Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

I live in a unit. How can I cut my risk of getting COVID?

Governments are pressing ahead with home quarantine for returning travelers and people are isolating at home due to COVID-19. So now is a good time to think about what you can do to reduce your risk of infection if you live ...

Neuroscience

Video: Immune system attacks brain-eating amoeba

Naegleria fowleri—commonly known as "the brain-eating amoeba"—can be found in warm fresh water. It's a single-celled, free swimming animal that reaches the brain through the nasal passageway by traveling up the olfactory ...

Radiology & Imaging

FDA: Stop using Eco-Med ultrasound gels, lotions

(HealthDay)—Health care providers and facilities should immediately stop using and discard all ultrasound gels and lotions manufactured by Eco-Med Pharmaceutical Inc. due to a risk for bacterial contamination, according ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Living by oil and gas drilling linked to lower birthweights

A new study from Oregon State University found that infants born within 3 kilometers of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly lower birthweights than those born before drilling began in their vicinity.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus and food safety: What the studies say

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, not much was known about SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus) and its survival in food, on various materials and on surfaces. Since then, several food safety agencies have assessed the risk of potentially ...

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