Category: Infectious Disease
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Human parvovirus is on the rise – Late-Summer Travel Plans? You Might Want to Put on a Mask – Feeling old? Your molecules change rapidly around ages 44 and 60, study says
Mpox cases are soaring in Africa – what must be done to prevent a global pandemic
Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has taken the unprecedented step of declaring the outbreak sweeping through African countries a continental public health emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also meeting to decide whether to trigger its highest global alert level over the epidemic.
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I.V.F. Threats Drive Clinics to Ship Out Embryos – Teen mental health in US has improved post-pandemic – Is COVID Endemic Yet? Yep, Says The CDC.
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Measles cases triple – 400 million have had long covid – Pesticides on fruits and vegetables.
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Abortion rates rises – Lead in schools – Vision and hearing loss linked to dementia
COVID infections spreading in Oregon, Washington and California
Washington saw 2,905 positive COVID tests in the week ending July 27. The weekly trend rate, which is determined by taking the number of positive tests divided by the population and multiplying by 100,000, is 36.9. The weekly rate of positive tests has gone up steadily over recent weeks. The average number of hospitalizations over the week ending in July 27 was 260. Just over 3% of hospital beds in the state were occupied by COVID patients.
Measles outbreak in Oregon continues to spread
The outbreak of 23 measles cases coincides with spreading cases of whooping cough, which have surpassed 400 this year
Vaccines tell a success story that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump forget – here are some key reminders
After World War II, the U.S. was a wealthy nation with substantial health-related infrastructure. Yet, Americans reported an average of 1 million cases per year of now-preventable infectious diseases.
Vaccines introduced or expanded in the 1950s and 1960s against diseases like diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, polio, mumps, rubella and Haemophilus influenza type B have resulted in the near or complete eradication of those diseases.
COVID-19 deaths are declining, but some people face greater risk
In the more than four years since COVID-19 emerged, COVID-19 deaths have declined overall, but the disease remains dangerous to many. Anyone who contracts COVID-19 is at risk of severe illness, death, heart problems, and long COVID.
Hospital-acquired infections are rising – here’s how to protect yourself in health care settings
Dr. Nasia Safdar, a professor of infectious medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses why infection rates have gone up and how you can protect yourself as a hospital patient or visiting family member.
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us.
s bird flu cases go underreported, health officials risk being slow to notice if the virus were to become more contagious. A large surge of infections outside of farmworker communities would trigger the government’s flu surveillance system, but by then it might be too late to contain.
Audit finds cracks in Washington’s egg inspection program
Washington’s Department of Agriculture failed to complete hundreds of required inspections of egg production and packing facilities in recent years, raising food safety concerns, according to a new state audit.
Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Few experts dispute that long Covid can be debilitating, or that it warrants careful study. But in interviews with Undark, a number of experts said that it is misleading to frame long Covid as an increasing threat. The best data, they say, suggest that most people recover from the disorder and that long Covid rates will decline as people develop immunity.
How the Paris Olympics could become a super-spreader event for dengue
Visitors from more than 200 countries are expected in France for the Olympics. Many of those countries are already experiencing dengue this year.
Fragments of bird flu genetic material (RNA) were found in cow’s milk from the dairy herds associated with infected US farmers.