What Do We Understand About Long COVID?
This week marks four years since the outbreak of Covid-19 was officially declared a pandemic. One of the most vexing legacies — one that science still hasn't solved — is long Covid. That's the debilitating condition that can develop in the aftermath of an infection. Millions of Americans are living with the often debilitating symptoms that can include brain fog, shortness of breath, and low energy. Some struggle with simple daily living tasks like laundry and cooking. Four years since the pandemic hit, patients with long Covid are still fighting for answers. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consi...
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
North Carolina labor chief rejects infectious disease rule petitions for workplaces
North Carolina’s elected labor commissioner has declined to adopt rules sought by worker and civil rights groups that would have set safety and masking directives in workplaces for future infectious disease outbreaks like with COVID-19. Commissioner Josh Dobson, a Republican, announced Wednesday…#northcarolinas #joshdobson #northcarolina #stateaflcio #naacp #generalassembly #lukefarley #braxtonwinston #charlottecitycouncil #labordepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Outbreak Linked to Morel Mushroom Exposure - Montana, 2023
This report describes an outbreak linked to consumption of raw morel mushrooms. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 14, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: Foodborne Disease MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
< em > Notes from the Field < /em > : Measles Outbreak - Cook County, Illinois, October-November 2023
This report describes a measles outbreak occurring in unvaccinated, vaccine-eligible children at an apartment complex in Cook County, Illinois. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 14, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: Measles Measles Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
A decade later, Liberians remember those who died in Ebola outbreak
Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, adding to the region’s economic and political troubles (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Namibia: No Outbreak of Dysentery
[Namibian] Health minister Kalumbi Shangula has dispelled reports of a dysentery outbreak in the country, particularly in Windhoek, amidst reports of increased cases of diarrhoea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Namibia Southern Africa Source Type: news
‘One Life’ Review: One Man’s Rescue of Children in Wartime
When Nicholas Winton died in 2015 at 106, his obituary in The New York Times noted that, for decades, he had been startlingly reserved about what he achieved at the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Between the Munich Agreement in 1938 and Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, Winton organized a…#nicholaswinton #worldwarii #munichagreement #poland #winton #jewish #prague #johnnyflynn #anthonyhopkins #jameshawes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paul Alexander, Polio Patient With Iron Lung and Positive Outlook, Dies at 78
DALLAS — Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, built a big following on social media and inspired people around the globe with his positive outlook.
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Alexander died Monday at the age of 78 at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but he did not know the cause of death.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Stengle / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Uganda: Kampala Officials Issue Red Eye Disease Alert for Schools
[Nile Post] The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has warned all headteachers and principals of both government and private education institutions in Kampala regarding an outbreak of conjunctivitis, commonly known as red eye disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news
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The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is 97% effective, so why are we seeing so many outbreaks? CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why the contagious disease is spreading. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: What's Behind the Worldwide Shortage of Cholera Vaccines? for Starters, They're Only Made By One Company
[The Conversation Africa] In February 2024 the World Health Organization announced southern Africa was suffering the deadliest regional outbreak of cholera in at least a decade. At the epicentre of the disaster were Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where cholera cases surged more than four-fold between 2022 and 2023. Over 1,600 deaths were reported in the three countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Mozambique Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Chicago Migrant Shelter Reports Measles Outbreak
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to Chicago to help contain an outbreak of measles that has sickened four.The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported on Monday that two... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
America on verge of measles MAYHEM: Hundreds feared to be infected in California and Arizona outbreaks as US suffers year's worth of cases in two months - as doctors say antivaxxers and Biden's open border policy are allowing virus to spread
Hundreds of people are feared to have been injected in California, Arizona, as measles cases are confirmed in people who visited local hospitals. Officials are warning of a major outbreak. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Brazil's ferocious dengue fever outbreak is a warning to the world: Patients motionless on waiting room floors, wailing in agony from 'bone breaking disease'
Dengue fever is spreading ferociously across much of South America, forcing patients to languish on hospital floors as doctors become overwhelmed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Measles Cases Climb to 4 at Chicago Migrant Shelter Outbreak
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 -- As the number of measles cases at a migrant shelter in Chicago climbed to four on Monday, a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has headed to that city to help contain the outbreak.The Chicago... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
