#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). #Herpes #Health www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC pauses testing for rabies ...
CDC pauses testing for rabies, Epstein-Barr, monkeypox and other viruses

The CDC has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

NBC News
CDC pauses testing for rabies, Epstein-Barr, monkeypox and other viruses

The CDC has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

NBC News

Discover the medical process of how the Varicella-zoster virus goes from a childhood rash to a painful case of shingles later in life.
https://joyrulez.com/blogs/273690/How-Does-Chickenpox-Turn-Into-Shingles

#ShinglesAwareness #MedicalExplained #VaricellaZoster #HealthTips #ImmuneSystem #WomensHealth #MensHealth #ScienceSimplified

Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus

If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus never fully leaves your body. Years later, it can reappear as shingles. Here’s what causes it — and what doesn’t.

The Conversation
Gürtelrose-Impfung schützt vor Demenz. Impfung gegen Herpesviren verringert Demenzrisiko bei Älteren um 20 Prozent. #Guertelrose #VaricellaZoster #Demenz #Impfung #Herpeszoster
https://www.scinexx.de/news/medizin/guertelrose-impfung-schuetzt-vor-demenz/
Gürtelrose-Impfung schützt vor Demenz

Doppelter Schutz: Die für ältere Menschen empfohlene Impfung gegen Gürtelrose schützt nicht nur vor der Viruserkrankung – sie senkt auch das Demenzrisiko,

scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin
More than half of #chickenpox #diagnoses are wrong, study finds
#PublicHealth researchers in Minnesota found that 55% of people diagnosed with chickenpox based on their symptoms were actually negative for the #varicellazoster #virus, the virus that causes chickenpox. Lab testing showed that some of the #patients were actually infected with an #enterovirus, which can cause a rash, or the #herpessimplex virus 1, which causes cold sores.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/more-than-half-of-chickenpox-diagnoses-are-wrong-study-finds/
More than half of chickenpox diagnoses are wrong, study finds

Vaccination has dramatically reduced cases, making clinical diagnoses tricky.

Ars Technica

The word's oldest living confederate widow just got rolled back into the Senate...after ENCEPHALITIS....and she's, what, two weeks older than Biden?

#Feinstein #VaricellaZoster #Gerontocracy

She also had encephalitis???

#Feinstein #Senate #Tortoises #VaricellaZoster