by admin | May 23, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by YahooNews A common and sometimes dangerous respiratory germ might also raise the risk of asthma if encountered early in life, new research this month suggests. The study found that children were more likely to develop asthma if they caught a...
by admin | May 15, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by NBC News Strep infections have persisted at high levels so far this spring, even compared to pre-pandemic years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said unpublished data from its national surveillance program show that emergency...
by admin | Apr 17, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by CleanLink Norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea — and after a fallow period during the pandemic, it’s back and impacting the U.S. this winter. There are normally around 2,500 reported norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. each year,...
by admin | Apr 10, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by WPSD Local 6 If you have children in grade school, you know firsthand that germs are everywhere. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking a spike in strep throat cases nationwide. In the past five years, the CDC...
by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by News9 U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Outbreaks
Originally Published by Click On Detroit A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said. The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County confirmed the death Thursday. The agency had...
