BLOOMINGTON – The Monroe County Health Department is investigating a possible case of meningitis in a Rogers Elementary student. Meningitis is an infection and inflammation of the fluid and membranes around a person’s spinal cord and brain. It can be caused by a viral or bacterial infection and can be serious. Bacteria that can cause meningitis […]
Watch: Scientists are sounding the alarm over the misuse of antibiotics, due to increasing outbreaks of drug-resistant pathogens like the bacteria A. baumannii. Credits: Newshub. “A ticking time bomb”. That’s what an international group of researchers is calling our increasing resistance to antibiotics. They’re calling for urgent action, after a major study unearthed multiple outbreaks […]
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. In the early days of the pandemic, catching COVID-19 felt like a grim game of Russian roulette. Even young, healthy adults […]
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing — and potentially fatal — threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory alerting doctors and public health officials of an increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases that can cause serious wound […]
Maybe you have hay fever, COVID, a cold or the flu, and are reaching for a tissue or handkerchief. But which one’s better at stopping infections spreading? Which has a smaller environmental impact? Is it the hanky, which has been with us since at least Roman times? Or the more recent and widely-used paper tissue? […]
The latest hidden wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that began in the United States in late June appears to have finally begun to ebb. According to Biobot Analytics wastewater data, levels of SARS-CoV-2 are starting to decline throughout the US, with the Northeast lagging other regions of the country. At present, however, infections remain near […]
Monroe County health officials are investigating whether a Rogers Elementary School student has contracted meningitis — a potentially deadly infectious disease. Monroe County Health Department said in a news release Friday evening the people and parents of children considered close contacts are being notified of the potential exposure. “Close contacts are recommended to receive prophylactic […]
Expired pesto from a local farmers market left a 47-year-old Brazilian woman temporarily paralyzed while fighting a botulism infection that landed her in the hospital for an entire year. “The pesto didn’t have an expiration date. [The shopkeeper] didn’t give me storage instructions either but I was a frequent customer,” Doralice Carneiro Sobreira Goes told Jam […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. Wayne County – COVID, sinus infections, asthma flare-ups, colds, fall allergies Dr. Christopher Loewe — Emergency Medicine, Ascension St. John Hospital “As summer turns to fall, many changes are in the air. With […]
