About Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases, also known as infectology, is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections. An infectious disease specialist's practice may consist largely of managing nosocomial infections, or it may be out-patient based.
Black women most likely to die in medieval London plague
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... What was the medieval plague? Often referred to today as the Black Death, the outbreak of 1348-1350 was a deadly Infectious Disease that swept across Asia and Europe, killing millions of people...
Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
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... The Infectious Disease epidemiologist, who still works frontline medical shifts at a London hospital, has already given evidence to the inquiry when it was considering how well prepared the UK was for a pandemic...
Sir Patrick Vallance says release of full diary entries would breach human rights
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... Very frightening Earlier on Monday, Mark Woolhouse, professor of Infectious Disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, told the inquiry that he had become " very, very concerned" about the spread of coronavirus as early as January 2020...
February warning Covid could swamp NHS, inquiry told
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... Prof Medley, professor of Infectious Disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and co-chaired the influential SPI-M-O subgroup which calculated and modelled the spread of the virus during the pandemic...
How often should you wash and change your towel?
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... So what does Dr Sally Bloomfield, a home hygiene expert and specialist in preventing Infectious Disease, make of that...
Sheffield sex assault trial collapses due to 'astonishing' jury problems
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... A third juror had to withdraw from proceedings during deliberations after falling ill with an Infectious Disease...
How much do junior doctors really get paid in England?
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... The new starterDr Robert Gittings graduated from medical school in Liverpool after studying for a master s in Infectious Disease biology...
Local officials only heard about new Covid rules on TV, inquiry told
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... Giving evidence, Mark Woolhouse, professor of Infectious Disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh and an adviser to the Scottish government in the pandemic, said the UK had " prepared for the wrong exam" by focusing on the threat of an influenza pandemic in the decade before Covid...