The top civil servant in charge of the health department quietly recused himself from working on the infected blood scandal after dismissing concerns over his father’s role in the disaster, The Telegraph can reveal. Sir Chris Wormald, the permanent secretary, liaised with campaigners on infected blood for four years before stepping back in March 2021, […]
September is sexual health month. It’s a time to assess levels of sexual health in the local community, but also nationally and globally. With sexually transmitted infection incidence rising worldwide, public health approaches increasingly emphasize treatment as prevention. While condoms were once integral to public health campaigns aimed at preventing STIs, particularly at the height […]
Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings. Liv Grace came down with respiratory infections three times over the course of four months. Each occurred after a visit to a medical provider in the Bay Area. Mx. Grace, 36, a writer who […]
A study looking at the longer-term impact of Covid-19 has found that nearly a third of patients who were admitted to hospital with the virus had abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection. MRI scans of patients in the study showed more abnormal findings involving the lungs, brain and kidneys compared to a group […]
After experiencing a number of strange symptoms for some time, one woman was shocked to discover that the source of her malaise was actually her cats, who had infected her with a parasite. When Shelby Wardlaw noticed problems with her speech, joint pain, fatigue, and neurological symptoms, she couldn’t pinpoint what the root cause could […]
It took about a year for researchers to develop a reliable, at-home self-test for COVID-19 after the virus was identified. Heather Junqueira, the founder of BIO-K9, says a scent-trained dog can be learn to do the same in weeks. “They pick up the changes very, very early. They’re highly sensitive,” she said. Junqueira trains dogs […]
A Japanese government survey has found that about 10 to 20 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus had aftereffects, including cough and fatigue, for more than two months after infection. A team from the health ministry surveyed about 195,000 residents aged five to 79 in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, Yao City in Osaka, and Sapporo […]
The number of new influenza cases reported at designated medical institutions in Japan has surged 57% over the past week, health ministry data has shown, marking an unusual trend for a virus usually prevalent during winter. Health experts attribute the prolonged spread of infections to a combination of factors, including low immunity stemming from a […]
Abstract In early 2022, a cluster of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection (mpox) cases were identified within the UK with no prior travel history to MPXV-endemic regions. Subsequently, case numbers exceeding 80,000 were reported worldwide, primarily affecting gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Public health agencies worldwide have offered the IMVANEX […]
Silver leaf disease is a curse for a variety of botanicals, from pears to roses to rhododendron. Infecting their leaves and branches, the fungus Chondrostereum purpureum can be fatal for the plant if not quickly treated. Aside from the risk of losing the occasional rose bush, the fungal disease has never been considered a problem […]