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"The findings underscore the need for increased surveillance, public awareness, & preventive measures against tick-borne diseases in the Mid-Atlantic region," said Ellen Stromdahl, Ph.D., a retired entomologist at the Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory. "[Clinicians] should consider babesiosis in the differential diagnosis for patients with febrile illness, particularly during peak tick-activity seasons."

#health #medicine #science #research #disease #infection #ticks

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LabrootsBabesiosis is Emerging in the Mid-Atlantic | Clinical And Molecular DxBabesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present in a range of severities... | Clinical And Molecular Dx

#WhoopingCough infections spike as #vaccination rates drop

The #US has reported more than 8,000 cases of whooping cough cases this year, more than double from this time last year. NBC News’ Sam Brock looks at the surge in this #contagious bacterial #infection that spreads through droplets.

“We’re seeing a return of #Dickensian #diseases” w/ the dissemination of anti-vaccine #ConspiracyTheories.

#PublicHealth #vaccines #HHS #RFKJr #Trump #Antivax #science #medicine
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NBC News · Whooping cough infections spike as vaccination rates dropBy NBC News

Ah, missed it... Michigan now on the measles board.

Michigan Health & Human Services:

March 14, 2025

OAKLAND, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Oakland County Health Division have confirmed an adult case of measles in Oakland County. This is the first confirmed case of measles in Michigan this year and the first case since July 2024.

The infected adult had recent overseas travel and their vaccination status is unknown.

michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-mdhh

"If an infected individual is shedding virus via tears, it could reach the nasal cavity, where it could go more directly to the brain," said Professor Deepak Shukla of the Univeersity of Illinois at Chicago. "I think it's underdiagnosed and understudied, but the neurological consequences, we believe, are much more severe than you would normally see with fever blisters or ocular infection."

#herpes #infection #neurology #science #research #health #biology

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LabrootsA Very Common Viral Infection May Cause Neurological Symptoms | Cell And Molecular BiologyHerpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is a common virus; the World Health Organization has estimated that as many as two-thirds of people worldwide .. | Cell And Molecular Biology

#infection : any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused

- French: infection

- German: der Infekt

- Italian: infezione

- Portuguese: infecção

- Spanish: infección

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#Fungus hacks natural immune system to cause neurodegeneration in fruit flies phys.org/news/2025-02-fungus-h

Toll-1-dependent immune evasion induced by fungal #infection leads to cell loss in the #Drosophila brain journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

"Beauveria bassiana was able to make the fly's innate #ImmuneSystem trigger a process that kills neurons and glia in the brain... this enables spores to beat the blood-brain barrier and start feeding on brain cells."

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X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

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