For Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Drexel News Blog checked in with Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology, and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Drexel University’s College of Medicine about his experience researching Lyme disease and his thoughts on the prospects of a new Lyme vaccine.
A new COVID “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization known as BA.3.2 is circulating across the United States. Here to sort out the latest on the new variant, including whether we should be concerned about its ability to evade immunity from previous vaccination and/or previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, is Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology in Drexel’s College of Medicine.
As the college’s growing landscape creates more varied clinical opportunities for students, this expansion presents a challenge: how do you ensure students have vital mental health resources when they’re many miles away from campus?
Erum N. Ilyas, MD, interim chair of dermatology in the College of Medicine and colleagues sort out these questions in a recently published article in The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. The teamfound that those UPF claims — which refer to the hat’s ability to block UV — aren’t really that reliable for consumers seeking protection from the sun’s rays.
Earlier this month, the European Union announced a ban on a typical ingredient used in manicures and pedicures, classifying it as “carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic to reproduction.”
Although the telltale signs of fall are already approaching – leaves changing, a chill in the air, kids going back to school – one harbinger of the season might look a little different this year: vaccine recommendations.
Compared to users of other hormonal IUDs, those who chose Skyla® showed the lowest risk of developing rosacea one-year, three years and five years after placement, according to new data from researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine, recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
As winter approaches – replete with COVID, flu, colds and other ailments – so does the season of throat clearing. But this hem, ahem, hawk, cough, or tickle in the throat doesn’t have to linger […]
Fred Krebs, PhD, an associate professor in Drexel University’s College of Medicine and an expert in viruses and viral infections, shared whether it’s safe to drink cow’s milk, how to keep farm workers safe, the current state of monitoring and testing, and whether the U.S. is prepared in the event of a bird flu outbreak in humans.
Now a new study from researchers at Drexel University’s College of Medicine, and additional colleagues from the NationalInstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded national “IMmunoPhenotyping Assessment in a COVID-19 Cohort” (IMPACC), gives clinical providers insights to help patients anticipate what they may or may not experience down the road with the disease. It also gives providers more confidence when they set out a care plan for hospitalized patients aimed to help prevent long COVID, such as determining which patients need antivirals early after disease onset.
