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Ticks and Lyme disease emerge for 2024 season: How to protect yourself from bites
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe good news is that people treated with antibiotics near the onset of the disease often recover...
How the pandemic gave power to superbugs
NPR· 5 days agoResearchers from the National Institutes of Health found that, during the pandemic, hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant infections jumped 32% when compared ...
The Public Health Community Must Tell the Whole Measles Story
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA Delaware health officer chalked it up to measles’ reputation. The public “considered it a mild,...
Update: Sharp rise in Oregon pertussis cases prompts public health warning
Cottage Grove Sentinel· 4 days agoOregon health officials are concerned about a sharp increase in cases of pertussis – known as...
Environmental Health Workers on the Frontlines of Zimbabwe's Cholera Outbreak
World Health Organization· 3 hours agoThe number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is declining thanks to the expanded and decentralized cholera response activities undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Child Care ...
Health officials warn whooping cough cases rising across Washington
KIRO via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGiven that pertussis circulation appears to be increasing locally, the health department is asking...
Visby Medical™ Sexual Health Test Results in More Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment and Shorter...
WKBN 27 Youngstown· 4 days agoThe study found that use of the Visby Medical Sexual Health Test, a point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, shortened time from specimen collection to ..
Don't just blame rat fleas. Lice may have helped spread 'black death' plague
NPR· 3 hours agoThese findings aren’t just of historical interest. The disease remains a public health concern in certain parts of the world, from Madagascar to northern ...
New partnership aims to improve antibiotic access in low-resource nations
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 4 days agoA partnership that could help expand access to new antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries...
Sepsis: why this deadly condition is so hard to diagnose
The Conversation· 11 hours agoTory MP Craig Mackinlay recently returned to Commons for the first time after suffering from a life-threatening bout of sepsis last year. Since his return to public duties ...
