A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to begin penetrating the skin and transforming into the parasitic flatworms that burden more than ...
Sep 9, 2016
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In the nearly 50 years since epidemiologists first discovered Legionnaires' disease, we have learned how to test for it, treat it and prevent it. So why are people still dying from it and why are more and more people becoming ...
Aug 19, 2019
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New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that disease-causing amoebas that live on organic leafy vegetables ...
Apr 23, 2022
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The old "get out of the water" fear once was stoked by a fictional shark tale set off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
Mar 7, 2023
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The Food Safety Information Council today released information about coronaviruses, COVID-19 and food safety.
Apr 3, 2020
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Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large ...
Aug 23, 2022
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After helping me put away Christmas decorations for another year, my younger daughter and I decided to have a tea party … just because. I retrieved my treasured china tea pot that my mom hand-painted many years ago and ...
Jan 22, 2021
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A large outbreak of typhoid on a ship in the Netherlands has been traced to contaminated water, this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen, April 15-18) will hear.
Apr 1, 2023
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University of Sydney researchers have developed a model that can predict outbreaks several months in advance, and its results come as a warning ahead of the Easter long weekend.
Apr 18, 2019
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(HealthDay) -- Picnics, parades and cookouts are as much a part of Memorial Day weekend as tributes to the United States' war veterans.
May 26, 2012
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