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4 days ago · 1. Yellow Fever. The quarantine station on Staten Island. Image from New York Public Library. In August 1793, a yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia, killing around 5,000 residents...
3 days ago · Laboratory testing for tickborne disease includes serology and nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). The appropriate testing strategy depends on the suspected infection and duration of symptoms. However, when certain tickborne illnesses (eg, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever) are suspected based on clinical ...
3 days ago · Gorman RJ, Saxon S, Snead OC 3rd. Neurologic sequelae of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Pediatrics. 1981;67:354-357. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Consequences of delayed diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children--West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, May-July 2000.
3 days ago · The Rocky Mountain wood tick and the American dog tick, found in both the eastern and western United States, spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Ticks are also responsible for 5 other less common, though quite distinct, diseases, including ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Colorado tick fever, tick paralysis, and relapsing fever.
3 days ago · An ANC supporter with a mock coffin for the radical-left opposition group the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of former ANC youth leader Julius Malema. Phill Magakoe. Tens of thousands of people wearing yellow T-shirts crowded Africa's biggest stadium Saturday, as the ruling but troubled African National Congress threw its last campaign bash ...
5 days ago · The iconic light-up dancefloor from the classic 1977 disco movie “Saturday Night Fever” is going up for auction next month and is expected to sell for as much as $300-thousand. The 24- by 16-foot dancefloor features colorful panels lighted by 288 lightbulbs and will be among the most notable items in the “Hollywood Legends” sale being ...
11 hours ago · UPDATE: 1:50 P.M. SALEM, Va. (WFXR) — The National Weather Service (NWS) has released new details after an EF-1 tornado briefly ripped through the City of Salem on Sunday. NWS says the tornad…
