The terror began the morning of May 22, 2021, when the respiratory therapist inserted the ventilator tube down my throat. It was like swallowing a vacuum cleaner hose. Paralytic drugs were injected to keep me from instinctively yanking it out. I futilely tried to blink out an SOS and searched for my husband with my […]
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U.S. COVID infections are hovering near levels of the pandemic’s first peak in 2020, and approaching the Delta peak of late 2021, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters. It’s yet another sign that while the official pandemic state may be over, the days of COVID are far from it. Viral wastewater levels are […]
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Glenn Barr was returning from work one long weekend a few years ago, when he suddenly felt terrible. The Ottawa resident was […]
NEW DELHI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — Authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala have heightened surveillance measures to contain the spread of Nipah infections, officials said on Saturday. The measures have been stepped up in Kozhikode district, where so far six cases have been identified. Of them, four are active while the remaining two died. […]
Westfield London (White City) has today welcomed an immersive AR exhibition, MPN 10, which shines a light on the symptoms of a group of rare blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) to help raise awareness this Blood Cancer Awareness Month. The installation from Novartis sees ten bespoke sculptures which have been exclusively designed by five […]
Kerala steps up measures to check spread of Nipah virus infections as positive cases rise to 4; Neighbouring states also on alert In Kerala, 1080 persons have been included in the contact list of Nipah-infected patients in Kozhikode so far, of which, 297 are in the high-risk category. 29 persons are from neighbouring districts. Officials […]
At least 337 people, the vast majority of them children younger than 5, are now confirmed sick in the Canadian outbreak of E. coli infections linked to a central kitchen serving daycare centers in Calgary. During a press conference on Sept. 15, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spoke for the first time publicly about the outbreak […]
An outbreak of hepatitis A infections traced to frozen strawberries from Mexico has been declared over. The outbreak began in April, and several products were recalled (see list below). As of Sept. 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that ten patients had been confirmed from four states. Four patients were so sick […]
