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Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by high-level winds - Living microbes that cause disease in humans and host antibiotic-resistance genes carried 1,200 miles, in a new study that found microbes (including E Coli, Staph, C diff, fungi) had traveled on dust particles from China to Japan.

Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

Covid deaths in US lower than earlier peaks amid summer surge - Covid not as deadly in 2023 as it was in prior years, falling from the fourth to 10th leading cause of death, finds new CDC study

Study Highlights Factors Associated with Higher Risk of Tuberculosis in South Africa

New Lancet review reveals Long COVID affects 1 in 50 in UK, persists for years, and highlights urgent need for research into treatments.

New Lancet research shows multi-phased rollout of COVID vaccine had mixed impact on populational mental health

COVID-19 transmission in indoor settings

Retail Chicken Meat Contains an Increasing Number of Antimicrobial Resistant Salmonella Serovars

Scientists have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of infection.

Intensive farming could raise risk of new pandemics

Bird flu viruses may infect mammary glands more commonly than thought. Virus detection in cow milk was a big hint

Study reveals the avian influenza virus with comprehensive genome sequencing, is now capable of multidirectional infections across species

Strong COVID-19 restrictions likely saved lives in the US and the death toll higher if more states didn't impose these restrictions

COVID Virus Found in 'Common Backyard Animals' in US

Life expectancy in India suffered large and unequal declines during the COVID-19 pandemic

The odds of developing long COVID dropped as the coronavirus evolved, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine

Prospective evaluation of the relevance of Epstein–Barr virus antibodies for early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Chinese adults

A recent study shows that Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.

When plant foods are ultra-processed, the health benefits disappear

The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in raw (unpasteurized) milk declined rapidly with heat treatment according to new laboratory research conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Epidemic outcomes following government responses to COVID-19: Insights from nearly 100,000 models

A major human outbreak of H5N1 is plausible, and the risk is high

An NIH study deploying evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths - such as increasing naloxone distribution, enhancing access to medication for opioid use disorder, and providing overdose education - did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates during the evaluation period

Japanese researchers use body’s own genes to treat rare skin disorders

Nitrogen dioxide exposure due to gas and propane combustion by U.S. stoves

Study finds leafy greens responsible for significant portion of U.S. foodborne illnesses and costs

New evidence shows that drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk containing bird flu viruses may be dangerous

Human body lice could harbor the plague and spread it through biting

A small number of New York City wild birds carry highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to a recent study

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