Tribune News Service Manav Mander Ludhiana, July 22 Residents of flood-hit areas in Ludhiana are not only facing vector and waterborne diseases, they are also confronted with problems related to the eye. While some have lost their spectacles in floods, many others have developed infections in their eyes due to contaminated water. An eye camp […]
Abstract This study aimed at evaluating the immunological status of Oreochromis niloticus (O. niloticus); so, a total of 120 O. niloticus were collected from different farms located in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in Egypt during the period from January 2021 to January 2022. The fish were surveyed for commonly encysted metacercariae present in different organs such […]
Ear infections are extremely common in children because of their smaller and more level eustachian tubes, which make it difficult for fluid to drain out of the ear, as well as their underdeveloped immune system. In fact, according to National Institutes of Health, five out of six children will have at least one ear infection […]
UK researchers have found that people with longer-term COVID-19 symptoms including brain fog showed reduced performance in tasks testing different mental processes up to two years after infection with the virus. Researchers from King’s College London looked at whether infection with COVID-19 affected performance in two rounds of online cognitive testing that took place in […]
BENGALURU: Chittaranjan Das (name changed), 37, who wears shoes every day, was flummoxed when he had severe itching between the toes of his right foot. He also noticed small red patches in the great toe area, which increased in size in the next few days. As the symptoms worsened, he asked a friend for advice […]
Health officials said five cases of listeriosis in Puget Sound were probably caused by the same unidentified food source. All of those infected were older than 60. Health officials in Washington State said on Friday that three people had died and two had been hospitalized in the Puget Sound area after contracting food-borne listeria infections […]
Barcelona’s preseason opener against Juventus, scheduled for this evening in Santa Clara, California, has been officially canceled due to a viral stomach bug that has impacted nearly half of the Blaugrana’s playing squad, the club announced on Saturday. Here is the announcement from the club’s website: FC Barcelona hereby informs that the game against Juventus […]
Rising temperature and other weather-related effects of climate change could prompt a record number of dengue infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, Azernews reports, citing Al Arabiya. Countries across the world are this week witnessing record temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization saying it expects temperatures in North America, Asia, North Africa and […]
CNN — A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) and a Facebook post from the child’s mother. According to the DPBH release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that Naegleria fowleri, also known as a brain-eating amoeba, was […]
