by blundun | May 6, 2024 | Health
As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk.Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe diarrhea and dehydration. It has been on the rise around the world...
by blundun | May 6, 2024 | Health
For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene.Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for...
by blundun | May 6, 2024 | Health
A 10-year-old girl in Pennsylvania is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant — and her mother is on a mission to find the perfect match.Lani Walter suffers from a disease called DOCK8 deficiency (dedicator of cytokinesis 8 deficiency), an immunodeficiency syndrome...
by blundun | May 5, 2024 | Health
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by blundun | May 4, 2024 | Health
A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has occurred inside a California hotel housing homeless people, leading to the death of one person and forcing city health officials to declare a public health emergency.The alarming outbreak at the unnamed hotel infected 14...
by blundun | May 4, 2024 | Health
A cluster of cats on a Texas dairy farm died after drinking raw milk from dairy cows affected with bird flu, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The felines developed “fatal systemic influenza infection”...