Enlarge / A Miami-Dade mosquito control inspector sprays a pesticide to kill adult mosquitos on June 29, 2023, in Miami. The Miami-Dade mosquito control department continues its regular spraying and inspection of neighborhoods and is ready to react if malaria-carrying mosquitos are found, as they were in the Sarasota area. reader comments 72 with Three ..
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Enlarge / One of the medical clinics suspended by Mexican health authorities, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on May 19, 2023. reader comments 25 with Cases have nearly doubled in a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to tainted cosmetic surgeries in Matamoros, Mexico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week. To date, ..
Enlarge / Some real brie cheese in Paris. reader comments 23 with Niche plant-based foods are often touted for their health benefits—but one that may be less obvious is that they can help keep outbreaks from mushrooming. Such was the case in a small Salmonella outbreak from late 2020 to early 2021, outlined Thursday in ..
reader comments 42 with Another person has died in an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant bacteria linked to contaminated eye drops, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in an update on Thursday. The outbreak now totals 81 cases across 18 states. In addition to the four deaths, health officials have tallied reports of 14 ..
reader comments 107 with Disease detectives with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are on the case of a new COVID-19 outbreak—the one at their very own conference, which has sickened around 35 attendees as of Tuesday. Last week, the CDC hosted the 2023 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference in Atlanta, the first time ..
reader comments 138 with A 10-month-old baby in Tennessee developed a life-threatening condition last year and spent 27 days in the hospital with failing kidneys after drinking raw milk from a cow-share, health officials in Tennessee reported Thursday. At least five people were sickened by raw milk from the cow-share, including another 10-month-old baby who ..
Enlarge / Eddie Robles drives a Maricopa County Vector Control fogging truck through a neighborhood August 4, 2004, in Tempe, Arizona. Areas known to have high populations of mosquitos are being fogged at night to kill the bug and help prevent the spread of the West Nile virus. reader comments 71 with As the COVID-19 ..
reader comments 62 with Share this story The maker of eye drops linked to a deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant infections in the US had a slew of manufacturing violations—from brown slime on filling equipment to a lack of basic measures and systems to ensure sterility—according to an inspection report released by the Food and ..
Enlarge / An electron micrograph of a number of Marburg virions responsible for causing Marburg virus disease. reader comments 36 with Share this story Equatorial Guinea’s first outbreak of Marburg virus—a relative of the Ebola virus that causes similarly deadly hemorrhagic fever—is continuing to grow, spreading over a wide geographic area with potentially undetected chains ..
reader comments 82 with Share this story Two more people have died and more details of horrifying eye infections are emerging in a nationwide outbreak linked to recalled eye drops from EzriCare and Delsam. The death toll now stands at three, according to an outbreak update this week from the Centers for Disease Control and ..