‘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
WHO Declares 3rd Wave of Covid-19, Says Gains from Vaccines Reversed by Delta Variant
“The global number of infections has risen for four straight weeks with the Delta variant now present in 111 countries, and deaths are rising again after 10 straight weeks of declines…” via RT The World Health Organization is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic has entered the “early stages of a third wave” as the fast-spreading Delta variant of the virus … Continue reading
Gangrene, Gastric Issues, and Hearing Loss Reported in Delta Variant of Coronavirus from India
By Bhuma Shrivastava via Japan Times The coronavirus variant driving India’s devastating COVID-19 second wave is the most infectious to emerge so far. Doctors now want to know if it’s also more severe. Hearing impairment, severe gastric upsets and blood clots leading to gangrene, symptoms not typically seen in COVID-19 patients, have been linked by doctors in India to the … Continue reading
‘It’s Probably Spreading’: Deadly Mystery Brain Disease Baffles Canadian Health Officials
via RT © Getty Images / MediaNews Group A fresh outbreak of a mysterious illness has been making headlines in Canada. A neurological disease dubbed the New Brunswick Syndrome has affected dozens and killed six people in recent months in the region that gave it its name. At least 48 people aged between 18 and 85, almost equally men and … Continue reading
Killer Black Fungus Disease Detected in South America
By John Varga via Express UK Both South American countries have reported one case each of the deadly fungal infection, which has the scientific name mucormycosis. The very rare infection is caused by exposure to mucor mould and normally affects people with severely compromised immune systems, such as diabetics and HIV/Aids sufferers. However, India has seen an explosion of cases … 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
Young Children May Develop ‘Lethal’ Syndrome Linked to COVID-19
Newly published research has indicated that the long-term effects of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a pediatric disease linked to COVID-19, are “dangerous” and “potentially lethal.” “With prompt recognition and medical attention, most children will survive but the long-term outcomes from this condition are presently unknown,” concludes the study, which was published Friday in the journal The Lancet. The … Continue reading
‘Unknown Pneumonia’ that is Deadlier than Coronavirus Sweeping Kazakhstan, Chinese Embassy
The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has warned of a deadly “unknown pneumonia” after the former Soviet republic reported a spike in pneumonia cases since June. “The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus. The country’s health departments are conducting comparative research into the pneumonia virus, but have yet to identify the virus,” the embassy said … Continue reading
Neurologists Warns of Potential Serious Brain Disorders in People with Mild Coronavirus Symptoms
Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered by coronavirus, as they emerge in mildly affected or recovering patients, scientists have warned. Neurologists are today publishing details of more than 40 UK Covid-19 patients whose complications ranged from brain inflammation and delirium to nerve damage and stroke. In some cases the neurological problem was the … Continue reading
Pneumonia Outbreak in China Could Be SARS-Like Disease
Hong Kong medical experts believe that the viral pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may be a result of a new kind of coronavirus, similar to that which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a viral respiratory illness that killed hundreds in 2003. Wuhan’s health commission has confirmed that seven of the 59 patients are very ill, … Continue reading
