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#infection — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH

    Scientists work in a laboratory at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which could lose research…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #funding #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #infection #multidisciplinary #Politics #Science #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/719270/

  2. When I was living in Sri Lanka during Covid, I remember people didn't want to eat fish, because Indians often put dead bodies into rivers, which end up in the Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka and into the bellies of fish.

    #srilanka #india #covid #covid19 #infection #health #publichealth #sanitation #fish #food #epidemic

  3. In the West, cyclospora infections are called an 'outbreak', but, in India, where people traditionally use farmland as a public toilet, they're very common. They develop resistance to it and avoid it by cooking most food, but it often causes 'traveller's diarrhoea' in tourists.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    #west #cyclospora #diarrhoea #diarrhea #outbreak #india #fertiliser #fertilizer #farmland #toilet #tourism #cooking #food #parasite #infection #health #publichealth #sanitation

  4. #Oropouche Virus (OROV) in #Pregnancy: An Emerging Cause of #Placental & #Fetal #Infection Associated with #Stillbirth & #Microcephaly following Vertical Transmission, Viruses: mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/9/1435

    This communication examines biology, epidemiology, & clinical features of #OROV, summarizes the 2023–24 epidemic, & describes reported cases of vertical transmission & #congenital infection, fetal death, and #microcephaly in pregnant women with Oropouche fever,...

  5. So, how long after a #URI (upper #respiratory #infection) can one go back to #strength #training? I am no longer #coughing and almost not phlegming anymore...

    (Note my excessive use of #hashtags in an attempt to reach a wider audience for better feedback)

  6. Prescription poop is here: FDA approves fecal slurry for unshakeable diarrhea - Enlarge / Laboratory technicians in France prepare stool to treat patie... - arstechnica.com/?p=1901516 #clostridiumdifficile #fecaltransplant #clinicaltrial #microbiome #infection #microbes #science #ferring #rebyota #c.diff #enema #fda #fmt

  7. Exciting new opportunity opening up in Dublin, Ireland for a senior clinical academic in Infectious Diseases.

    Progressive centre and a dynamic team. Focussing on #GlobalHealth #HCID #HIV #Immunosuppression

    Check it out and come work with us!

    #JobFairy #IDMastodon #IDtwitter #Infection #InfectiousDisease

  8. Gulf Coast tests confirm deadly tropical soil bacterium now endemic to US - Enlarge / Burkholderia pseudomallei grown on sheep blood agar for 24 ho... - arstechnica.com/?p=1870109 #burkholderiapseudomallei #infectiousdisease #publichealth #melioidosis #infection #bacteria #science #cdc

  9. Man has massive, rotting scrotum removed after avoiding doctors for decades - Enlarge (credit: Getty )
    After three decades of progressive symptoms, a 43-year-old man from Pana... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1588083 #parasiticinfection #lymphaticsystem #inflammation #infection #science #scrotum #surgery #urology