CDC pauses testing for rabies ...
#CDC "pauses" testing for #rabies, other serious #InfectiousDisease
#Disease tracking is also "temporarily" halted for #mpox, other common #viruses, eg #EpsteinBarr & #VaricellaZoster (the virus that causes #Chickenpox & #HerpesZoster).
The conversation spans various topics, including legal battles over vaccine recommendation authorities, declining vaccine coverage, resurgence of diseases such as measles and ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCtDcjgpnoM
#Medicine #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #Vaccine #AntiVax

(23:51) Therapeutic Hyperthermia Potential: Historically, elevated body temperature was used as a therapeutic tool, such as treating syphilis with malaria-induced fever. The concept of therapeutic hyperthermia, or ...
The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious consequence of climate change. Perhaps less obvious is the role climate change has played on fungal pathogens emerging as a global health ...
Unhappy that I was forced to move from med-mastodon and spent a couple of hours putting up JUST my latest posts from my old account and the one documenting my covid infection and treatment. I did download my archive, but it's over 8000 posts π©
Happy that the repostings have got so much attention and brought out some new friends/followers. I'll still be focusing on disseminating and amplifying #PublicHealth information, with a focus on #InfectiousDisease .
I did lose a couple of hundred followers in the process and there is no way to fix it as the old server will be gone on April 1st so feel free to boost π
Thanks to everyone for your support!
The worldβs deadliest infectious disease is on the rise in the US
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/483649/world-tuberculosis-day-tb-rates-usa
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"Ours is the only lab currently studying this family of kinases in Toxoplasma," Gaji said. Six of these proteins are predicted to be essential for parasite growth, and his team has already shown that at least two control vital processes in the parasite's nucleus.
This represents a treasure trove of drug targets. While other researchers focus on obvious pathways, Gaji has carved out a ...
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https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/vetmed-research-parasite.html
#Parasitology #Medicine #InfectiousDisease #OneHealth #Zoonosis
The Great Plague of Athens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5kVjdyU9hM #InfectiousDisease #History #Classics
