well. Moisture levels naturally rise, creating a wonderful place for fungus. These are opportunistic infections, and are out and about, simply part of our environment. To flourish, they simply need the right opportunity. A closed-toe shoe, a sweaty foot, a shoe material that doesn't breathe, all these are part of the complex equation leading to the development of a fungal infection of the foot....

News Release Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Today, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test. He is fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice. He is currently experiencing mild symptoms. Dr. Fauci will isolate and continue to work from his home. He has not recently been in close contact with President Biden or other senior government officials. Dr. Fauci will follow the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and medical advice from his physician and return to the NIH when he tests negative. NIAID conducts and supports research—at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide — to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing, and treating these illnesses. News rele...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School's  continuing coverage  of COVID-19. As the vast majority of the world's population continues to encounter SARS-CoV-2 virus and become infected, one question looms ever larger: What will be the long-term physiological repercussions of having had COVID? Experts from the Harvard Medical School-led  Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness  discuss the emerging science, latest knowledge, and critical unknowns of the novel syndrome known as long COVID. Get more HMS news here Nahid Bhadelia , founding director, Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research; associate professor of infectious diseases, Boston University School of Medicine; visiting fellow, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy; long COVID  research group co-lead for MassCPR  Bruce Levy , HMS Parker B. Francis Professor of Med...

Group B Strep is a common bacteria that is generally harmless and symptomless but, on rare occasions, it can cause a serious bacterial infection in newborn babies. It is a type of streptococcal bacteria that lives in 20 per cent of all women's vaginas and guts as part of the "normal flora", according to Dr Kate Walker, Clinical Associate Professor in Obstetrics at the University of Nottingham. The only time when Group B Strep (GBS) can cause harm is during pregnancy, as the bacteria can pass from the mother to the baby during the birth process. Most babies with a GBS infection make a full recovery but some develop serious conditions such as sepsis or meningitis which can lead to life-long complications and even death. How does Group B Strep affect pregnancy? The UK currently prevents GBS by assessing a range of risk factors to determine whether a woman should be offered intravenous antibiotics during labour to prevent the infection from passing to the ba...

Jock itch can usually be treated with nonprescription antifungal creams, lotions, or powders applied to the skin for two to four weeks. The nonprescription products available to treat ringworm include: Clotrimazole (Anti-Fungal Liquid, Fungicure) Miconazole (Aloe Vesta 2 in 1 Antifungal, Aloe Vesta Clear Antifungal, Azolen, Baza Antifungal, Critic-Aid Clear AF, Cruex Prescription Strength, DermaFungal, Desenex Jock Itch, Fungoid, Lagicam, Micaderm, Micatin, Mitrazol, Remedy Antifungal, Secura Antifungal) Terbinafine (Athlete's Foot Cream) Ketoconazole (Nizoral A-D) If you are not responding to over-the-counter medications, your doctor may prescribe something stronger, including these topical medications: Econazole (Ecoza) Oxiconazole (Oxistat) You may also be prescribed one of these oral medications: Fluconazole (Diflucan) Itraconazole (Onmel, Sporanox, Tolsura) Terbinafine (Lamisil) If you tend to get jock itch, you should continue to apply antifungal or drying powders after bathi...

Fifty years ago this year, following the largest public health trial in American history, a killed-virus polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk, M.D., was found to be safe, potent and effective. The news set off a national celebration. Salk became an instant hero, the country's first celebrity-scientist, a miracle worker in a starched white lab coat. But as the years passed, the essential contributions of other researchers to this lifesaving vaccine were lost to history. Dozens of men and women had been involved—at Harvard and Yale, at Johns Hopkins and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, at the University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Cincinnati. What follows is the story of Dorothy Millicent Horstmann, M.D., FW '43, whose patience and intuition produced a stunning breakthrough that made polio vaccines possible. The story begins in June 1916, with a health crisis in Pigtown, a densely populated immigrant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N....