The recent meningitis outbreak is the cause of a rare secondary illness called an epidural abscess. The meningitis drug was contaminated with a fungus, and this fungus is present in the new infections. Over 400 people in the United States were made sick from the contaminated drug. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan has had […]
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The Center of Disease Control has issued a statement saying that all pregnant women should get vaccinated in order to protect their babies. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, ACIP, is run from the CDC and has issued this recommendation. Previously they had the recommended guidelines that pregnant women without previous vaccines should receive them. This […]
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Mike Clark, a doctor from North Texas, is now the patient since being infected with the West Nile virus. Clark now wonders if he and others infected with the neuroinvasive form of the disease could have been spared had the Dallas County health department opted for aerial spraying sooner. Clark is still in rehabilitation more […]
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Good things are happening in Seminole County as the latest data suggests sexually transmitted diseases are on the decline. The latest reports indicate that STD’s have dropped between 16 and 23 percent depending on the disease. Syphilis cases saw the biggest decrease dropping from 21 cases down to 16. Chlamydia also saw a decrease of […]
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Researchers at Kaiser and Emory University in Atlanta have found no data to support a claim that an STD shot increase promiscuity among girls. The controversial HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer has been the target of a number of myths over the years. Current recommendations from the Center for Disease Control suggest that boys and […]
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Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scrambling to identify how many of the steroid shots, that has already infected 105 people, are contaminated with these deadly fungus. Almost 13,000 people have received the shots, but it is believed that only the ones who received the injections in their backs are at […]
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