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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31013 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Note a key description in there: Was wondering if you, who must have a subscription to JAMA, might quote that part. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
'Wake up call': 1M new STD infections daily https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/wake-up-call-1-million-new-std-infections-daily More than 1 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases pop up across the world every day, a figure that shows health officials have made little progress in curbing infections over the course of about five years. “We’re seeing a concerning lack of progress in stopping the spread of sexually transmitted infections worldwide,†Dr. Peter Salama, the World Health Organization executive director for universal health coverage and life course, said in a statement. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Large Ebola outbreaks new normal, says WHO https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48547983 Climate change, emerging diseases, exploitation of the rainforest, large and highly mobile populations, distrust of healthcare workers, weak governments and conflicts are making outbreaks more likely to occur and more likely to swell in size once they do. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31013 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/06/08/Kroger-recalls-frozen-berries-due-to-hepatitis-A-concern/6021560032522/?ts_=5 June 8 (UPI) -- Kroger has announced a recall of a variety of frozen berry products over possible hepatitis A contamination. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
NJ Dunkin' Donuts employee tests positive for hepatitis A, customers urged to get vaccinated https://www.app.com/story/life/food/2019/06/09/customers-nj-dunkin-donuts-urged-get-vaccinated-after-possible-hepatitis-exposure/1397465001/ According to reports, anyone who ate at a Turnersville Dunkin' Donuts between May 18 and June 1 is urged by health officials to get vaccinated after a sick employee tested positive for hepatitis A. Though the possibility of infection is small, health officials say that customers who ate or drank anything from the store should be vaccinated if they haven't been already. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Tyson Foods recalls 190,000 pounds of chicken products https://nypost.com/2019/06/10/tyson-foods-recalls-190000-pounds-of-chicken-products/ Tyson Foods has recalled more than 190,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken fritter products because some may contain hard plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement that it was concerned that some of the affected products may be in food service freezers. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Confirmation of case of ebola virus disease in Uganda https://afro.who.int/news/confirmation-case-ebola-virus-disease-uganda Kampala, 11 June 2019 - The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have confirmed a case of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda. Although there have been numerous previous alerts, this is the first confirmed case in Uganda during the Ebola outbreak on-going in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
CDC warns bats pose rabies risk to humans https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-warns-bats-pose-rabies-risk-to-humans Contact with infected bats is the leading cause of rabies deaths in the U.S., according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC officials say bats are responsible for roughly 7 in 10 human rabies deaths in this country. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
:-( Ebola spreads in Uganda—2 deaths, 27 in contact—as WHO calls emergency meeting https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/ebola-spreads-in-uganda-2-deaths-27-in-contact-as-who-calls-emergency-meeting/ Local and international health officials are scrambling to smother a flare up of Ebola in Uganda, which spread this week from a massive, months-long outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak has sickened 2,084 and killed 1,405 since last August. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31013 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2019/06/13/king-arthur-flour-recall-e-coli-risk/1445598001/ Select bags of King Arthur Flour have been recalled for possible E. coli contamination. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
New York bans religious exemptions for vaccines amid measles outbreak - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48625990 Anti vax rules Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
5,200 people in ICE custody quarantined for exposure to mumps or chicken pox https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/mumps-chicken-pox-quarantine-ice/index.html US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed 5,200 adult immigrants in quarantine after being exposed to mumps or chicken pox, a dramatic jump from just a few months ago, the agency says. ICE has recorded cases of either mumps or chicken pox in 39 immigrant detention centers nationwide, an ICE official tells CNN. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Follow up story : It's not yet an international Ebola emergency: WHO declares https://www.africanews.com/2019/06/15/ebola-confirmed-in-uganda/ 'Even the gloves are not enough’…Ugandan medics struggling to fight Ebola http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190615/even-gloves-are-not-enoughugandan-medics-struggling-fight-ebola BWERA, Uganda (AP) — The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are distributed sparingly to health workers. And, when the second person in this Uganda border town died after the Ebola outbreak spread from neighbouring Congo , the hospital, for several hours, could not find a vehicle to take away the body. “We don’t really have an isolation ward,†Bwera Hospital administrator, Pedson Buthalha, told The Associated Press. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Kenya investigates patient with Ebola symptoms https://nypost.com/2019/06/17/kenya-investigates-patient-with-ebola-symptoms/ NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says health experts are investigating a hospital patient who has Ebola-like symptoms. Kericho County spokesman Timothy Kimei issued a statement saying the patient is in isolation and the hospital in western Kenya took precautions to ensure minimal contact with staff. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
‘Flesh-eating’ bacteria may be spreading to beach waters, seafood https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/flesh-eating-bacteria-may-be-spreading-to-beach-waters-seafood/ With beach vacation season underway, scientists are sounding the alarm on a horrifying infection spreading throughout US coastlines. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
How Measles Detectives Work To Contain An Outbreak https://khn.org/news/how-measles-detectives-work-to-contain-an-outbreak/ On any given day, more than 4,000 people pass through the library at California State University-Los Angeles. On April 11, one of them had measles. The building has only one entrance, which means that anyone who entered or exited the library within two hours of that person’s visit potentially was exposed to one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
'Living drug' offers hope to terminal blood cancer patients https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48706822 NHS patients with lymphoma have for the first time been given a pioneering treatment that genetically reprogrammes their immune system to fight cancer. Mike Simpson, 62, from Durham, says his cancer is now "on the run". The therapy, called CAR-T, is a "living drug" that is tailor-made for each patient using their body's own cells :-) |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
U.S. turns to Mutombo to deliver Ebola message https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27043693/us-turns-mutombo-deliver-ebola-message NEW YORK -- Unable to send disease fighters to help battle one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history, U.S. health officials are turning to basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo for help. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
NM health department confirms first hantavirus death of 2019 https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/health-department-confirms-first-hantavirus-death-of-2019-/5402131/ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health say a 42-year-old woman from McKinley County has died as a result of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. This is the second confirmed case of hantavirus so far in 2019 and the first death. The DOH completed an environmental investigation at the woman's home to help reduce risk to other people. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
As Ebola outbreak rages, plan to test second vaccine sparks debate https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/ebola-outbreak-rages-plan-test-second-vaccine-sparks-debate When the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared its 10th Ebola outbreak in August 2018, it had one weapon that was unavailable during the previous nine: a highly effective vaccine, produced by Merck & Co. Ten months later, health workers have administered some 130,000 doses, yet the epidemic is still raging; it is now the second largest in history, with more than 1500 deaths. |
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