Don’t Panic, But Leprosy Might Be Endemic in Florida Now
Leprosy is probably best known as the disease that made people “unclean” in Biblical times, so it may seem surprising that the CDC published a report this week suggesting that…
Here’s What Will Probably Cause the Next Pandemic
Image: ETAJOE (Shutterstock) In the opening of HBO’s The Last of Us, a couple of scientists on a 1960s-era interview show debate the possibility of a fungus-driven pandemic destroying humanity.…
Stop Using These Eyedrops Immediately, CDC Says ?
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to stop issuing and using EzriCare Artificial Tears while they investigate dozens of bacterial infections that…
Masks Aren’t to Blame for the Surge in RSV and Flu Right Now
Photo: Ground Picture (Shutterstock) This year’s flu season is shaping up to be especially bad, with the current weekly number of cases at extraordinarily high levels. Meanwhile, doctors are seeing…
US Woman Put On Life Support After Pet Dog “Head Butted” Her While Playing
Ms Stevenson is back home and is suffering one major side effect. (Unsplash/Representative Photo)A dog owner in the United States was put on life support after her overexcited dog accidentally…
What is a vaccine and how do they work? Find out in Science with Sam
Since the first vaccine was developed in 1796, vaccinations have been phenomenally successful at preventing infectious diseases, and wiping out some altogether. The latest video in our new YouTube series,…
First case of coronavirus reinfection leaves big questions unanswered
By Jessica Hamzelou Commuters wearing face coverings in Hong KongLam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images A healthy 33-year-old man is the first person confirmed to have caught the coronavirus twice, according…
How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war
By Alice Klein Jewish civilians were forcibly removed from the Warsaw ghetto by German SS soldiers during an uprising in May 1943US National Archives / Alamy Jewish people confined inside…
A bad UK winter could cause 120,000 covid-19 deaths in hospitals
By Jessica Hamzelou Ambulance crews treat a patient with possible COVID-19 symptoms. As the list of recognised Covid-19 symptoms grows, paramedics are forced to treat every patient as being a…
A bad UK winter could cause 120,000 hospital deaths linked to covid-19
By Jessica Hamzelou Ambulance crews treat a patient with possible covid-19 symptomsPhoto by Leon Neal/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A particularly “challenging winter” could bring a second wave of coronavirus infections that leads to…