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2022 Newsletters - 2022-08-10

Pollen allergy: causes and symptoms

Respiratory allergies affect many people, especially allergic rhinitis which alone affects about 25% of adults. The symptoms vary and are most often non-specific to the allergy.

2022 Newsletters - 2022-07-19

Drug Testing

This guide serves to inform you of the different types of Drug tests available, what type of test to choose, and under which circumstances. Drugs can be divided into legally prescribed drugs like:

2022 Newsletters - 2022-07-18

Interpretation of COVID-19 RT PCR Positive & Negative Results on Sequential Samples

RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 is a diagnostic test designed for detecting the virus in respiratory samples of symptomatic individuals.

It is therefore very specifc, so positive results are real sensitivity however is lower and false negative results may occur in up to 20% of swabs done, especially in mild or asymptomatically infected individuals.

2022 Newsletters - 2022-07-01

The Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 an infectious respiratory virus. It was first reported in Wuhan China in 2019, and has since then spread to over 213 countries, with up to 5,934,936 cases globally as of 31^st of May 2021.

2022 Newsletters - 2022-07-01

Monkeypox

Monkeypox virus is an enveloped double-strain DNA virus of the Poxviridae family. Orthopoxvirus genus. There are 2 distinct genetic clades, called the Central Africa and West African clades, depending on where they are originally described.

2022 Newsletters - 2022-05-10

World TB Day 2022

Each year, we recognize World TB Day on March 24. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr.Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (TB),this year’s theme: invest to end TB and save lives highlights the economic burden of TB in countries affected andpushes for investment of resources among all to help end TB.