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Malaria parasite may trigger human odor to lure mosquitoes

LONDON (AP) - Scientists may have figured out part of the reason why mosquitoes are drawn to people infected with malaria.

Mosquitoes prefer biting people already sickened by malaria, apparently attracted by some kind of odor. Now, Swedish researchers say they’ve identified a substance pumped out by malaria parasites that triggers that smell, noticeable only to mosquitoes.

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Common weed could help fight deadly superbug, study finds

The red berries of a weed found in the southern United States contain an compound that can disarm a deadly superbug, according to research published Friday.

Researchers from Emory University and the University of Iowa found that extracts from the Brazilian peppertree, which traditional healers in the Amazon have used for hundreds of years to treat skin and soft-tissue infections, have the power to stop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in mice. The study was published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

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Common weed could help fight deadly superbug, study finds

The red berries of a weed found in the southern United States contain an compound that can disarm a deadly superbug, according to research published Friday.

Researchers from Emory University and the University of Iowa found that extracts from the Brazilian peppertree, which traditional healers in the Amazon have used for hundreds of years to treat skin and soft-tissue infections, have the power to stop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in mice. The study was published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

Interesting. Thanks WinterKnight.

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Sargento announces cheese recall

PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin-based cheesemaker Sargento Foods Inc. is recalling a specialty cheese because of possible bacterial contamination.

Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC of Middlebury, Indiana, notified Sargento that it supplied the company with a Longhorn Colby cheese that may be contaminated with Listeria monocyctogenes. No illnesses have been reported.

The recalled products are 6.84-ounce packages of Sargento Ultra Thin Sliced Longhorn Colby with sell-by dates of April 12 and May 10, 2017, and 8-ounce packages ofSargento Chef Blends Shredded Nacho & Taco Cheese with sell-by dates of June 14 and July 12, 2017.

The products were packaged at the Sargento plant in Plymouth, Wisconsin, and were distributed nationwide.

Sargento also recalled some products that were packaged on the same line as the affected cheese. No other Sargento products are affected.

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Superspreaders Drove Ebola Epidemic, Study Finds

The story is well known among Ebola experts - the traditional healer who died from the virus in Sierra Leone and whose body infected 13 mourners at her funeral, who in turn infected more than 300 other people.

It's called a "superspreading" event, and a new analysis shows that just 3 percent of patients caused more than 60 percent of all infections in other people during the West African Ebola epidemic.

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I hope this does not turn into a epidemic.


Louisville reports 52 overdoses in 32-hour period

Louisville experienced a severe spike in overdose calls last week with authorities responding to 52 calls in a 32-hour period. The city’s Metro Emergency Services said the calls began around midnight Thursday and continued through 8 a.m. Friday, with one fatality in a moving car. The calls came from more than 20 ZIP codes across the county, The Courier-Journal.

“When we say overdoses, we usually mean heroin, but that included alcohol, prescription medications, etcetera,” Mitchelle Burmeister, spokesman for Metro Emergency Services, told Louisville experienced a severe spike in overdose calls last week with authorities responding to 52 calls in a 32-hour period. The city’s Metro Emergency Services said the calls began around midnight Thursday and continued through 8 a.m. Friday, with one fatality in a moving car. The calls came from more than 20 ZIP codes across the county, The Courier-Journal.

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Leptospirosis kills one and strikes two others in New York

One person has died and two others have been stricken by an outbreak of leptospirosis - a rare bacterial infection commonly spread by rat urine.

New York City health officials have identified the cases - all on one city block in the Bronx.

Each of the three patients was admitted to hospital severely ill with acute kidney and liver failure.

City officials say the cases, occurring in the past two months, are the first such concentrated cluster.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38976624

:-( for the death.

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Chinese poultry markets closed to stop spread of avian flu

(CNN) A number of provinces in China have shut down live poultry markets to prevent the spread of avian flu after a surge in the number of infections from the H7N9 strain in recent months.
At least six provinces have reported human cases of H7N9 influenza this year, according to Chinese state media, Xinhua.

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Flu vaccine is 48% effective this season, CDC says

The flu shot has been reducing the risk of infections in the United States by about half this season, according to reports issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the season is expected to continue for several more weeks.

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WHO's 'priority pathogens' list highlights urgent need for new drugs


The World Health Organization has released its first list of the world's most dangerous superbugs — 12 families of bacterial supervillains considered the most serious threats to human health.

The WHO calls it a list of "priority pathogens" because the bacteria have developed resistance to key antibiotic drugs. And that is making health care more complicated, as doctors are forced to try one drug after another to treat hospital-acquired infections.

A study in The Lancet warns superbugs are already causing many post surgical infections which is making routine surgery more dangerous.

There are predictions that without effective antibiotics, much of modern health care would be in jeopardy, including cancer chemotherapy, births by cesarean section, and organ transplantation.

With this list, the WHO is again raising the alarm over the growing health threat created by the rise of bacteria resistant to multiple drugs. The list is intended to help guide research and development by identifying the most serious threats, the ones that most urgently need new drugs.

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E. coli outbreak linked to peanut butter substitute

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A peanut butter substitute sold by an Illinois company is being recalled because 12 cases of E. coli have been linked to the product.

Glenview-based I.M. Health SoyNut Butter Co . is voluntarily recalling its SoyNut Butter products.

E. coli cases in Arizona, California, Maryland, New Jersey and Oregon have been linked to the nut-free product

Illinois public health Director Dr. Nirav Shah says some E. coli infections are mild but others may be life-threatening. Young children are particularly vulnerable.

Health officials recommend people not eat any variety or size of I.M. Healthy-brand SoyNut Butter products or granola coated with the company’s SoyNut Butter.

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Rate of birth defects in Zika pregnancies 20 times higher than in pre-Zika years, CDC says

Pregnancies of women in the United States infected with the Zika virus are about 20 times more likely to result in babies with certain birth defects, compared with the prevalence of these birth defects before the Zika epidemic swept through the Americas, according to a report released Thursday.

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CDC Concerned by H7N9 Bird Flu’s Sudden Spread in China

A sudden surge in cases of H7N9 bird flu in China is a "cause for concern," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

It's infected 460 people just since October, the CDC said in a report. "It's by far the largest epidemic wave since 2013," said CDC flu expert Dr. Tim Uyeki.

The CDC has been working on a vaccine against H7N9 just in case it's ever needed and is starting work on a second one now because it's started to mutate.

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Bird flu detected in chicken breeding facility in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A commercial chicken breeding facility in south-central Tennessee has been hit by a strain of bird flu, agriculture officials said Sunday.
The state Agriculture Department said in a news release that tests confirmed the presence of the H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, at a facility in Lincoln County. The facility alerted the state veterinarian's office on Friday about an increase in chicken deaths.

No more Tyson Chicken. Not eating Chicken.

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I think your safe to eat chicken just don't work around live ones and always cook chicken properly Lynn :)

Go work at a abattoir then you won't eat any meat red or white and turn into a Veggie person :)

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I think your safe to eat chicken just don't work around live ones and always cook chicken properly Lynn :)

Go work at a abattoir then you won't eat any meat red or white and turn into a Veggie person :)

My stomach turned Darth. Hate news like that. Gave up chicken for Lent.

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An outbreak in Brazil has U.S. health experts wondering if yellow fever could be the next Zika

Yellow fever has broken out in the jungles outside Brazil’s most densely-populated cities, raising a frightening but still remote possibility: an epidemic that could decimate that country’s population and spread throughout the Americas, including the United States.

Story a couple days old. Sorry. :(

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Yellow fever has broken out in the jungles outside Brazil’s most densely-populated cities, raising a frightening but still remote possibility: an epidemic that could decimate that country’s population and spread throughout the Americas, including the United States.

Story a couple days old. Sorry. :(

Ummi'll keep a eye on that one it sounds a bit alarmist as I'm shore I read that the release of the ozzy mozzy in brazil may actually help stop the spread of yellow fever and seeing as they have only got ppl infected in the outer sub's where the ozzy mozzy may not have reached yet i'll just wait and see how it goes . Guess the drug company's can't resist a chance to alarm ppl and get the gov to outlay heaps of cash when it may not be needed so put a good spin and alarm everyone and reap the profits

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I'm shore I read that the release of the ozzy mozzy in brazil may actually help stop the spread of yellow fever

Does the ozzy mozzy mate with the Brazilian mozzie? If it doesn't it doesn't stop anything.

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