‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ May Be Spreading to Northern US States
“…the dangerous “brain-eating amoeba”, which generally thrives in warm bodies of fresh water, has in recent years been found in northern US states with greater frequency “as air and water temperatures rise”. via sputniknews One medical epidemiologist with the CDC reportedly suggested that climate change may play a role in the microorganism’s apparent northward expansion. An unfortunate resident of the … Continue reading
African Health Chief Sends Foreboding Message Regarding Omicron
“The CDC expert noted that factors such as the relatively young median age of South Africans could be partially responsible for the lower levels of hospitalization there.” via RT Headline Image: A representative image-istock.com/Bertrand Blay The Africa Centres for Disease Control has warned that Omicron Covid data from the continent should not be extrapolated to situations in the rest of … Continue reading
‘Superbug’ Candida Auris Fungus Spreads in Two US Cities
“Health officials have sounded alarms for years about the superbug after seeing infections in which commonly used drugs had little effect.” By Mike Stobbe via Associated Press Headline Image:© Shawn Lockhart/CDC via AP U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home. The “superbug” outbreaks were reported in … Continue reading
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Likely Linked to Rare Heart Condition in Kids: CDC Panel
By Jackie Salo via New York Post Researchers have found a link between rare cases of heart inflammation in children and COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, a group of doctors advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical (VaST) Work Group said the “data available to date suggest likely association of myocarditis,” … Continue reading
America’s STD Rate Hits Record High 6 Years in a Row
“Untreated infections can lead to increased risk of pelvic inflammatory pain, chronic pain, infertility and severe complications with future pregnancies, among other potentially disastrous consequences.” via RT The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a grim new report confirming that sexually transmitted disease rates have hit a record high for the sixth straight year. A whopping … Continue reading
Covid-19 was in America BEFORE Being Officially Confirmed in China, According to Study
headline image caption/credit: Patient being treated from Covid-19 at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. © Reuters / Shannon Stapleton via RT: Coronavirus had been infecting people in the US even before China reported its first cases on December 31, 2019, research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Red Cross has revealed. American medics … Continue reading
‘Twindemic’ Warning as Several Cases of COVID-19, Flu Co-Infection Confirmed Across US
Health officials across the US have been reporting that some patients have become infected with COVID-19 and the seasonal flu at the same time. California’s Solano County confirmed the first case of flu and COVID-19 co-infection on Thursday. According to a report by local news station ABC7, the resident who tested positive for COVID-19 is under the age of 65. … Continue reading
Amoeba Found in Soil Killed Elderly Gardener by Liquefying Brain
An elderly gardener died from a brain-eating amoeba found in soil after it turned part of his frontal lobe into a mushy liquid, according to researchers in Georgia. The 82-year-old man is believed to have contracted the shape-shifting organism while potting plants at an unnamed location, and was later struck by seizures, according to a case study, which was published … Continue reading
Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms Likely Includes Increased Hair Loss, Study Finds
A recent study conducted by a doctor at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a grassroots COVID-19 survivor group known as Survivor Corps, has identified dozens of potential long-term COVID-19 symptoms, including hair loss. Using a poll on the Survivor Corps Facebook group, the survey identified 98 symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to Dr. Natalie Lambert, an associate research … Continue reading
Expect New Outbreak of Polio-Like Illness in Children Later This Year in US, CDC Warns
The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease acute flaccid myelitis in the next four months, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a release on Tuesday. “Parents and doctors should suspect AFM [the polio-like disease acute flaccid myelitis] in patients with sudden limb weakness, especially … Continue reading
