by owner | Feb 2, 2025 | Medical, News
In recent months, Texas schools have reported a notable increase in student absences due to various illnesses. This trend is not isolated to Texas; health officials across the United States are closely monitoring similar patterns to prevent further outbreaks. Current...
by owner | Jan 4, 2025 | Medical, News
The holiday season is usually a time for joy and togetherness, but this year, health experts are warning about a concerning surge of illnesses, creating what’s being called a “quad-demic.” This refers to the simultaneous rise in cases of four...
by owner | Dec 5, 2024 | CDC, Medical, News
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. dairy herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously...
by owner | Apr 24, 2023 | Medical, News, U.K.
Five people who had the Arcturus strain of Covid have died, according to the latest data from public health chiefs. As of 17 April there were 105 cases of XBB.1.16 – also known as Arcturus – in England, with infections located in all regions apart from the North East....
by owner | Apr 21, 2023 | California, Medical, News
Los Angeles County has identified the first local cases of a newly emerging strain of COVID-19, the public health director said, although the numbers remain generally low and current vaccines are believed to be effective in preventing severe illness from it. Commonly...
by owner | Oct 30, 2022 | Medical
Engineers at Duke University have developed a novel delivery system for cancer treatment and demonstrated its potential against one of the disease’s most troublesome forms. In newly published research in mice with pancreatic cancer, the scientists showed how a...
