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  1. #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

  2. "#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)

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-

  3. 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 […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  4. CW: healthcare

    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
    livescience.com/health/viruses

  5. CW: healthcare

    ’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
    livescience.com/health/viruses

  6. CW: healthcare

    ’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
    livescience.com/health/viruses

  7. CW: healthcare

    Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study finds

    Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.

    #cancer #health #infections-&-disease #viruses
    livescience.com/health/cancer/

  8. CW: health,healthcare

    A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

    A pill called ensitrelvir is the first drug shown to effectively reduce infection after exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

    #coronavirus #health #infections-&-disease #viruses
    livescience.com/health/coronav

  9. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  10. 🚢🧼 Epidemiologists study how the interconnected environments of cruise #ships allow #infections to spread between passengers. Factors such as shared ventilation systems, buffet dining, and communal #water sources like hot tubs make these vessels more susceptible to certain pathogens.

    👉 sciencealert.com/expert-explai

    #health #science #biology #travel #medicine #viruses #safety #education #research

  11. 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

  12. Hantaviruses cause two serious syndromes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a severe disease that effects the lungs, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, a severe disease that affects the kidneys.
    #biology #virology #publichealth #pathology #infections #tourism
    thestar.com/news/world/africa/