Bacterial and Viral Cause [ARLINGTON, Va.] â The vast majority of sinus infections are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics, suggest new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Nearly one in seven people are diagnosed with a sinus infection each year. Although sinus infections are the fifth leading reason for antibiotic prescriptions, 90 to 98 percent of cases are caused by viruses, which are not affected by antibiotics.
Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 â 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Sometimes St. Gertrude the Great is also depicted with a mouse on her staff. Our image portrays the Saint with book and writing quill instead, another symbol of hers. SAINT GERTRUDE OF NIVELLES. Our Saint was born at Landen, Belgium in 626 and died at Nivelles, 659; she was just thirty-three, the same age as Our Lord. Both her parents, Pepin of Landen and Itta were held to be holy by those who knew them; her sister Begga is numbered among the Saints.