“About half of the world’s population is at risk of dengue, and dengue affects approximately 129 countries,” said Dr Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s Head of the Global Programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. “We estimate that about 100 to 400 million cases are reported every year. This is basically an estimate and the American region alone […]
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The Northwest Water Carnival continued Thursday with an American Red Cross blood drive at Grace Lutheran Church hosted by the Detroit Lakes Jaycees. Forty people filled up the signup sheet to donate at the event and the nurses filled every bag with potentially life-saving blood that they had on hand. Allie, […]
The symptoms of a brain-eating amoeba infection may initially resemble flu-like symptoms, which can make early diagnosis challenging. Read on to know more. In a heart-wrenching turn of events, the playful dip in water proved to be fatal for Woodrow Turner Bundy, a 2-year-old from Nevada, US. He breathed his last on July 19, after […]
Dr. Monica Gandhi, stands in a lab that tests for HIV medication in hair, at Parnassus Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, July 10, 2023. Dr. Monica Gandhi is an expert in infectious diseases, specializing particularly in the care of patients with HIV and AIDS. She recently came out with a new book, […]
GlobalData estimates that approximately 2,800 individuals aged 19 years and under will be diagnosed with ALL in 2023 alone. Credit: Pixel-Shot via Shutterstock. The average annual percent change (AAPC) of paediatric lymphoid leukaemias rose by 0.4% in the US, according to a recent update by the US Public Health Service published in the Journal of […]
SHERIDAN — Sheridan Memorial Hospital is facilitating community blood drives on July 31 and Aug. 1-2. From 11:30-6 p.m. July 31, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1 and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Best Western Sheridan Center, donors may give to the Vitalant blood drive.
As we enter this new phase of living with COVID-19, myths persist. One false rumor is that people can contract COVID through the blood supply. According to researcher Sonia Bakkour, in a press release promoting her research study “[o]ther studies have shown that in rare cases where a blood sample tested positive, transmission by blood […]
Anyone looking for an epic conclusion from The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart should look elsewhere. But then, anyone looking for an epic conclusion is most likely watching the wrong show. Venture Bros., the apparently completed Adult Swim series that started life as a mean-spirited riff on Jonny Quest-style adventure-boy […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elizabeth Engle, MD, has devoted her career to finding genetic and developmental causes for disorders of eye, eyelid, and facial movement. From common conditions like strabismus to very rare disorders, these conditions can impact a person’s appearance and impair social communication, making it hard to shift one’s eyes up, down, or […]
The 44-year-old victim was expected to survive cuts to his hands, elbow, shoulder and foot, as well as an injury to the bridge of the nose, following the attack shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The victim staggered out of the long-unoccupied building at 215 West Englewood Avenue near […]