Representational image (IANS) While zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19 have been amassing notoriety for jumping species and infecting humans, the reverse seems to have occurred in Bengaluru Biological Park. Seven leopard cubs have been reported dead after contracting an infection, with zoo officials speculating that humans infected the cats. The Feline Panleukopenia virus (FPV) is […]
It was a sunny day in September 2007 when Garrett Pohlman, then seven years old, came home from school. Crying, he warned his mother that radiation was coming out of the house’s electrical sockets. If they went outside, he said, birds would peck them to death. These pronouncements were accompanied by odd facial movements. The […]
Three people in the UK have been infected with a dog disease which has been spreading between canines. Brucella canis is an incurable condition and can lead to infertility, lameness and pain in dogs. However, the UK Health Security Agency has now confirmed three Brits have caught the bacterial infection from animals for the first […]
OSHA inspections of health-care facilities dropped by about 84% so far this year, returning to pre-pandemic levels as Covid-19 hospitalizations tripled over the summer and infections quadrupled among nursing-home workers. From January through August 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected 159 nursing homes and 99 hospitals, according to agency data analyzed by Bloomberg […]
Brucella canis, an incurable disease which was spreading through dogs in the UK, has now been transferred to humans. Three British citizens have been infected with Brucella canis, which causes infertility, mobility issues and discomfort in affected dogs. This infection can be transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. Since the summer of 2020, there has […]
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At first, Louie Zepeda-Teng’s world turned blue. But as the bacteria enveloped her brain, resistant to the drugs pumping around her body, a circular haze cut off all but her peripheral vision. Soon, even that was gone. “This ball gradually grew and grew, until everything turned grey,” she says. “Now it’s like a television which […]
More than three years into the coronavirus pandemic, fewer and fewer people are experiencing their first Covid-19 infections. But as cases climb, those who’ve had the virus before may wonder: What are their chances of developing long Covid — and does the risk increase with each reinfection? Fatigue and brain fog may be the first […]
ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Sep 20, 2023 01:53 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Vibrio vulnificus can cause life-threatening infections in people after having contaminated seafood or having an open wound exposed to infected water. A mom to a 6-year-old from USA list all of her four limbs due to bacterial infection after eating an […]
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Three people in the UK have caught a disease usually confined to dogs. Brucella canis, a bacterial infection that causes pain, lameness and infertility in canines has now infected three human Britons. The […]