by GAtherton | Aug 13, 2020 | General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news
Infection For a very long time, medical science has assumed that infectious diseases are caused by the presence of a pathogen and weakness in the infected person or the host as it is often known, which allows the pathogen to grow and infect. The weakness could be for...
by GAtherton | Jun 25, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news
The UK Government has set out a roadmap for the clinically extremely vulnerable on the future of the shielding programme. For now, the guidance remains the same – stay at home and only go outside to exercise or to spend time outdoors with a member of your household,...
by GAtherton | Jun 4, 2020 | General interest, Latest research news
In 2017, the Dutch Central Bureau of Fungal Cultures was renamed the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, after Johanna Westerdijk. Westerdijk was the first female professor of The Netherlands and director of the centre from 1907 to 1952. She had a great interest...
by GAtherton | Jun 2, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news, NAC announcements
Many people with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis were asked to shield themselves from exposure to the coronavirus COVID-19 in March 2020 as they were thought to be especially vulnerable to the consequences of infection by the respiratory virus. Back in March 2020 the...
by GAtherton | May 29, 2020 | Latest research news, Types of aspergillosis
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) generally occurs in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis. Little is known about ABPA in patients without asthma — entitled “ABPA sans asthma” — despite it having first been described in the 1980s. A...
by GAtherton | May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Latest research news
The original shielding letters and advice that have been sent out to people who are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection stated that all recipients of the letter should completely isolate themselves from physical contact, not go outside of their homes...