The number of registered whooping cough cases this year is much higher than it was at the same time last year. After a longer break due to the COVID protection measures, case numbers now return to their pre-pandemic levels in many countries. In Germany, another temporary trend was observed: For 2022/2023 the Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) notes […]
Does the following sound familiar? While walking in the woods, you find yourself admiring all of mother nature‘s gifts – many of which look more than delicious: … But you cannot help but think to yourself: „I better not pick the ones close to the ground”. After all, we have been taught to fear the
As the COVID-19 pandemic has recently demonstrated, vaccinations are one of the most important and effective preventive measures in medicine for the protection against an infectious disease. Dengue fever is one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide, but often underestimated. Dengue fever is caused by dengue virus (DENV) which is, among others, spread to
Cough, sore throat, headache, runny nose, fever… It must be COVID-19! This is an easy assumption to make considering the ongoing presence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. However, the described symptoms are also typical symptoms of respiratory infections that may be caused by many other respiratory viruses. Worldwide, human rhinovirus (HRV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and respiratory
With the rising temperatures in spring and summer, ticks also become more active again. They are practically everywhere where there are plants. They are waiting in exposed places such as grass for a desirable host to pass by and latch onto it when they make contact. In humans, they usually crawl into protected body regions
