A rare flesh-eating bacteria has killed least three people in Connecticut and New York, officials confirmed Thursday. The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, saltwater, and brackish water, infected three Connecticut people between 60 and 80 years old, the state’s Department of Public Health said in a news release […]
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Three people in New York and Connecticut have died as a result of flesh-eating bacterial infections, prompting authorities to warn residents about the potential dangers of consuming raw shellfish or exposure to salt or brackish water. One person from Suffolk county in New York, as well as two people in Connecticut have died from vibriosis, […]
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August 17, 2023 JACKSON, Tenn. — LIFELINE Blood Services is hosting its Back to School Blood Drive! The drive is set for Thursday, August 24 at 183 Sterling Farms Drive in Jackson, with they Dyersburg location at 1130 Highway 51 Bypass Suite 19 and 20, hosting their drive from August 26 to August 29. Donors […]
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The blood moon in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the game’s creepiest moments. Scarlet clouds paint the sky and a ghostly aura reanimates monsters from the dead. The scene is among one of the scarier parts of the game, but beneath its red ooze, this event hides a practical […]
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SHERIDAN — To help mitigate the ongoing blood shortage, the First United Methodist Church in Sheridan held a blood drive Aug. 10 in conjunction with Vitalant. According to a July 10 report by WBKO, an ABC affiliate station based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Red Cross collected roughly 50,000 fewer blood donations than needed between […]
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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 17, 2023) – A first-of-its-kind study led by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University researchers shows for the first time a clear relationship between low-energy availability (LEA) and hypertension in Black Division I athletes. Although research has shown Black Americans are at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease, only two prior […]
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THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Survivors of common lymphoid neoplasms (LNs) have increased risks for therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia (tMDS/AML), although risks have been lower in more recent years, according to a study published in the July issue of eClinicalMedicine. Lindsay M. Morton, Ph.D., from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, […]
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging New Yorkers to “stay vigilant” and take the necessary precautions to protect themselves against vibriosis, an infection caused by a flesh-eating bacteria that has been linked to one recent death in New York and two in Connecticut. The bacteria, called Vibrio vulnificus, occurs naturally in saltwater coastal environments and can […]