How Indigenous knowledge helped solve a mysterious outbreak
When a mysterious and deadly illness began to sicken members of the Navajo community in the Four Corners region of the ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists13d
A more common enemy: How climate change spreads diseases and makes them more dangerous
As the planet warms and disease-carrying animals like mosquitos follow their ideal temperatures northward and into higher altitudes, they may bring diseases such as West Nile virus to areas where they ...
How To Get Rid Of Mice From Your Home
Besides sealing entryways and practicing good sanitation in and around the house, you’ll also need to exterminate these ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine17d
Glycogen Storage Disease
What is glycogen storage disease in children? Glycogen storage disease (GSD) is a rare condition that changes the way the body uses and stores glycogen, a form of sugar or glucose. Glycogen is a main ...
Frontiers18d
Circulating mucosal-like IgA responses increase with severity of Puumala orthohantavirus-caused hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Old World Orthohantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) characterized by increased vascular permeability and acute kidney injury (AKI). Despite the systemic nature of the ...
MercoPress20d
Hanta virus outbreak in a Patagonia Chubut province town
The disease is transmitted by open range long ... of Jujuy has reported a first case of a patient suffering of the hanta virus contagion. The report is considered very serious since in the ...
Frontiers20d
Incidence rate of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome complicated with acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis
Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a rare but serious complication in patients diagnosed with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS ... detection of hantavirus RNA in the patient’s specimen, ...
Medscape21d
Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Hantavirus Infection: Novel Insights and Future Potential
in many hantavirus-infected acutely ill patients, to inform on the specific virus causing infection and the viral load in the blood, allowing a better understanding of clinical course and ...
MIT Technology Review23d
Oropouche virus is spreading. Here’s what we know.
Mass deployment of infected mosquitoes in some regions can curb dengue even amidst a national surge It may also be causing more severe disease. People with Oropouche fever typically have a sudden ...
Al Jazeera English24d
Disease X: Are we ready for the next killer pandemic?
Five years since it was discovered, our greatest disease experts say far worse pandemics are imminent and the world is unprepared. Not enough research has been done into many of the organisms that ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation26d
Tomato brown rugose virus is infecting Australian crops but farmers who are losing millions say the disease has no health impacts
"It's considered a very transmissible disease. So it can be through soil, it can be windborne, it can be through machinery," Ms Scriven said. "That's why it's so important to be able to minimise ...