Editor’s note: The headline of this story was updated to reflect that the amebic infection has resulted in one death. A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. […]
A Travis County resident died in August after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, according to an Aug. 30 news release from Austin Public Health. APH officials stated a sample specimen from the case has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
West Nile virus infections are on the rise this year in California after a particularly wet winter led to more mosquito reproduction, according to health experts. The state had 55 human cases of the virus as of Aug. 25. Five of them were fatal, according to the California Mosquito-Borne Virus Surveillance and Response Program. That’s […]
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — According to Coffee Memorial Blood Center (CMBC), the center and Beef Loving Texans will partner to host a “Beef Up the Blood Supply” event this Thursday and Friday. The drive is expected to run both days at the CMBC location. Organizers said that donors who give blood on Thursday and Friday […]
AUTISM: the Thief of Speech By Don C. Reed Imagine a beloved infant child, and he/she smiles at you—but there is something wrong. You wait for the precious little words, the garbled “baby talk” which will gradually polish into speech– but it doesn’t come. Autism is an array of “developmental disorders, genetic conditions called Autism […]
A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Foods Journal indicated that total drinking water hardness can protect against cardiovascular disease mortality. Study: The Relationship between Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases and Total Drinking Water Hardness: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Sozina Kseniia/Shutterstock.com Background Almost 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases every year worldwide. Many risk […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — InsideTracker, the leading personalized health analysis and data-driven wellness guide that helps people live healthier longer, announces the introduction of a new, customized blood testing panel specifically created to address the unique health challenges of first responders. Continue Reading First responders are consistently “less healthy” at the time […]
In a recent study published in Epidemiology & Infection, researchers investigate the contribution of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza to hospitalizations and mortality to inform future vaccination and treatment policies. Study: Mortality associated with Omicron and influenza infections in France before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: Luca9257 / Shutterstock.com […]
Credit: Monash University Melbourne researchers have designed a single drug that delivers a lethal “one-two” punch to several types of blood cancer in preclinical studies and could lead to improved treatments. The collaboration between medicinal chemists, laboratory and clinician scientists at Monash University and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center developed a single drug that works like […]
