by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease, Immune Response
Karen Dobos, Colorado State University and Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Colorado State University An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and...
by admin | Mar 7, 2025 | COVID-19, Disease
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan In the early months of 2025, a concerning outbreak has emerged in India, with the western state of Maharashtra reporting over 200 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and at least 14 deaths. What began as a cluster of cases in...
by admin | Jan 31, 2025 | Disease, Health
William Schaffner, Vanderbilt University The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S.. The number of outbreaks is up significantly over previous years, possibly due in part to a new...
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health
John Houghton, University of Leicester Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a specialist. They tell you a bypass...
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health, Virology
Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV. There have been claims in some media outlets that this...
by admin | Dec 20, 2024 | COVID-19, Disease, STORM
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan In early December 2024, alarm bells rang through the global health community as reports emerged from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about a mysterious illness exploding through a densely populated urban area. The disease,...
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