WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While exposure to raw cow’s milk infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus can make you sick, a new study suggests the virus may not spread quickly to other people. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that mice and ferrets got sickContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental “air mask” could help ward off infectious diseases while people are on the job, researchers report. The mask uses an air curtain blowing down from the brim of a hard hat to prevent airborne viruses from reaching a worker’s eyes, noseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in the Florida Keys have issued a dengue fever alert after two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease were reported there. In the alert, issued this week by the Monroe County Department of Health, officials said they were taking precautions toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Your children’s never-ending colds and sniffles may have protected them from the worst effects of COVID-19, new research suggests. Throughout the pandemic, it was clear that the SARS-CoV-2 virus tends to cause less severe symptoms in children than in adults, but it wasn’tContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that the federal government will pay Moderna $176 million to speed development of a pandemic flu vaccine based on mRNA technology. Such a vaccine could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about H5N1 casesContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As bird flu continues to spread among U.S. dairy cows, reassuring new government research finds the pasteurization process widely used in the industry effectively kills all bird flu virus in milk. In a health update posted Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) saidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The spread of H5N1 avian flu to dairy cows has health experts and many Americans on edge, and now a new study finds the virus stays viable on milking equipment for at least an hour. “Dairy cows have to be milked even ifContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A tough-to-treat, drug-resistant fungal infection may be as close as your local garden center, new research shows. Investigators at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens found high levels of multidrug-resistant fungi in compost, soil and flower bulbs sold at popular retailers. “GardeningContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A simple and inexpensive paper strip test could help diagnose a case of the flu, and even identify the influenza strain that caused it, a new study finds. The test can distinguish between influenza A and B — the two main types ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A deadly bacterial infection known as streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is spreading across Japan, officials in that country report. In March, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases issued its first warning that STSS cases were on the rise. As of June 2, Japan’sContinue Reading