A deadly, brain-eating amoeba has been found in Louisiana County drinking water. Naegleria fowleri, which causes fatal brain edema and tissue destruction, was discovered over the weekend in the suburb of Terrebonne, Louisiana, about an hour south of New Orleans, reports ...
Luke Hanoman, 28, from the UK contracted sepsis from biting his nails and, according to doctors, miraculously managed to avoid death. Hanoman began to experience traditional flu symptoms, including increased sweating and fever, writes Fox News. At first he tried to ignore them ...
Health officials are asking consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce because of the E. coli (E. coli) outbreak that continues to spread. The dangerous bacteria affected 19 states, sending 84 people to hospital, of whom 42 were hospitalized. Control centers and ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its annual report on the health of Americans. According to the document, 2017 cases of infections caused by bacteria resistant to all or most of the known antibiotics were recorded in 221, writes Lenta.ru. Moreover, in ...
In three counties in Michigan, people could have been exposed to tuberculosis, a potentially fatal bacterial disease, from a health worker. It is estimated that the worker has had contact with more than 600 people working in three health facilities - two hospitals and a chronic patient care facility ...
In the United States, an infection is spreading en masse, the source of which cannot yet be determined. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Texas has the highest number of people infected with cyclosporium. Florida is in second place, writes the Miami Herald. At the CDC, everyone ...
Doctors fear that the fishing town of Everglades City in Florida is threatened by a wave of infectious diseases that can be fatal due to bacteria in the water, dirt and mold that arose after Hurricane Irma. The potentially toxic water left after the disaster collapsed on the town caused ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of Campylobacter infection in several states in the country. Experts from the centers found out that the cause of the spread of the disease was the puppies from the pet stores of the national chain Petland, writes ABC. As of 11/XNUMX, Campylobacter infection was ...
Doctors warn parents about outbreaks of diarrhea associated with the parasite of cryptosporidium in swimming pools and water parks, which have increased at least 2 times in 2 years. Writes about this edition USA Today. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a parasite that ...
Epidemiologists warn that there are more active ticks in American forests this year than it has been recently. This means thousands of people are at risk of contracting Lyme disease, public health officials say. The risks will increase if during the summer ...