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Infectious Disease (Page 60)

WHO Says Global Monkeypox Cases Have Jumped 77% in One Week

2022-07-08
By: Exporter
On: July 8, 2022
In: Infectious Disease, Public Health, Vitamins / Drugs

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 6,000 monkeypox cases in 59 countries have surfaced since the outbreak began in May, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday. The United Nation’s health agency reported a 77% rise in cases on Thursday, with cases in nine additional countries. So far,Continue Reading

Why COVID Spread So Fast in California’s Prisons

2022-07-07
By: Exporter
On: July 7, 2022
In: Infectious Disease, Public Health

THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An array of problems, including overcrowding, led to a surge of COVID-19 cases in California prisons in 2020-2021, a new report details. Preventing outbreaks in the future will require a comprehensive list of fixes, from reducing overcrowding in the state’s 34 adult prisonsContinue Reading

COVID Was a Leading Cause of Death for 2020, 2021

2022-07-05
By: Exporter
On: July 5, 2022
In: Heart / Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease

TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 has officially joined heart disease and cancer as a leading cause of death in the United States for two years in a row. The virus was the third-leading cause of death for the period between when the pandemic began in March 2020Continue Reading

Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream

2022-07-05
By: Exporter
On: July 5, 2022
In: Food and Health, Health News, Infectious Disease

TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked a recent Listeria outbreak to ice cream made by Florida-based Big Olaf Creamery. One person has died in the outbreak involving 10 states, while 22 have been hospitalized. The agency said that healthContinue Reading

Recent Monkeypox Symptoms Differ From Those of Prior Outbreaks

2022-07-04
By: Exporter
On: July 4, 2022
In: Infectious Disease, Sexual Health

MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The symptoms of patients with monkeypox in the United Kingdom differ from those in previous outbreaks of the virus, a new study shows. It said there have been fewer reports of fever and tiredness while reports of skin lesions in the genital andContinue Reading

NYC First to Offer Paxlovid at COVID Testing Sites

2022-07-01
By: Exporter
On: July 1, 2022
In: Infectious Disease, Vitamins / Drugs

FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the city has launched the first-of-their-kind mobile COVID-19 testing units that will also dispense the antiviral drug Paxlovid to those who test positive for the virus. The “Test-to-Treat” program is part of federal andContinue Reading

CDC Says Mystery Listeria Outbreak Has Killed 1, Hospitalized 22

2022-07-01
By: Exporter
On: July 1, 2022
In: Food and Health, Infectious Disease

FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – At least 23 people in 10 states have been sickened and one of them has died in a listeria outbreak which may have originated in Florida, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Although the cause of the outbreak remains a mystery, nearly all ofContinue Reading

Some Viruses Make People More Attractive to Mosquitoes

2022-07-01
By: Exporter
On: July 1, 2022
In: Infectious Disease

FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – When a mosquito bites and infects you with a virus like dengue or Zika, it also makes you smell good to other mosquitos, new research suggests. That makes it more likely another one will bite, pick up the virus and carry it toContinue Reading

FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron Subvariants

2022-06-30
By: Exporter
On: June 30, 2022
In: Infectious Disease, Public Health, Vitamins / Drugs

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has asked vaccine makers to update their COVID-19 booster shots to target the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5. The two highly contagious subvariants now account for more than half of allContinue Reading

Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in Kids

2022-06-30
By: Exporter
On: June 30, 2022
In: Cancer, Infectious Disease, Kids' Health

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A therapy that uses a virus to kill tumor cells can be safely given to children with a rare, incurable form of brain cancer, an early study has found. The study — published June 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine —Continue Reading

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