insert_link Health & Wellness Infectious Diseases Run Rampant in US in 2019 Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased. And that was just the United States. Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa and a surge in dengue fever in Asia. There were also backslides in some diseases, like polio, that the world was close to wiping out. "It’s been a tough year for infectious diseases,” said Dr. […] todayDecember 31, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Can You Get Legionnaires’ Disease From Your Hot Tub? The answer, unfortunately, is YES. The families of four dead from Legionnaires' disease and 141 infected people can blame a hot tub display at the Mountain State Fair in North Carolina, according to state health officials. Legionella pneumophilia, the bacteria that lives in pooled water and infects those who inhale water droplets containing the bacteria, causes flu-like symptoms that progress into pneumonia. Early information gathered by local health departments […] todayOctober 30, 2019
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