New sexual health data released by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney show a mixed picture for Australia, with rates of syphilis and gonorrhea remaining high after significant increases since 2016—and chlamydia stable but ...
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The Tampa Bay Times reported the death of an older woman on Sept. 8, 2026. Her family says local doctors attributed her death to dengue fever, although the Florida Department of Health has not yet confirmed it.
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For the first time in Canada, researchers are intentionally exposing healthy volunteers to influenza under carefully controlled conditions to establish a research model that could accelerate the evaluation of future influenza ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Chile has become the first country in South America to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans, following more than five decades of public health "prevention and surveillance," the World Health Organization said Monday.
Sep 15, 2026
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Federal health officials are reporting a nationwide rise in the number of people exposed to rabid or possibly rabid animals.
Sep 15, 2026
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Infection can develop in up to 10–20% of patients after a cesarean delivery, and the risk nearly doubles for those who have an unplanned cesarean delivery, such as those performed during labor.
Sep 15, 2026
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Where a patient undergoes heart surgery can significantly affect their risk of infection following the procedure, with some patients facing more than double the risk of others, according to a new Michigan Medicine study.
Sep 15, 2026
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Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia—a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts. Unlike many antibiotics that are falling ...
Air pollution is linked to different risks of bacterial pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis, depending on the bacterial subtype a person carries, new research suggests.
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Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed tiny biological vesicles that, in animal studies, were able ...
Sep 14, 2026
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