Monthly Archives: August 2023

Researchers have identified the microorganism Acanthamoeba, which can cause an extremely rare but potentially sight-threatening eye infection, in seawater at four NSW coastal sites. The new research is published in Science of The Total Environment, and is a collaboration between UNSW Sydney, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University of the West of Scotland. Acanthamoeba […]

Tough Mudder staph infections Sonoma County health officials are investigating after roughly two dozen people reported a bacterial infection on their skin following the Tough Mudder Sonoma County challenge over the weekend. The Tough Mudder challenge was held at the Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 19 and 20. People who crawled through the mud and water, and […]

Image 1 of 3 ▼ Sonoma County officials are investigating multiple cases of possible infections among athletes who competed in a recent Tough Mudder event at the Sonoma Raceway. From: KTVU FOX 2 The Tough Mudder race was held at the Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 19 and 20. People who clambered through the mud and […]

Indigenous Peoples have suffered disproportionally from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Systemic factors including lack of sovereignty, limited infrastructure and discrimination in local health care systems make Indigenous populations vulnerable to infectious diseases. Yet little research exists to guide public health efforts tailored to remote-living Indigenous populations during global pandemics. In Bolivia, a team of researchers […]

“Selling Sunset” star Amanza Smith was potentially just days from death by the time she was admitted to an L.A. hospital in June, the reality star recently revealed.  “I said to them, ‘Yeah, you know, this was so severe I’ve been told that if I had waited like a week or two more I could […]