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  1. #Munich #Health Department Launches #Free #Testing for #Sexually Transmitted #Infections

    4 September marks World Sexual Health Day, and Munich authorities are reminding residents of the simple opportunity to find out about the state of their own health completely free of charge, anonymously and without an appointment.

    #Read More👇👇👇

    munchen.news/en/munich/free-te

  2. #Children have borne the brunt of the #infections, making up >70% of confirmed cases. >80 children & adolescents have been hospitalized this year for complications like #pneumonia, which leaves patients gasping for air, & #brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including #blindness, #deafness & intellectual #disabilities. (There are NO treatments for #measles, though researchers are trying to develop them.)

    #idiocracy #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #eugenics

  3. Scientists say "no rats on the ship" so, they got it in ports, all of them...? Or, are these rare examples of human-to-human infections?
    SCIENCE DOT ORG: "Questions About Cruise Ship's Hantavirus and Its Route of Spread Remain"
    #Hantavirus #deadly #airborne #respiratory #failure #heart #cannot #pump #enough #blood #cruise #ship #infections #WHO #NICD #communicable #diseases #MaskUp for #BirdFlu #LongCOVID & #now #this
    science.org/content/article/cr

  4. Tuesday, February 10, 2026

    Ukraine destroys nearly 6,000 Russian FPV drones in major strike on military targets -- Russia's Arctic shadow war: How Moscow’s most-probed front fuels its Ukraine invasion -- The hidden health impact of Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy grid -- Mazda quietly returns to Russian market despite 2022 'exit' ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. You've got COVID & don't know it(!) 49% of cases are completely asymptomatic, or have no respiratory symptoms whatsoever. Only headache or other symptoms.
    - #Yale School of Public Health, citing the #CDC and #Lancet Regional #Health.
    So #MaskUp b/c #CovidIsNotOver #asymptomatic #infections #carrier #NYC #mask #respirator #face #shield #vaccination #HEPA #filtration #rapid #tests no #symptoms | #LongCOVID #surpassed #asthma as #number #one #chronic #illness in #USA

  6. #Epidemiological characteristics of #human #infections with avian #influenza A(#H5N6) virus, #China and #Laos: A multiple case descriptive analysis, February 2014-June 2023 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/386552

    As A(H5N6) continues to circulate and cause severe illness, surveillance and prompt information sharing is important for creating and implementing effective public health measures to reduce the likelihood of additional human infections.

  7. An #AI app claims it can detect #sexually transmitted #infections. Doctors say it's a disaster

    #sti #std #syphilis #gonorrhea #chlamydia #diagnosis #health #disease

    latimes.com/science/story/2024

    > 'There are so many things wrong with this app that I don’t even know where to begin,' one doctor said about Calmara, which says it can identify sexually transmitted infections from photos of penises.

  8. Experimental #antibiotic kills deadly #superbug, opens whole new class of #drugs
    Relatively large molecule clogs a transport system, leading to lethal toxicity. In this case, the new #drug—dubbed #zosurabalpin—fights off the #GramNegative #bacterium carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, aka CRAB. Though it may sound obscure, it's an opportunistic, invasive #bacteria that often strikes hospitalized and critically ill patients, causing deadly #infections worldwide. arstechnica.com/science/2024/0