#infections — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #infections, aggregated by home.social.
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Acute #infections have been recently linked to #cancer progression, but they can also elicit #AntiTumor immune responses. This article explores our gaps in understanding how infections differentially skew #immune programs to promote or restrain cancer progression
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GLP-1s Are Being Linked to Fewer Serious Infections, Including TB
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49558086
#HackerNews #GLP1s #Health #TB #Infections #Research #Medicine
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Greece's #West #Nile Season Is the Worst Since 2018 — and #Europe's Is Far From Over
"#Greece recorded 75 new locally acquired West Nile #virus #infections in a single week."
https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/08/greeces-west-nile-season-is-worst-since.html
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Tick-borne virus: Virtually the whole biosphere is constrained by basic parameters such as temperature, which is why the #ClimateCrisis affects all life. One example that should be known more widely is the spread of deadly #infections with shifting climate zones:
https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-tick-borne-virus-gains-ground-europe-climate-warms -
CW: health,healthcare
Severe COVID-19 may wake up dormant viruses and lead to lasting physical disability, study finds
Nearly half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had a dormant virus flare back to life, and one family of viruses found in the majority of people was t...
#health #infections-&-disease #viruses
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/severe-covid-19-may-wake-up-dormant-viruses-and-lead-to-lasting-physical-disability-study-finds -
#USA, Two #human #infections with #influenza #H1N2v virus were reported by the #Michigan (US CDC, August 21 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/08/usa-two-human-infections-with-influenza.html
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19-Aug-2026
New discovery could help scientists fight deadly fungal #infections -
‘TickCrusher’ kit tests for Lyme disease anxiety in 15 minutes
Tick this item off your summer must-buy list. Americans are smack dab in the throes of an apocalyptic…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Exclusive #Health #infections #Insects #Lifestyle #LymeDisease #Ticks
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/811332/ -
TikTok food critic Christina Hart details ‘miserable’ experience of contracting ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite
A Tennessee-based social media food critic revealed she recently came down with a “miserable” bout of cyclosporiasis that…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cdc #foodpoisoning #infections #Influencers #PublicHealth #TikTok #USNews
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/806626/ -
#UK, Sharp rise in #cyclospora #infections linked to #Mexico #travel (UKHSA, July 31 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/07/uk-sharp-rise-in-cyclospora-infections.html
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Florida reports first 2026 death from flesh-eating bacteria. How to reduce your risk of Vibrio vulnificus infection before dining or swimming in the ocean.
Florida health officials confirmed the state’s first death this year from the flesh-eating bacte…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #brackishwater #ClevelandClinic #confirmedcases #Florida #infections #StonyBrookUniversity #typeofbacteria #Vibriospecies #vibriovulnificus
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/792659/ -
A biblical disease is back with a vengeance in Florida
Nine-banded armadillos are a common sight across the southern US. You’ll find them digging in flower beds and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Animals #diseases #Health #infections #USNews
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/789640/ -
#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
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/23/alarm-hospital-lung-admissions-children-england-poorest. "Children living in the poorest areas across #England are 40% more likely to be admitted to #hospital for #respiratory #infections, an #analysis of #NHSEngland #data shows, with experts raising the alarm on the #impact of #airpollution on young people’s #health."
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$46-per-class fitness studio is leaving people with ringworm: reports
Folks who shelled out as much as $46 for an exercise class are going home with more than…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #AU #Australia #Exercise #fungus #Health #infections #Metro
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/808751/ -
HUN-REN Researchers Use Viruses to Fight Bacterial Infections in Major European Study
Researchers at the HUN-REN Biological Research Center in Szeged (HUN-REN BRC Szeged) have joined a major European research…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Bacteria #HorizonEurope #HUN-REN #infections #Phagetherapy #research #therapy
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/806050/ -
"#Measles doesn't just make you miserable for a week or two. It infects immune cells, including the long-lived memory cells your body uses to recognize #infections it has already beaten, and it wipes out part of that hard-won memory.
A 2019 study in Science found measles erased anywhere from 11% to 73% of children's existing antibody repertoire, and even kids with mild cases lost about 20% on average."
(in other news, #vaccines are good)
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-measles-isnt-coin-flip-death-isnt-only-bad-outcome
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$46-per-class fitness studio is leaving people with ringworm: reports
Folks who shelled out as much as $46 for an exercise class are going home with more than…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Fitness #exercise #fungus #Health #infections #Metro
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/765059/ -
The First Pandemic? Scientists Find 214 Ancient Pathogens In Prehistoric DNA
Shutterstock Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ago, likely triggered by farming and animal domestication. These ancient infections may still influence us today, and help guide the vaccines of tomorrow…….Continue reading…. By: University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical […] -
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Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.
A 15-year study suggests that long-term malaria control may depend as much on protecting environments as it does on ...
#health #infections-&-disease #viruses
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/malaria-had-nearly-been-eliminated-around-a-giant-dam-in-the-amazon-but-then-it-came-roaring-back-experts-just-discovered-why -
10-Jul-2026
#CruiseShip air #pollution could make viral #infections worsehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1135474
#science #environment #banCruiseShips #publicHealth -
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’Explosive diarrhea’ parasite infections confirmed in hundreds of people across US, with 1,251 in Michigan alone
Michigan has been particularly hard hit by the cyclosporiasis outbreak, with 1,251 cases reported—the highest in the state’s history.
#health #infections-&-disease #viruses
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/explosive-diarrhea-parasite-infections-confirmed-in-hundreds-of-people-across-us-with-1-251-in-michigan-alone -
Tick-removal tricks: what works and what to skip
Tick these TikTok tricks off your list. With the rise in disease-harboring ticks across the country also comes…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #Exclusive #infections #Insects #LymeDisease #Ticks
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/736929/ -
Grotesque ‘zombie squirrels’ with oozing warts spotted roaming through US backyards
Zombie-esque squirrels covered in oozing, wart-like tumors have been invading backyards across the United States and the reason…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Animals #AU #Australia #infections #Science #Squirrels #usnews #virus
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/761558/ -
#Surveillance of West Nile Virus {#WNV} #Human #Infections in #Europe, Weekly Report (ECDC, Jun. 18 '26): First two cases reported in #Italy, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/06/surveillance-of-west-nile-virus-wnv_0794947267.html
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Florida teen ‘fighting for his life’ from flesh-eating bacteria
What started as a simple scrape has turned into a medical nightmare for one Florida teen. After swimming…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #Bacteria #blood #contaminatedwater #deaths #Florida #foodpoisoning #infections #PublicHealth
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/708913/ -
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’This might be the point of no return’: Experts on the current measles outbreak and where we go from here
Live Science spoke with two authors of a
#health #infections-&-disease #viruses
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/this-might-be-the-point-of-no-return-experts-on-the-current-measles-outbreak-and-where-we-go-from-here -
#Surveillance of West Nile Virus #WNV #infections in #human in #Europe, Weekly Report (ECDC, June 12 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/06/surveillance-of-west-nile-virus-wnv.html
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Evaluation of #antiviral #treatments for highly pathogenic avian #influenza virus #infections in #feline species, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/06/evaluation-of-antiviral-treatments-for.html