STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS Protests and counter-protests | SaltWire Watch on YouTube: “Protests and counter-protests | SaltWire” Gaby Bourbara, general manager of Alexion Canada, provided the following opinion article. The arrival of a newborn can be so overwhelming, many Canadian parents are unaware of the potentially life-saving screening tests performed on their baby […]
The study by Emory University looked at the toxic legacy of industrial pollution in Southeast Georgia by testing the blood of longtime residents. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Decades of industrial pollution flowing from factories in Brunswick, Ga. has ended up in the bloodstreams of longtime residents. Preliminary results of an exposure study by Emory University shows […]
A childcare centre worker is in intensive care with a severe Group A Streptococcus infection after a toddler, who attended the same facility, died last month. Key points: A toddler who was infected with strep A attended the same childcare facility as a now-hospitalised worker Close contacts have been offered preventative antibiotics and the public should be alert, […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/lungs-play-a-critical.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/lungs-play-a-critical.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Blood Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008347″> Credit: Blood Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008347 A newly-released study by Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) has found that the fetal lung is a potential source of hemogenic endothelial cells (HECs) that have the capacity to make blood. The findings […]
A San Jose woman who became infected with a deadly bacteria had to have her all of her limbs amputated last week to save her life. Now, a friend says tilapia from a local fish market is to blame for the infection. Health officials on Wednesday, however, cast doubt on the now viral story. As […]
SAN JOSE — A San Jose woman recently underwent a quadruple amputation, but it remained unclear Wednesday what disease or infection may have forced the procedure. A statement released by the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department contradicted the claims of a GoFundMe fundraiser, which said the 40-year-old mother, Laura Barajas, was forced to […]
People with repeat mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections and those who were infected after vaccination appear less likely to develop severe illness, according to a global series of 37 cases reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. These findings show that although people who had mpox can get it again, and vaccination does not always […]
Digital Content Manager Red Cross blood drives scheduled across Baltimore area Updated: 2:33 PM EDT Sep 20, 2023 APP. WELL, ONCE A MARYLAND STATE POLICE MEDEVAC RESPONDS TO A SCENE, EMERGENCY TEAMS MAY ONLY HAVE SECONDS TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING AID TO AN INJURED PERSON. NOW, THOUGH, STATE POLICE, ALONG WITH SHOCK TRAUMA TEAMS AND THE […]
By Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. A CDC advisory committee has been updating its 2007 standards for infection control in hospitals this year. Many healthcare […]
By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:05 EDT, 20 September 2023 | Updated: 14:08 EDT, 20 September 2023