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Health officials in Michigan are sounding the alarm over the spread of Legionnaires’ disease after two people died of the infection this summer.  Wayne County officials confirmed that both people were living in Allegria Village, a continuing care retirement community in Dearborn, Michigan when they contracted the infection in June and July.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reportedly said that …

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Yvonne Hughes was 19, and attending the funeral of a friend with cystic fibrosis, when she realised: “Oh shit, I’m going to die of this.” She had met him during shared hospital stays in childhood, and although Hughes had always known she had CF, she had never understood her illness as terminal until that day in 1992, when she stood …

A Hancock County resident has been hospitalized with the first human case of Powassan virus infection recorded by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention this year. The adult was experiencing neurologic symptoms, according to the Maine CDC. The Powassan virus is spread through deer or woodchuck tick bites, and can infect a bitten person in just 15 minutes. …

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Health officials in New York have issued a warning following the outbreak of a deadly lung disease in parts of the city, with numbers growing by the day.  The NYC Health Department was alerted to a community cluster of three cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem last week. But that number has now grown to eight, officials said Monday. …

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Wayne County health officials are investigating cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Dearborn. The type of pneumonia, also called Legionella Pneumonia or Pontiac Fever, was detected among residents of Allegria Village in Dearborn. According to the Wayne County Health, Human and Veterans Services, there were two cases from June and July 2025. The two people have died, …

Lyme disease and anaplasmosis cases surging in Maine  The Portland Press Herald Source link

People with autism are at a significantly greater risk of developing memory-robbing dementia, experts warn.  Researchers presenting at the world’s largest dementia conference this week suggested rapidly surging autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could increase the risk of dementia, which affects 9million Americans. In one study of nearly 800,000 people, adults with autism and other intellectual disabilities were up to three …

New York City health officials said Monday a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem now includes eight known cases — up from the three officials reported Friday. No deaths have been linked to the outbreak, but the city Department of Health is urging New Yorkers — particularly those who live in the area — to stay vigilant for flu-like symptoms. …