Now we have a whole other headache to deal with as a disease known as Babesiosis or Babesia (see video below) is spreading in six states including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. The disease is spread through deer ticks (a.k.a black-legged ...
Although bedbugs live on blood, there is no evidence they can effectively spread blood-borne disease. Aside from the stigma associated with them, the biggest problem with bedbugs is the allergic reaction their saliva can induce in humans. Bedbug Eye (Image credit: CDC/ Janice Haney Carr) A ...
Pegivirus C or GBV-C is avirusthat does not cause clinical symptoms. Multiple studies have shown HIV patients infected with GBV-C live longer in comparison to patients without it. The virus slows disease progression byblocking the host receptorsrequired for viral entry into the cell, and promote...
Dr. Joao Furtado, co-investigator from University of São Paulo and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, speculates that manipulating proteins within the eye might have therapeutic applications to limit the severity of the disease. "There is no cure for toxoplasmosis, which is mos...
He said: "After clean water, vaccination is the most effective public health intervention in the world for saving lives and protecting people against disease. "I am sure we all agree that learning from the outbreak is an important process so that we can be confident that the public continues...
Although everyone laughs out loud at those funny videos of people falling down on the ice, it’s really no laughing matter. In 2011, more than 22,000 adults died from injuries that involved falling, most of them occurring in the winter months, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...