Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Australia is grappling with the “yo-yo flu”, where cold symptoms continually return, as a sharp rise in respiratory infections has been driven by an early flu season, continuing cases of COVID-19 and the circulation of nasty viruses. Sydney pharmacist Sylvia Thai said she and her family had […]
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People are seen wearing masks in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward in this file photo taken on Feb. 5, 2021. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Maruyama) TOKYO — The latest wave of coronavirus infections in Japan has shown no signs of abating, with the health ministry on Sept. 8 reporting an average of 20.5 infections at medical institutions across the country […]
The Marion County Coroner says an autopsy revealed a bacterial infection led to the death of three-year-old Jismary Gonzalez, who died on a bus taking immigrants from Texas to Chicago last month along I-57. Reports say the bacterial infection, known as Singella Flexnery Colitis, and aspiration pneumonia along with diarrhea and vomiting led to electrolyte […]
A study recently published in Nature Medicine comprehensively assessed for the first time a broad range of impacts of COVID-19 up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection. It found that of 80 long-term consequences or sequelae of the disease, individuals with past infection remained at risk for 48 or 60 percent of them at two […]
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease leading to an impaired glucose metabolism and requires life-long administration of insulin. While the cause of the autoimmunity reaction is still unclear, viral infections in young children are proposed to be critical environmental factors leading to type 1 diabetes. An international team of researchers from the Global Platform […]
The patient count in an E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak among daycare centers in Calgary has increased to 128, with 25 children having been admitted to hospitals. Officials now report that nine hospitalized children have been diagnosed with a complication that causes the kidneys to shut down. Eleven daycare centers have been closed since Monday. Five […]
The health district said the man, who was between the ages of 30 and 40, had underlying health conditions that made him predisposed to the infection. GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — The Galveston County Health District on Friday announced a man has died from a Vibrio vulnificus infection after eating raw oysters. The health district said […]
Sat, 09 Sep 2023 01:35:19 GMT (1694223319049) f21546d3a7b92848c6890935ca4e2b625f015352 4a6d0bb8f30f1b6a167248fbd029e9fd6e7edbb4 by Aaron Drawhorn Sat, September 9th 2023, 1:34 AM UTC Galveston County man dead of rare infection after eating raw oysters Loading …
“We developed this easy, cheap method and used it to collect over 300 breath samples from 44 patients over the course of their infections — multiple samples a day over multiple days,” Lane said. With this new device, investigators detected viral RNA in 100% of specimens collected from COVID-positive patients who were within 10 days […]
A DISGUSTED holidaymaker vomited blood and had diarrhoea for a YEAR after being struck down by a nasty infection at a Moroccan hotel. Chelsea Hagan was just one of over 70 Brits who suffered “deeply concerning” illnesses following a trip to the four-star, Hotel Aqua Mirage, in Marrakech. Chelsea Hagan still suffers a year after […]