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18 hours ago · Additionally, respiratory diseases -- such as the common cold, the flu and even COVID -- can also emerge as people take shelter in congregated settings, where such infections are easily spread.
5 days ago · Chickenpox is an infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It is characterized by itchy red blisters that appear all over the body. Additional Information. Cholera is a bacterial disease called by the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae. Typhoid fever is caused by Bacillus typhous.
18 hours ago · May 29, 2024. Researchers found that periprosthetic joint infections rates were significantly higher in the chemotherapy group at 2, 3, and 4 years for total knee arthroplasty, and at 2, 3, and 4 years for total hip arthroplasty. HealthDay News — Postoperative chemotherapy is associated with an increased incidence of periprosthetic joint ...
3 days ago · It mainly focuses on the weekly reporting of detailed line list of cases and deaths (including "zero" reports) of six priority diseases/syndromes—Malaria, Kala-azar, Dengue, Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE), Cholera and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), and other epidemic potential diseases/syndromes (like enteric fever, Leptospirosis ...
1 day ago · May 28, 2024. The World Health Organization reports there were 473 000 cases of cholera — an acute diarrheal disease that can kill within hours if untreated — in 2022. That is double the number from 2021, and it is estimated to have almost doubled again in 2023, now up to 700,000 cases. Currently, 23 countries are reporting cholera ...
4 hours ago · Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts. About 670 people are confirmed dead while the country's National Disaster Center believes the true death toll could be as high as 2,000 with hundreds of bodies trapped under debris. Population health and infectious disease experts told ABC News that, after a landslide ...
2 days ago · It can be caused by bacterial infections, viral infections, parasitic infections, or autoimmune problems such as inflammatory bowel diseases. It can also be caused by tuberculosis, colon cancer, and enteritis. Dysentery. If there is blood visible in the stools, it is also known as dysentery. The blood is a trace of an invasion of bowel tissue.
