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A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick animals' urine, according to a public health advisory distributed to local doctors by county health ...
Nov 25, 2024
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women (grade A recommendation). This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation statement published ...
Nov 20, 2024
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In May, the WHO raised the alarm over the rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs) in many regions of the world, currently running at more than a million new cases per day. Among high-income countries, ...
Nov 15, 2024
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The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.
Nov 12, 2024
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Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota. Scrambling to tamp down the spread of the devastating disease, public health officials are blasting ...
Nov 11, 2024
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About 10% of Americans believe they are allergic to penicillin, and approximately 90% of those patients are not actually allergic. As a result, those with the penicillin allergy label are often prescribed more toxic, dangerous ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause lasting health problems for patients.
Oct 23, 2024
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Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar with some of these—such as Lyme disease—there are many others you've probably never heard of, including some that have been ...
Oct 14, 2024
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Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, and 4 in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as ...
Oct 8, 2024
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Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as the West Nile virus.
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