Category Archives: Infection

Candida auris Nicolas Armer / picture alliance via Getty Images A highly drug-resistant fungus has been spreading in hospitals across the United States, and scientists say climate change may be partially to blame. The fungus, called Candida auris, is a type of yeast that can cause sepsis, fever or low blood pressure in people with […]

Google By Nathalie Edell and PA Media BBC News An adventure farm park has been temporarily closed after three children fell ill with E. coli infections after visiting the attraction. Hobbledown, near Epsom in Surrey, has been shut since 27 July while investigations into the bacterial infections take place. Both the UK Health Security Agency […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A Georgia resident has died from a rare amoeba infection of the brain, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported Friday. Augusta University Health confirms with News 12 that this was a local case. The patient likely got the Naegleria fowleri infection – which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and […]

“The disease is most prevalent in poor communities lacking potable water and adequate sanitation,” said López-Carr, an anthropogeographer who specializes in human-environment dynamics in the developing world. Adult worms take up residence in blood vessels and lay eggs in tissue, causing reactions and generally wreaking havoc on organs. Long-term effects include increased risk for cancer […]

A Georgia resident has died from a rare “brain-eating amoeba,” the state’s health department confirmed last Wednesday.  The resident likely became infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia, the health department said.  “Naegleria fowleri” is a rare infection that destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death. The amoeba lives […]

New Delhi: With a large numbers of eye flu or conjunctivitis cases being diagnosed across the country, eye specialists are worried that it could be a new emerging threat related to viral infection. Northeastern states, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are recording maximum number of such cases. (Dr) Jeewan Singh Titiyal, professor of […]

Three North Carolina residents died this month from infections from bacteria naturally found in warm seawater and brackish water, state health officials said Friday. Cases of Vibrio are rare in North Carolina. While healthy people typically develop mild illness, infections can be severe or life-threatening for those with weakened immune systems or chronic liver disease, […]

A second mosquito sample in the Cincinnati region has tested positive for the West Nile virus. The sample was collected at the Miller Ecological Park in Lebanon on July 18, the Warren County Health District announced Monday. Earlier this month, the Cincinnati Health Department announced the collection of a mosquito sample that tested positive for […]

Connecticut public health officials are warning about the potential dangers of saltwater and eating raw or undercooked seafood following a series of bacterial infections that left one person dead. Three cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections have been reported to the state Department of Public Health since July 1, the agency says. All patients were hospitalized and one […]