Video The common, deadly disease in babies you’ve never heard of1:51 CMV is one of the most common infectious diseases for babies – but most haven’t heard of it until it’s too late. Why aren’t pregnant women being warned about the virus risk of cytomegalovirus? June 27th 2019 7 hours ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Lifestyle – syndicated/Health/ Health… Read More »
Editorial pages focus on these public health topics and others. Bloomberg: Dementia And Firearms Make A Lethal Combination Nationwide since 2012, firearms have been used in at least 15 homicides and more than 95 suicides related to dementia, a Kaiser Health News investigation found. This is probably a severe undercount, because dementia often goes undiagnosed.… Read More »
Conditions The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 80,000 people died from the flu last year alone. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe this season. What is the flu? eldar nurkovic/Shutterstock The flu is a contagious respiratory illness that’s caused by influenza viruses, according to the Centers for Disease Control… Read More »
Globetrotting might have made pandemics less likelyZhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images By Clare Wilson It’s what keeps microbiologists awake at night: when the next deadly disease breaks out, modern air travel means it will be halfway round the world before we even notice. Or does it? Mass air travel might instead mean some bad outbreaks… Read More »