Search results
A sudden spike in cases of a rare infection often linked to flesh-eating bacteria is happening in...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoBut if GAS gets into a person's bloodstream or tissue through open wounds or sores, their organs may...
Maine CDC issues advisory on eating freshwater fish contaminated by PFAS
WCSH 6 Portland· 1 day agoThe Maine CDC said fishing, swimming, wading, and boating remain safe in listed waterbodies but...
Editorial: Stay cool and stay safe during heat wave
Bangor Daily News· 3 hours agoSummer hasn’t officially arrived yet, but that isn’t stopping a potentially record-breaking heat wave from crashing into Maine this week. Large swaths of...
Fatal bacterial infections surging in Japan with unknown cause, reports says
Fox News via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJapan is reporting a spike in potentially fatal bacterial infections. Cases of streptococcal toxic...
Japan: Unprecedented surge in deadly flesh-eating bacteria cases
Interesting Engineering· 2 days agoJapan’s Health Ministry documented 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a...
Maine CDC reports first 2024 death from tick-borne Powassan virus
Bangor Daily News· 6 days agoAn individual from York County has died from the tick-borne Powassan virus, the Maine Center for...
CDC warns of ‘dual mutant’ flu strain that could evade antiviral drugs: ‘Need to closely monitor’
Fox News· 5 days agoA new "dual mutant" strain of H1N1 influenza could pose a threat in the U.S., according to the...
CDC warns access to ADHD meds may be disrupted after arrests of health-care startup executives
WKBT La Crosse· 6 days agoAround the same time, the US Department of Justice announced a federal health-care fraud indictment...
CDC warns of severe illnesses linked to mushroom chocolates and gummies
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning the public to avoid Diamond Shruumz...
This summer will be hotter than usual in the mid-Hudson Valley. What to know
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoThe NWS Heat Index, along with the other heat forecast tools on their website, weather.gov/safety/heat, can help keep residents informed. Heat stress and heat-related illnesses ...