CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia’s Republican lawmakers. But after the bitterly debated Georgia law took effect Jan. 1, The Associated Press found few book challengers are using it. One key […]
Two-thirds of the women presenting with LGTS at outpatient clinics in Nairobi had at least one confirmed LGTI, more than one third of the infected had multiple infections, and a majority reported at least 3 episodes in a year. VVC was the most frequent infection (2 of 5 women) while BV prevalence was remarkably low. […]
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 22 August 2023 RNA transcripts can discriminate between 18 categories of disease, including common bacteria and viruses as well as rare, potentially life-threatening conditions.
Representational Image. (Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) A study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed that COVID-19 vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 virus infection prevented 60 per cent of post-infection deaths in India. The ICMR’s National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 examined factors related to post-discharge mortality during the first year after COVID-19 in 14,419 participants, […]
Three people died from infections caused by bacteria that health officials tied to ice cream machines at a Frugals restaurant that they said had not been properly cleaned. A listeria outbreak that led to the deaths of three people has been linked to milkshakes sold by the burger chain Frugals at its restaurant in Tacoma, […]
NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that four Connecticut residents have tested positive for Powassan virus (POWV) infection. These four cases of POWV associated illness are the first to be identified in Connecticut in 2023. With its abdomen engorged with a host blood meal, this image depicts a lateral, or side […]
Long COVID symptoms can linger for two years, study shows | The Hill Skip to content NIAID-RML via AP, File FILE – This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and requires salt. Although infections are rare, there tend to be several cases of vibrio each year in Florida. The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) is reporting 26 total cases in the state so far this year. Five people have […]
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