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Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had 'Concerning' Mutations After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness reported in the United States, health workers swabbed the person's nose and throat, looking for genetic clues about the virus.
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Cats keep catching and spreading a puzzling and deadly disease: Is your cat safe? Though more may have been infected without attracting the attention of owners or veterinarians, the ones that did often suffered terrible neurological symptoms like tremors, seizures and blindness. Infected cats that have been identified have died ...
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More illnesses and deaths reported in Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak involving malaria A mysterious illness outbreak in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now been identified as an acute respiratory infection complicated by malaria, health officials said on Friday. There have been 891 cases and 48 deaths reported ...
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Which Animals Have Caught Bird Flu In The US? Also known as avian influenza, bird flu belongs to a group of influenza viruses known as H5. It's become widespread among wild birds all over the world in recent years, with outbreaks in poultry and cows bringing it closer to people.
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XEC Variant May Be Driving 'Silent' COVID-19 Surge In December 2024 It shouldn't be too surprising that the colder and drier weather is bringing a surge in this time of the year as it has had each year since 2020. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 keep doing what it does oh-so-well, a-mutating, resulting ...
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Norovirus cases on the rise in the US. What you need to know What is norovirus? The highly contagious illness has recently been linked to several outbreaks across the U.S..
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Oregon avian flu cat death prompts nationwide raw pet food recall The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) yesterday reported that a house cat has died from H5N1 avian flu after eating raw frozen pet food, which has prompted the voluntary recall of raw pet food that was sold nationwide through distributors in 12 ...
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CDC: Respiratory illness activity high nationally According to the latest weekly update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19, seasonal influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity continue to increase across the country, with COVID wastewater detections ...
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Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans — something they say is concerning but not a cause for alarm. Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota ...
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New hospital mask-wearing rules over flu concerns Patients and visitors at hospitals across south Wales are being told to wear masks to control the spread of infection amid concerns about an increase in flu cases. Cardiff and Vale, Hywel Dda, Anuerin Bevan and Cwm Taf Morgannwg health boards all ...
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Valley fever cases spike in California, already way up from recent years A tractor plows a field, kicking up dust. Valley fever cases have increased statewide by 20% since last year's total and a nearly 47% jump from 2022. (Jason Armond ...
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Mystery Disease In Congo Caused By Acute Respiratory Infections, Says WHO Laboratory tests showed that 64 out of 89 samples (72%) obtained from patients were positive for common respiratory viruses. Most commonly, these samples were positive for influenza A virus, rhinoviruses, or SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes Covid ...
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Cats Can Get Sick With Bird Flu. Here's How to Protect Them. The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in wild birds, chickens, turkeys, and many other ...
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Surge in flu puts health services under 'pressure' A surge in flu cases across Scotland has placed health services in the country under "acute pressure", Public Health Scotland (PHS) has warned. Data from PHS showed 1,163 people were hospitalised due to the virus in the past week - an increase of 65% ...
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'Tis the season for the flu. Protect yourself by hand washing, scheduling an updated vaccine More Americans are being infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. "It is clearly the season," Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a medical epidemiologist in the Centers for Disease ...
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Poll: One year in, acceptance of RSV vaccination growing One year after becoming available for older Americans and pregnant women, receptive public opinion of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines is growing, according to the latest poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of ...
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Bird flu detected in 2nd Ottawa County poultry flock The highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was reported in Ottawa County commercial facilities in mid-December and earlier this week. The names of such facilities cannot be released under Michigan law, a state official said.
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A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized It took roughly four billion years for the first living bit of protoplasm, bred perhaps in an undersea volcanic vent or a warm pond, to grow and evolve into the 1.1 trillion tons of biomass that inhabit Earth today.
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California warns against raw pet food after cat death linked to bird flu A pet store employee holds a bag of Northwest Naturals 2-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food, after it was taken off the shelves as part of a voluntary recall by the manufacturer.
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WHO names likely source of 'mystery disease' in the Congo A combination of viral respiratory infections, malaria and malnutrition has killed nearly 50 people in the African country. A view of the general ...
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'Everyone is sick': Flu cases continue to rise in Ga. AUGUSTA, Ga. - Georgia ...
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Whooping cough cases surge sixfold nationwide, Houston area sees significant spike Whooping cough is a high contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis and is spread through the air. Health officials said it usually starts like a common cold but worsens over time leading to ...
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Great Anticancer Potential Comes in a Small Package Common cancer therapies can have off-target effects that lead to unwanted toxicities and debilitating side effects. To help therapeutics accumulate specifically at tumor sites, researchers develop novel nanomedicines made of polymers that more ...
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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says (The Hill) – A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among humans, according to the Centers for ...
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Bird flu virus mutated in person with severe case in Louisiana, CDC finds The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu indicated the virus had mutated when compared with samples taken from infected birds. The CDC added on Thursday that the virus showed ...
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Experts share advice for families experiencing Alzheimer's or other dementia during the holidays Many families may notice changes in loved ones, or even themselves, during holiday gatherings. But before speculating on a diagnosis, Jenna Fink – the associate director of community services at the Alzheimer's Association's Minnesota-North ...
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Contagion's 2024 Top Stories: Antimicrobial Stewardship Stewardship continues to be an important strategy in trying to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The Contagion team continued to cover how AMR is impacting health care and why stewardship is an important strategy to combat it.
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2024 wrapped: The biggest health stories of the year, and what's next On Dec 21, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said Singapore was watching four diseases as part of pandemic preparedness efforts – H5N1 bird flu, Covid-19, mpox clade I, and a mystery disease in Congo, which its Health Ministry has since identified as a severe ...
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Which Infectious Disease Could Be The Biggest Problem in 2025? An Expert Explains. With COVID in retreat (thanks to highly effective vaccines), the three infectious diseases causing public health officials the greatest concern are malaria (a parasite), HIV (a virus) and tuberculosis (a bacterium). Between them, they kill around 2 million ...
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My eyes bulge, I see double, I do not feel right: It could be thyroid eye disease SINGAPORE – In September 2022, Madam Goh Sock Cheng started seeing things around her in 2D (two-dimensional). When in a crowd of people, for example, she could not perceive depth. And when she walked into a shopping mall or supermarket where the lights ...
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Does coffee prevent head and neck cancer? In a new analysis of data from more than a dozen studies, coffee and tea consumption was linked with lower risks of developing head and neck cancers, including cancers of the mouth and throat. Yuan-Chin Amy Lee. Banner image is a stock photo by ...
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How do Lactase supplements help? While genetic intolerance is incurable, temporary cases can result from allergies. Lactase supplements help digest dairy products by providing the necessary enzyme. Available in various forms, they reduce symptoms but don't cure intolerance.
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Whooping cough is on the rise in the States. What's happening in Canada? Whooping cough is being reported in higher-than-usual numbers in parts of Canada this year, health officials tell CTVNews.ca. Cases of pertussis – the infection's clinical name – are increasing in several provinces and territories, a spokesperson for ...
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'Dancing the blues away' seen in brain imaging in people with Parkinson's disease, new study finds Dancing lowers the depression associated with Parkinson disease, and the benefits can be seen in multiple ways, a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research involving York University researchers shows. "It ...
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Economic burden of tooth decay is highest in deprived groups, new study reveals The study, published in BMC Public Health and commissioned by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP), examined inequalities in oral health by estimating the economic burden of dental caries by deprivation status in six countries.
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Making It Through Winter With Major Depressive Disorder Research suggests that light therapy can ease symptoms related to seasonal changes and prevent them from developing altogether. "The vast majority of people struggling with seasonal changes, particularly those with MDD, will rapidly benefit from light ...
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COVID-19 cases up around the holidays during 'silent surge' WORCESTER, Mass. – There's concern about a new "silent" wave of COVID-19. Doctors say it could lead to more illness around the holidays because people might not know the risk or have mild symptoms and not get tested. The CDC says more than 20 states ...
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Which Infectious Disease Is Likely To Be The Biggest Emerging Problem In 2025? Luckily, H5N1 bird flu doesn't seem to transmit from person to person, which greatly reduces its likelihood of causing a pandemic in humans. Influenza viruses have to attach to molecular structures called sialic receptors on the outside of cells in order ...
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Long COVID major public health challenge: 6.2% patients live with sustained symptoms, says WHO As the world enters its sixth year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 77 countries reported fresh cases and 27 countries saw people dying of the disease, according to the latest epidemiological update by the World Health Organization (WHO) from October ...
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High levels of flu contributing to an increase in hospitalisations Newly published data from Public Health Scotland (PHS) show that flu activity continues to rise steeply in Scotland, including an increase in flu-related GP consultations and hospital admissions. The figures, published today, show that there has been a ...
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National Academies Report Calls for an NIH Institute Dedicated to Women's Health "Historically, women have been underrepresented in randomized clinical trials," said JoAnn Manson, MD, MPH, chief of the division of preventative medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a reviewer of the NASEM report. "The paradigm in medical school ...
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Higher consumption of ultraprocessed foods may accelerate biological aging Key takeaways: · Biological age increased by 2.4 months for every 10% increase in ultraprocessed food intake. · These results may have significant impacts on mortality, morbidity and disability, researchers noted.
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Health board asks patients and visitors to wear masks in emergency departments as 'flu numbers increase People visiting the emergency departments at acute hospitals in Cwm Taf Morgannwg are being asked to wear masks to help prevent the spread of flu. The request comes as the health board manages an increase in the number of patients arriving at its ...
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How to avoid 'cancer ghosting' a loved one after diagnosis An almost universal phenomenon we've heard about in our reporting is "cancer ghosting" — friends and family disappearing on the patient when cancer strikes. The damage to a relationship can be irreparable. But support for a person with cancer can be ...
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Just One More Question About Thyroid Eye Disease We took your top concerns to a leading endocrinologist to get clarity on this challenging eye condition. You know how there never seems to be quite enough time to get all your questions answered during ...
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Manmohan Singh, India's reluctant prime minister, dies aged 92 Singh, the first Sikh to lead his nation, was prime minister from 2004 to 2014, serving a rare two terms. He had been undergoing care for age-related medical conditions. Singh is credited with steering India to unprecedented economic growth and lifting ...
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As Bird Flu Concerns Increase, Don't Forget About Normalcy Bias With avian flu sparking fears of a new pandemic, it is useful to remember just how few governments, businesses, and individual decision-makers were able to respond effectively to the last pandemic. The primary culprit was normalcy bias. Bird Flu.
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How to Stay Healthy This Winter, Wherever You Go Vaccines and antiviral drugs have made COVID-19 (and the flu) more manageable, but you still can get seriously ill from any respiratory virus, says Trish Perl, MD, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in ...
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Is the PASTEUR Act the Correct Way to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance? The Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act is a financial support program for researchers and pharmaceutical firms to develop novel antibiotics and ensure their fair use and distribution to patients. 4 It ...
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Junk food and drug use cut into life expectancy gains for states After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states — but not as fast as it should compared with similar countries, according to a new study.
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