[ad_1] A Taco Bell employee in central Florida was tested positive for hepatitis A last month and likely exposed restaurant patrons to the disease during his infectious period, the health department said of Pinellas County. The information was revealed in an email that the county health authorities sent to the state, according to a report. … Read more
[ad_1] Warning: This article contains a discussion about suicide that some viewers may find distressing. Netflix responded to a recent report claiming that the suicide rate among teenagers had increased as a result of the release of its drama 13 reasons why. Earlier in the week, the Journal of the American Academy of Child and … Read more
[ad_1] Two clients of a spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were infected with HIV after receiving "vampire facials" by injection. The New Mexico Department of Health offers free HIV and hepatitis B and C testing to anyone who gets shot at the VIP spa between May and September 2018, before the spa closes after a … Read more
[ad_1] West Nile virus is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes when they feed on the blood of infected birds. The disease can then be transmitted to humans and animals. Severe cases can cause encephalitis, while the mildest symptoms include fever, headache, and muscle aches. Last year, in Dallas County, 199 mosquito traps were … Read more
[ad_1] The magnitude of the problem is already huge. According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are "one of the greatest threats to global health, food security and development today," warning that diseases like pneumonia, tuberculosis and gonorrhea are increasingly difficult to treat. In the United States alone, as many as 15% of hospitalized … Read more
[ad_1] My late brother Mark was a transplant surgeon. He told me that he was sometimes woken up in the middle of the night to fly to a nearby town in order to recover, for example, a kidney, from someone who had just died (frequently in a motorcycle accident), then bring the organ on. a … Read more
[ad_1] Alzheimer's disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and one of the most common causes of dementia in the elderly. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are often used interchangeably, but dementia is actually a group of symptoms with many causes, including Alzheimer's disease. In a new study published in … Read more
[ad_1] TUCSON, AZ – Authorities warned last month of the risk of measles exposure in Pima County. The Arizona Department of Health Services said that a foreign visitor with measles had traveled to Tucson between April 17 and April 29 and had perhaps exposed the public to the disease. . The person may have exposed … Read more
[ad_1] TThe Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first dengue vaccine, a vaccine that protects against a common disease, but has sparked significant controversy because of evidence that it can increase the risk of serious infection in some people. The agency has decided that dengvaxia, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, can only be used … Read more
[ad_1] He Jiankui was widely condemned for using CRISPR to modify the DNA of human embryos. Getty / China News Service When He Jiankui came on the scene at the Second World Summit on the Modification of Human Genes and presented data on the first genetically modified human babies in the worldthere was only silence … Read more