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As of December 2019, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a newly identified virus that can cause respiratory illness, including pneumonia...
Stopping smoking has many health benefits, even beyond a link with coronavirus (COVID-19), so it’s always a good time to quit. During this pandemic and as we head into the annual influenza season...
A mild fever up to 39?C can actually help the immune system to get rid of an infection...
Mycobacterium chimaera is a type of bacterium known as a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). There is a risk that heater cooler units (HCUs) used in cardiac (heart) surgery may be contaminated with...
Many bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics, but they are useless against viral infections...
A chest infection affects your lungs, either in the larger airways (bronchitis) or in the smaller air sacs (pneumonia)...
Careful prescribing of antibiotics will minimise the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria...