The year-old Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now considered a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a formal declaration that many public health experts called long overdue. “This is still a regional emergency and by no way a global threat,” said Robert Steffen of the University… Read More »
Flesh-eating bacteria are invading once untouched US beaches as climate change heats up East Coast oceans – and infections have increased five-fold Water surface temperatures have been rising year-over-year since 1901 Flesh-eating, water-dwelling Vibrio bacteria prefer warmer water Until recently, the Delaware Bay was too cold for infections – which typically strike those with weakened… Read More »
Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami are the cities most likely to see the next measles outbreaks, according to an unusual new study. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Johns Hopkins University mapped the 25 American counties most at risk of measles because of their vaccine-exemption rates and proximity to airports. A similar… Read More »
Wales to become a ‘global player’ in cancer treatment as pioneering centre opens offering proton beam that saved Ashya King to NHS patients The first UK centre using the method was officially opened today Rutherford Cancer Centre has been treating cancer patients since April 2018 Ryan Scott, 23, is the first NHS Wales patient to… Read More »
One of the people affected by the Clark County, Washington, measles outbreak attended a Portland Trailblazers game at the Moda Center on January 11. Pictured here is the arena on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Look at what made the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) just-released list of “10 threats to global health in 2019.” Right… Read More »