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Orange County Health Care Agency officials on Monday revealed a toddler has been infected with measles, but the virus is not expected to spread because the family isolated as it was contagious. Nationally, 1,514 cases of measles have been reported with 23 new ones in the past couple of weeks, officials said. “Measles is a highly contagious virus that can …

Experts are racing to treat nearly a dozen infants in Utah who were exposed to measles at their doctor’s office. Officials from the Bear River Health Department in Utah said this week that 11 infants were exposed to the virus after visiting the same clinic as a patient with measles on Monday, September 15, in Logan, a town 80 miles outside …

Four infants contracted a bacterial infection in the neonatal intensive care unit at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, and one of them died, the hospital said Saturday night. The infant who died was born last week. The infection was discovered after the baby’s death. Rambam said the three other infants are in stable condition and receiving antibiotic treatment. The …

Michigan nurse dies of tuberculosis 8 years after treating infected patient  MLive.com Source link

Several attendees of a high school cycling event in August now have confirmed measles cases, Utah health officials say. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) An example of a measles virus. Several people have been infected with measles after they were exposed to the virus at an August cycling event at Soldier Hollow, the Utah Department of Health and Human …

Fears are being raised in Maine after three people in the state tested positive for the world’s deadliest disease. The patients were diagnosed with active tuberculosis and there was no connection between them, suggesting each was infected by a different source. They are in the Greater Portland area, officials said, and work is now underway to identify and isolate their close …

One person dead, 21 infected with Legionnaires’ disease in Marshalltown  KWWL Health officials confirm over a dozen cases of Legionnaires’ disease in central Iowa  KCRG County, state officials confirm Legionnaires’ disease outbreak  Times Republican ‘I just want to know how this happened’: Wife of Legionnaires’ disease patient speaks out  KCCI Officials confirm 18 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Marshall County  yahoo.com Source link

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/Gray News) – A father in Florida is fighting for his life after getting infected with a flesh-eating bacteria. On Saturday morning, Ben West’s family said he got infected with Vibrio Vulnificus after they went crabbing and mullet fishing underneath the intercoastal passover bridge, when entering Port St. Joe from Mexico Beach. Man infected by vibrio vulnificus(WJHG) …

NEW ORLEANS — Two people have died after eating Louisiana oysters infected with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, officials confirmed to WBRZ. A state health official said that the two deaths happened after people ate oysters harvested in Louisiana at two separate restaurants — one in Louisiana and another in Florida.  Jennifer Armentor, molluscan shellfish program administrator from the Louisiana Department of …

A mysterious fungus is turning spiders into real-life ‘zombies,’ consuming their organs and taking control of their behavior. Known as Gibellula attenboroughii, the fungus attaches to the spider, invades its body and devours it from the inside out. It then manipulates the spider’s brain chemistry, altering dopamine levels to force the insect out of its web and into the open, …