Don’t kiss or snuggle with your turtle! Salmonella infections on the rise – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News The CDC is warning of a salmonella outbreak related to small turtles which some people may have as pets. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and […]
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By Leigh Beeson, University of Georgia Long the bane of pet owners’ existence, ticks and mosquitoes are expanding their geographic range due to warming temperatures, frequently bringing disease with them. A new study from the University of Georgia suggests shelter dogs in the Eastern U.S. may be bearing the brunt of that burden. The researchers […]
Research from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute found the number of children admitted to hospital with the infection rose from 23 in 2020 to 107 in 2022. Gursirat Kaur, 1, spent almost two months in intensive care. (Supplied Nine) Sandeep Kaur’s daughter, Gursirat spent almost two months in intensive care earlier this year after contracting […]
To most people on the planet, the Covid-19 pandemic is over. But for many scientists who have been tracking the largest global infectious disease event in the era of molecular biology, there is still a step that the virus that caused it, SARS-CoV-2, hasn’t yet taken. It has not fallen into a predictable seasonal pattern […]
In recent weeks, you may have seen alarming headlines about how leprosy might become “endemic” in Florida. As a physician in Florida who specializes in treating leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, this case report was not “news” to us in the field: We have known for some time about endemic cases of leprosy. However, […]
PTI | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Delhi Aug 23, 2023 01:23 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The study tried to understand whether immunity gained after vaccination or a prior infection was less effective or “leaky” when people are exposed to the virus. High levels of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus may reduce […]
The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that “On the Go” ice cream cups are behind foodborne illnesses. The ice cream, made by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY, has been found to be contaminated with the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes as that found in samples from two patients. Both patients, one in […]
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Health leaders have warned students that they could be at risk of deadly infections unless they are up to date on their routine vaccinations. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that every […]
High levels of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 may reduce or overcome the protection that vaccination and prior infection provides, according to a new study by researchers from Yale University, the University of Florida, and the Connecticut Department of Correction. The findings, published Aug. 19 in Nature Communications, suggest that in densely crowded […]