American doctors are warning all residents of the United States that with the onset of summer in the country, cases of a rare tick-borne disease called Powassan may become more frequent. This potentially life-threatening virus is carried and transmitted by three types of ticks, including deer ticks, which transmit the disease ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting the spread of a nosocomial infection with no cure. The causative agent is the fungus Candida auris, which is fatal in 60% of infections. According to the CDC, the disease was recorded in 53 people, and 27 ...
35 people in the United States have been diagnosed with the rare fungal infection Candida auris (C. auris), which has a high mortality rate and is resistant to most antifungal drugs. A clinical warning about the risk of spreading this disease in the United States was issued in June 2016 ...
A California truck driver died after a dental infection spread throughout his body, writes Fox 40. Vadim Kondratyuk, a 26-year-old loving husband and father of two little daughters - 2-year-old Vanessa and 11-month-old Maya. He started complaining of toothache a few weeks ago, before arriving in...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report stating that salmon from North America are infected with so-called Japanese tapeworm. Writes about this nbcnewyork.com. Researchers warn that if you eat raw salmon caught in North America, you risk becoming infected ...
There is an outbreak of acute myelitis (so-called AFM) in Washington state - 8 children have already been hospitalized. The disease is quite rare and occurs when children suddenly experience weakness or paralysis due to inflammation in the spinal cord. All victims are from 3 to 14 years old,…
In California, nearly 3 dozen children who underwent pulpotomy suffered from a dangerous bacterial infection. When performing a pulpotomy, dentists remove the infected pulp inside the milk tooth so that the rest of the tooth can be saved from extraction. The infection was caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, which got into the child ...
In Florida, a patient whose name has not yet been disclosed is undergoing treatment after a brain infection with an amoeba. This was stated by the Department of Health. This is the fourth reported case of Naegleria fowleri parasite infection this year. “We believe that this person became infected with the parasite while swimming in...
CRF Frozen Foods is recalling more than 350 frozen vegetables and fruits, which are sold under 42 brand names. It is associated with an outbreak of listeriosis. The products were sold on popular chains such as Safeway, Trader Joe's and Costco. Eight Americans are hospitalized with an infectious disease. Everything…
In the United States, 17 people contracted an unknown infection through blood and died. The total number of infected is more than 50 people. It is reported by The Washington Post. Michigan became the second state to register death from the disease. A little earlier, an outbreak of infection was recorded ...