Social Media Users' Engagement with Fear Appeal Elements in Government's Health Crisis Communication via State-Owned Media.

Government health messaging is significant to the containment of public health crises. Such communication may benefit from using fear appeal, a message strategy for promoting health and preventing diseases. Yet little scholarly attention has been paid to how fear appeal is employed in government messaging to promote social media engagement through online actions including likes, shares, and comments.

A Single Lung Abscess Caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

This case report presents a rare occurrence of a single lung abscess caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing methicillin-resistant (MRSA) in a 38-year-old immunocompetent man. The patient, of Southeast Asian origin, presented with symptoms of fever, chest pain, cough, and shortness of breath following a recent flu-like illness. Imaging indicated a cavitary lung lesion in the left lower lobe, suggestive of a lung abscess.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A rare disease with increased incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD), also known as Kikuchi disease or Kikuchi histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare and self-limiting condition characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever, primarily affecting young Asian adults. The aetiology of KFD remains unknown, although various infectious agents have been suggested as potential triggers. With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of post-COVID-19 KFD and post-COVID-19 vaccine KFD have been reported.