Risk for Meniere disease higher in patients with atopic dermatitis
The prevalence of Meniere disease is higher in people with atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a study published online Nov. 12 in The Laryngoscope.
Dec 6, 2024
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Eye Diseases: News and Research on Conjunctival Diseases
MeSH tree: C11.187
How to avoid eye infections—and what to do if you get one
Sir Elton John recently revealed on ABC's Good Morning America that he lost the sight in his right eye after suffering from an eye infection. With poor vision in his left eye too, John said. "It's been four months now since ...
Dec 1, 2024
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Study shows association between climate change and eye maladies
Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more than doubled during times when ambient particulate matter from air pollution was in the atmosphere, signaling a possible association between climate ...
Nov 16, 2024
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Falling vaccination rates brings spikes in measles worldwide
Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the preventable illness in 2023, health officials reported Wednesday.
Nov 15, 2024
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Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Health officials on Wednesday confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen and said the virus was related to a poultry outbreak in the province.
Nov 13, 2024
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H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets, but does not appear to be circulating anymore
A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected animals in studies University ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Emails reveal how health departments struggle to track human cases of bird flu
Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can't determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months.
Oct 28, 2024
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Q&A: Is bird flu a threat to humans?
As California's Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and interim health officer ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Rates of infectious eye disease in Indigenous Aussie kids continue to fall
Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to fall, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Oct 11, 2024
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Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in US
Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year in an ongoing outbreak affecting the nation's dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.
Oct 4, 2024
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