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Could Your Cat Give You the Plague?
Human cases are rare in the United States, but in some Western areas cats that hunt rodents can become infected — and even pass on the disease to their owners. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-health your-feed-animals Rodents Pets Bacteria Cats Plague Infections Fleas Rats Fever Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic System Bubonic Plague Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oregon Source Type: news

Some Pregnant Women and Infants Received the Wrong R.S.V. Shots
Doctors and pharmacists seem to be confused by the guidelines. And the brand names aren ’t helping. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Children and Childhood Babies and Infants Clinical Trials Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Premature Babies Pregnancy and Childbirth Drugstores Centers for Disease Control and Prevention GSK PLC Pfizer Inc Source Type: news

CDC May Consider Loosening COVID Isolation Guidance
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 -- New, proposed guidance being weighed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days. This is the first... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

A Man Has Died From Alaskapox. Here ’s What We Know About the Virus
Alaska’s health department reports that the first person in the state has died from a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox. The elderly man—who was immunocompromised due to cancer treatments—first noticed an unusual lesion in his right armpit last September, according to Alaska health officials who spoke to TIME about the case. He was prescribed antibiotics at his local emergency room on the Kenai Peninsula, but after multiple visits and a worsening, painful infection, he was transferred to a hospital in Anchorage. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The patient tested positive for ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

C.D.C. Considers Ending 5-Day Isolation Period for Covid
Americans may be advised that it ’s safe to return to regular routines after one day without a fever. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Quarantines Disease Rates Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Masks Deaths (Fatalities) Epidemics Influenza Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source Type: news

Recommendations Developed for Tests to Support Diagnosis of Syphilis
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 -- In a report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published online Feb. 8 in the agency ' s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, recommendations are presented for tests that can support a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Spikes in air pollution may increase suicide risk
A study combining air quality data and suicide reports from across China confirms earlier observations that heavy air pollution from traffic, factories, coal-fired power plants, and home heating can increase the risk of suicide. The study, published today, suggests a Chinese battle plan to clear the air, launched a decade ago, helped prevent some 45,970 suicides from 2013 to 2017. “It’s a well-done study,” says Roger McIntyre, a psychiatrist at the University of Toronto. It’s also the first investigation he knows of that links lower suicide rates to improved air quality. Researchers have long known that...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Mystery illness plagues Queen Victoria cruise ship as 154 passengers experience vomiting and diarrhea
A mystery gastrointestinal illness has spread aboard a cruise ship and now as many as 154 aboard are experiencing symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the midst of investigating the massive outbreak on the Queen Victoria, operated by…#queenvictoria #cunardcruiseline #southampton #abc #fortlauderdale #fla #honolulu #cdc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Flu hangs on in U.S., fading in some areas and intensifying in others
The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday showed a continued national drop in flu hospitalizations, but other indicators were up — including the…#cdc #aliciabudd #southeast #westcoast #midwest #chapelhill #davidweber #uncmedicalcenter #rsv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Illness outbreak spreads aboard Queen Victoria cruise ship, leaving 154 sick
The cause of the outbreak aboard the Queen Victoria Cruise is currently unknown. An illness outbreak aboard a Cunard Cruise Line ship has spread, now leaving at least 154 people experiencing symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A…#victoriacruise #queenvictoria #fortlauderdale #florida #honolulu #cdc #cunardcruiseline #abcnews #v405 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trends in firearm injury prevention research funding, clinical trials, and publications in the US, 1985-2022 - Lin JC, Chang C, McCarthy MS, Baker-Butler A, Tong G, Ranney ML.
In 1996, the US Congress passed the Dickey Amendment, effectively removing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) ability to fund firearm injury prevention research. Similar limitations were placed on the National Institutes of Health (NI... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

CDC: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is allowing an additional 30 days for comments on a proposed information collection project titled "Formative Research and Tool Development." This information collection request is designed to allow CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) to conduct formative research information collection activities used to inform many aspects of surveillance, communications, health promotion, and research project development for NCHHSTP's four priority diseases: HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD/STI), viral hepatitis, tube...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 9, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Motivations for Substance Use in Teens Mainly Linked to Reducing Stress
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 -- The motivations underlying substance use among adolescents are mainly related to reducing stress, according to research published in the Feb. 8 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Listeria outbreak: What to know and how to protect yourself
A deadly outbreak of listeria in 11 states has been linked to dozens of dairy products, including popular Super Bowl snacks queso fresco and Cotija cheese, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. But what can you do reduce your risk of becoming infected? What to know…#superbowl #cdc #fda #rizolópezfoods #deli #fahrenheit #mungbean #wash #remove # (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Recalled dairy products may be linked to listeria outbreak in 7 states, CDC warns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert for recalled cheeses, yogurts and sour creams potentially linked to a multistate outbreak of listeria that has sickened 26, hospitalized 23 and left two people dead. Rizo-López Foods issued a voluntary recall on Monday…#rizolópezfoods #modesto #cdc #fda #campesino #casacardenas #donfrancisco #elhuache #foodcity #laordena (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news