#infectious diseases

#infectious diseases

Iguanas, those pesky green critters that come out in full force during the summer months in South Florida, are more than just a nuisance.They also pose health risks.While touching an iguana or its feces can cause salmonella, a new Centers of Disease Control & Prevention report links an iguana's bite to a rare bacterial infection called mycobacterium marinum.

LVIV, Ukraine Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine, the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks from waterborne disease.On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water.

NIH-funded study confirms white blood cell subtype as HIV reservoir, suggests new target for cure efforts
* Press Release
A subset of white blood cells, known as myeloid cells, can harbor HIV in people who have been virally suppressed for years on antiretroviral therapy, according to findings from a small study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for "the largest 'unauthorised' clinical trial ever seen" into the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.Issued on: 28/05/2023 - 17:39 2 min A picture taken on February 26, 2020 shows French professor Didier Raoult, biologist and professor of microbiology, specialized in infectious diseases and director of IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute posing in his office in Marseille, southeastern France.

Cases of the highly contagious disease diphtheria have risen substantially in the past year, new figures show, with three people dying from the illness.The rising number of cases were linked to increased spread among asylum seekers and to people catching it from their pets, according to the latest release from the UK Health Security Agency.

Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters interrupted an influential committee of MPs as senior police officers were quizzed about arrests made during the coronation.MP Tim Loughton was questioning Metropolitan Police Temporary Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist about Operation Golden Orb when a campaigner was heard interrupting proceedings.

Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the last three years.This is being hailed as a sign of moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic.But is it really "moving on?"

By Matthew Perrone | Associated Press WASHINGTON Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can give blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex under updated federal health guidelines that focus on donors' behavior, not their sexual orientation.The Food and Drug Administration guidelines finalized Thursday ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced that she would be stepping down from her position at the end of June.And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had thoughts."Rochelle Walensky calls pregnant women 'birthing people' and claimed that vaccinated people don't carry the Covid-19 virus," Greene said.

With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid antidote Narcan.The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis.As part of this work, the agency has used its regulatory authority to facilitate greater access to naloxone by encouraging the development of and approving an over-the-counter naloxone product to address the dire public health need, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said in a statement.

Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms to hospitalised owners.In addition, humans could be transmitting these dangerous microbes to their pets, according to new research to be presented at this weekend's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen.

The 130ft-tall tower used to hold 20,000 gallons of H2O



Calling all Rapunzel wannabees and Shrek fanatics, there's a tower up for sale in south London and you could live in it.Going for a cool £2.25 million, the nine-storey home in Woolwich stands 130ft tall.Dragon sold separately.The Victorian water tower was built in 1896 to store H2O for Brook Fever Hospital.

It's never too late to start healthy habits.Whether that's incorporating more vegetables into your lunch or moving for 20 minutes a day.No matter how long unhealthy habits have persisted, healthy habits can always bring benefits.In a world of Covid-19, getting started on a healthy lifestyle can even alter the course of recovery.

The millions of Norway rats that live alongside New Yorkers are among the animals that can catch the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study says.However, reports of the virus spreading from any types of animals to humans remain rare.Pets like cats, dogs and hamsters; zoo animals such as big cats, primates and hippos; farmed mink; and wildlife such as deer and anteaters are among the animals in which Covid-19 infections have been reported.

On December 18, 2019, Wuhan Central Hospital admitted a patient with symptoms common for the winter flu season: a 65-year-old man with fever and pneumonia.Ai Fen, director of the emergency department, oversaw a typical treatment plan, including antibiotics and anti-influenza drugs.Six days later, the patient was still sick, and Ai was puzzled, according to news reports and a detailed reconstruction of this period by evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey.

In HBO's hit show "The Last Of Us," the world has been devastated by a pandemic caused by a deadly fungus.Is that even possible?AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The new HBO show "The Last Of Us" is a whopper.Climate change has fueled the rise of a new pathogen that has nearly wiped out humanity.

New York City rats may be renowned for carrying pizza through the subway but according to a new study, they can also carry the virus behind Covid-19.The study released on Thursday in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, concluded that New York rats among a population of roughly 8 million are susceptible to three Covid variants.

Denmark will from next month no longer class Covid-19 as being dangerous to public health, meaning the government will have fewer powers to place social restrictions related to the virus.Published: 3 March 2023 06:54 CET There is no longer cause to class Covid-19 as being dangerous to public health or an alment farlig sygdom, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement.