CDC confirms black-legged ticks can cause red meat allergy in humans
A woman in Maine developed a dangerous meat allergy after a black-legged tick bite—prompting the CDC to rethink which ticks ...
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Nigeria and DRC take action with new mpox vaccine rollouts
Nigeria is to begin the immediate rollout of 5,000 doses of mpox vaccines while the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
Tips to help keep feet healthy during summer and prevent athlete’s foot
As the days heat up and we head into the Summer, many of us suddenly seem to remember that the ...
Study exposes racial disparities in Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment times
A recent JAMA Network Open study investigates whether the time of Lyme disease (LD) diagnosis and treatment varies between Black and White ...
Study attributes increased transmissibility of Monkeypox Clade IIb to genomic accordions
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers performed a genomic study of confirmed Monkeypox virus (MPXV) cases ...
Vaccines used to prevent monkeypox
The monkeypox virus is a DNA virus that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus. This genus comprises other viruses such as camelpox, cowpox, ...
Concern over two cases of monkeypox-related neurological complications in the U.S.
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is an orthopoxvirus that belongs to the Poxviridae family. The recent multinational outbreak of monkeypox has spread to 96 ...
CDC Health Alert Network provides recommendations to manage the recent increase in severe respiratory illness among children
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Health Alert Network (HAN) has provided certain recommendations to inform healthcare ...
The maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by monkeypox infection
A new study reviews the available evidence on the impact of monkeypox infection during pregnancy. Study: Monkeypox infection in pregnancy: a ...
False positive monkeypox tests in low-risk patients with no exposures
In a recent study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the researchers reported three monkeypox diagnoses presenting atypical ...