Tags: Infectious disease

36 New Tombs With 30 to 40 Mummies Each Discovered in Aswan City in Egypt; Burials Contain Mummified Families Who Could Have Died Due to Infectious Disease

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.27.2024 21:22 PM

They found several mummified families in the tombs, noting that they could have died due to an infection. Read to learn more.

Leprosy Cases Surge in Florida, Sparking Fears That the Disease Is Becoming Endemic

03.21.2024 21:20 PM

Florida has been seeing a tremendous rise in leprosy cases, though the exact drivers of the growth remain a mystery. Read to learn more.

Morgellons Disease: Is It an Infectious or Delusional Condition?

12.29.2023 10:00 AM

Experts are baffled by a mysterious illness called Morgellons disease characterized by non-healing skin lesions with crawling or stinging sensations. Read the article to find out more.

New Drug That Might Prevent Clostridioides Difficile Infections in Development [Study]

03.27.2023 08:30 AM

Scientists discovered a compound that could potentially prevent Clostridioides difficile infections. Read for more details.

Repurposed UTI Drug Used To Treat Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection; How Do People Get Infected With This Deadly Bacteria?

02.07.2023 04:26 AM

The rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba kills 90% of affected people. Check out what repurposed UTI drug treated the infection.

Monkeypox Outbreak in UK: How Does the Disease Spread? 5 Steps to Take to Prevent Transmission of the Virus

05.15.2022 02:37 AM

2 new cases of monkeypox have been reported in England. How is this infectious disease spreading and how can it be prevented? Read on to find the answers.

You Can’t Be Infected with TB and COVID-19 At the Same Time, New Study in Mice Suggests

03.25.2022 04:17 AM

People with tuberculosis may not be infected with COVID-19 at the same time, a new study in mice suggested. Find out more about the new discovery here.

CDC Confirms Monkeypox Case in Maryland After a Traveler Returns From Nigeria, Virus Has Been Re-emerging Since 2017

11.17.2021 21:08 PM

An occurrence of monkeypox in Maryland was confirmed recently following the return of a traveler from Nigeria to the United States.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease in African Buffalo Shows Persistence of Highly Infectious Pathogens

09.30.2021 23:48 PM

A new study on foot-and-mouth disease in African buffalo could help explain how some extremely infectious pathogens are able to continue and reach the prevalent stage in a population long after they have burned through their first pool of vulnerable hosts.

Norovirus Outbreaks Threaten the UK as it Moves to Lift COVID-19 Restrictions; Here's How to Stop the Vomiting Bug from Spreading

07.18.2021 04:00 AM

As the United Kingdom begins to ease its restrictions against COVID-19, a new outbreak is on the rise: Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug.

Active Cancer Patients More Likely to Die from COVID-19, Need to Take More Precautions

06.07.2021 05:00 AM

New research recently showed active cancer patients admitted at the hospital were more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who have a history of cancer or don't have any diagnosis of cancer.

COVID-19 Inhibitor: Newly Discovered Nanobodies That Could Prevent SARS-CoV-2, New Variants from Entering Cells

04.27.2021 07:44 AM

Researchers discovered the neutralizing effects of nanobodies on SARS-CoV-2, preclinical models show.

Air Currents NOT Social Distancing Puts People at Risk of COVID-19, 6-Feet Policy Useless?

04.25.2021 01:04 AM

MIT researchers debunked policies by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on social distancing, as such won't pose as much a threat for COVID-19 transmission as air currents indoors.

Flushing in Public Toilets Spread COVID-19 Aerosols, Increasing Risk of Transmission

04.21.2021 01:34 AM

A study showed that microbe-carrying aerosol droplets shoot up in the air as public toilets are flushed, confirming previous studies that public restrooms are hotbeds for viruses, potentially COVID-19.

Swimming Pool With Chlorine Can Effectively Kill COVID-19 [Study]

04.13.2021 22:01 PM

British researchers found out that chlorinated swimming pool water can effectively inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 in just 30 seconds.

COVID-19 May Have Come from Bats, WHO Now Investigates How It Was Transferred to People

01.14.2021 21:00 PM

SARS-CoV-2, may have originated in bats, but how it gets transmitted to people has now been the subject of strong speculation and is currently being investigated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

US-Wide Pandemic Study Shows COVID-19's Complicated Impact Beyond Respiratory System

12.10.2020 17:00 PM

Pneumonia and respiratory failure are among the most frequent complications among those who got COVID-19 infections.

Deviant Burials: Infectious Diseases or Something Scarier?

09.04.2020 07:50 AM

Anthropologists have been trying to understand the reasons for deviant burials such as being buried face-down. Throughout history, evidence points towards preventing infectious diseases, fear of the dead coming back as evil creatures, and vampires.

Hantavirus Case Reported in China: Nothing to Worry About

03.26.2020 02:01 AM

While COVID-19 continues to spread, infect and kill the world, another virus reportedly caused the death of a man in China on Monday. Reportedly, this man who died was tested positive for hantavirus.

Mongoose Study Helps Determine How Infectious Diseases Spread

03.12.2020 09:52 AM

Through observation on banded mongoose populace across several environments in Botswana, the team of researchers was able to obtain insight into how in which type of and behavior of animals interact to affect the spread of "novel tuberculosis pathogen" transmitted employing "olfactory communication behaviors."

Severe Infectious Disease in UK Frogs Due to Climate Change

05.10.2019 08:09 AM

This is one of the first studies that provide strong evidence of the impact of climate change on wildlife disease and helps to explain how it may facilitate the spread of Ranavirus across the UK

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