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Germany's disease control agency warned Thursday that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the likelihood of heat stroke, vector-borne illnesses and other health risks in the country.The Robert Koch Institute said lung diseases from forest fires and agricultural dust may become a growing problem, as will skin cancer due to increased ultraviolet radiation as Germany experiences longer periods of cloud-free weather.

New data released by the UK Health Security Agency shows 13 of the 15 children have died in England since September (Image: PA) Fifteen children under the age of 15 have now died from invasive Strep A illness in the UK.New data released by the UK Health Security Agency shows 13 of the 15 children have died in England since September.

Health experts are investigating cases of Strep A infection after the deaths of six young children and a rise in cases.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said there had been a rise in rare invasive Group A strep this year, particularly in children under 10, with five deaths of under-10s in England since September.

A sixth child has died in England and Wales after contracting the Strep A bacterial infection as cases of highly infectious scarlet fever cases surge, health chiefs say.The UK Health Security Agency says there have been five recorded deaths in England of children under 10 within a week of diagnosis of invasive Group A strep.

WASHINGTON  A food poisoning outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people, including one who died, U.S. health officials said.Most were hospitalized and one illness resulted in the loss of a pregnancy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The illnesses date back to April last year with the most recent report on Sept. 29, the agency said.

A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site in Miami Beach, Fla. Lynne Sladky/AP When the JYNNEOS vaccine for mpox rolled out last summer, health officials believed it would work.It was an educated guess, at the height of a public health emergency, based mostly on data from animal studies.

Investigators have identified Gold Medal flour as the source of a salmonella outbreak that has infected at least 13 people in 12 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.General Mills announced last week that it's recalling 2-, 5- and 10-pound bags of bleached and unbleached all-purpose Gold Medal flour that have a better if used by date of March 27 or 28, 2024.

The father of a four-year-old girl on a ventilator with a Strep A infection said she was described as the poorliest girl in the whole of England.Camila Rose Burns is fighting for her life  while her family has been living in an absolute nightmare since she was admitted to Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, her father said.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails People aged 75 and over, those in care homes and vulnerable people are to be offered a spring Covid-19 booster jab.The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it has advised that certain groups of people should be offered the vaccinations, with options including the Pfizer, Moderna, Sanofi/GSK jabs.

The number of people in hospital in England with Covid-19 has jumped to its highest level in almost two months, with admissions once again running above those for people with the flu.A total of 8,643 patients in hospital had tested positive for coronavirus on December 21, a rise of 29% on the previous week, NHS data shows.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning after an outbreak of in multiple states prompted widespread concern.The agency is concerned for those at high risk of illness due to the outbreak, noting that the germ is hard to eliminate at the source.So far, 16 illnesses have been connected to the outbreak, including 13 hospitalizations and one death.

A deadly outbreak of listeria in six states has been linked to contaminated deli meat and cheese, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.People at high risk of severe illness from listeria infection  such as pregnant people, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems  should not eat meat or cheese from any deli counter without first reheating it steaming hot, the agency suggests.

A man whose Covidinfection was thought to have been one of the longest in the world is finally clear of the virus after more than a year, doctors say.The 59-year-old had the virus for 411 days and doctors say he was cured with a cocktail of drugs.The longest Covid infection on record is thought to be 505 days  more than a year and four months.

Not long ago, New Yorkers were required to wear a face mask if they wanted to enter a store.But Mayor Eric Adams has now said the city's shopkeepers should adopt the opposite approach: People who refuse to pull down their mask when they first come into a store should be barred, in case they plan to rob the place.

This hole was made in a Bronze Age man's skull shortly before he died, archaeologists say, based on several clues.It's the result of a surgical procedure called a trephination.Kalisher et al., 2023/PLOS ONE During the Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago, the town of Megiddo, currently in northern Israel, was a thriving center of trade.

I wanted to report this story last month, but I was too sick with COVID.My kid gave it to me.My colleagues on the health reporting team would have tackled the story, but they've been sick, too, thanks to their children.(Just last week, one colleague dropped off her daughter for her first day back at preschool after recovering from a bug, only to pick her up that same afternoon, sniffling from a new illness.

The coronavirus experiments took place at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University, seen in 2014.(Ted Fitzgerald/Boston Herald/Getty Images)A controversial coronavirus experiment at Boston University has identified a mutation in the omicron variant that might help explain why it doesn't appear to be as likely to sicken or kill as the original strain that emerged in China.

A registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to a kid at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday May 17, 2019.In a report issued Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year.

A treatment that kills the COVID-19 virus can also prevent disabling Long COVID, reports an expansive new study, spurring calls to expand access to the medication.People who took the antiviral drug Paxlovid soon after infection were 26% less likely to have symptoms three months later, according to an analysis of electronic medical records of more than 50,000 Veterans Health Administration patients at risk of severe illness.

Ontario's top doctor says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province "must remain vigilant" as a more transmissible variant gains ground.In a statement, Dr. Kieran Moore says parts of Ontario are reporting a rise in the number of cases of the more easily spreadable XBB 1.5 variant of COVID-19.He says while the new strain has not been associated with more severe illness, infections could climb as it becomes the "main variant in Ontario."

A health-care worker prepares a doze of Pfizer's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine.(Kristopher Radder/The Associated Press) Ontario is expanding eligibility for the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine to children aged five to 11.The province said Thursday that kids in that age group will be eligible for a bivalent dose starting Dec. 21.

Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto's medical officer of health, gets vaccinated against influenza at the Metro Hall immunization clinic downtown.(CBC) Everyone should take precautions, including getting vaccinated, as Toronto battles a particularly bad influenza season, the city's medical officer of health said on Wednesday after she rolled up her sleeve to get her flu vaccine.

Widely used antidepressants cause emotional blunting, according to research that offers new insights into how the drugs may work and their possible side-effects.The study found that healthy volunteers became less responsive to positive and negative feedback after taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug for three weeks.

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach says experts are monitoring whether a new Omicron sub-variant of Covid-19 causing concern in the USA is appearing in Germany.Published: 5 January 2023 10:04 CET The sub-variant, known as XBB.1.5, is another strain of the Omicron Covid variant.It is the most transmissible variant to date according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

A weekly trend report from the national infectious disease control agency, State Serum Institute (SSI) shows that 3,781 people returned positive PCR tests for the coronavirus last week, compared to 4,247 the preceding week.It should be noted that Denmark does not generally advise Covid-19 tests for those not at risk of severe illness from the virus.

Mainland China's biggest wave of civil disobedience since President Xi Jinping took power a decade ago comes as the number of COVID cases hit record daily highs and large parts of several cities face new lockdowns.China will speed up COVID-19 vaccinations for elderly people, aiming to overcome a key stumbling block in efforts to ease unpopular zero-COVID curbs.

Marin Wolf | (TNS) The Dallas Morning News The holidays are back to their pre-pandemic glories, with the airline industry already expecting record-breaking travel days.But your loved ones aren't the only ones coming to town this season: A team of highly-contagious respiratory viruses may also visit, and they likely have no plans to leave anytime soon.

AUSTIN, Texas On Friday, Austin Public Health (APH) announced that due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Community Level has been raised to "medium".At this level, APH advises mask wearing in many circumstances.In addition, local health leaders have detected the new, highly transmissible omicron subvariant XBB.1.

Virginia schools can require masking for peers and teachers of 12 students with disabilities to protect from virus exposure as part of reasonable accommodations under federal disability law, according to a settlement reached this week.The settlement concludes a legal battle between the parents of the students with disabilities that put them at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 and state officials, including Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who issued an executive order forbidding schools from requiring mask-wearing as one of his first acts in office.

Flu admissions in hospitals in England have overtaken those for people with Covid-19 for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, figures show.The rate of flu admissions stood at 6.8 per 100,000 people in the week to December 11, compared with 6.6 per 100,000 for Covid-19.Both levels are currently rising, but the rate of flu admissions has jumped sharply week-on-week  nearly doubling from 3.9 per 100,000  while Covid-19 admissions are climbing more slowly.

At a hospital in the affluent Beijing district of Chaoyang, several dozen people lined up outdoors in near freezing weather on Friday at a clinic designated for fever patients.Some residents flocked to pharmacies, buying up stocks of at-home antigen Covid test kits.Many chose to stay home, leaving the capital's usually busy streets quiet except for the puttering of motorbikes driven by food delivery workers.

Looking for an easy way to reduce your risk of catching the flu or other viral illnesses?Try not touching your face.That's a step doctors are urging people to take as California faces a "tripledemic" threat - with flu, the coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, circulating at elevated levels statewide all at once.

One person has died and 16 more have fallen ill amid a multi-state listeria outbreak tied to deli meat, according to the feds.Seven of the sick people live in New York State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.The person who died lived in Maryland.One of the people who fell sick was pregnant and suffered a miscarriage, according to the agency.