Category Archives: pandemic

UK study: Food not likely source of resistant E coli | CIDRAP

the findings indicate that human-adapted ESBL E coli are likely being transmitted through the human-to-human oral-fecal route, rather than through the food chain.

Source: UK study: Food not likely source of resistant E coli | CIDRAP

‘War for survival’: Brazil’s Amazon tribes despair as land raids surge under Bolsonaro | World news | The Guardian

Activists say onslaught has intensified as illegal loggers and land-grabbers take the president’s verbal offensive against indigenous communities as a green light to act
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/02/war-for-survival-brazils-amazon-tribes-despair-as-land-raids-surge-under-bolsonaro

Tanzania ′not sharing′ data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO | News | DW | 22.09.2019

The World Health Organization has said it learned the East African country has one confirmed and two suspected cases of Ebola. The latest outbreak has already spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda.

Source: Tanzania ′not sharing′ data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO | News | DW | 22.09.2019

Brazil’s fight against dengue: A race against time | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 21.09.2019

The number of dengue virus infections in Brazil has gone up 600% in 2019. Our report from the state of Sergipe looks at why the fight against the illness and its carrier, the tiger mosquito, is so difficult.

Source: Brazil’s fight against dengue: A race against time | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 21.09.2019

New York Parents Are Taking Their Kids Out of School to Avoid New Vaccination Requirements

As school starts around the country, some New York parents are choosing to pull their kids out rather than vaccinate them following the state’s decision to repeal religious exemptions.

Source: New York Parents Are Taking Their Kids Out of School to Avoid New Vaccination Requirements

Inoreader – Deja Flu: Pigs With Swine Influenza At Fowlerville Family Fair (Michigan)

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Source: Inoreader – Deja Flu: Pigs With Swine Influenza At Fowlerville Family Fair (Michigan)

Inoreader – mBio: On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate Change, Azoles, Swamps, and Birds

the rise of  C. auris is of particular concern because: C. auris infections have a high fatality rate The strain appears to be resistant to multiple classes of anti-fungals   This strain is unusually persistent on fomites in healthcare environments. And it can be difficult for labs to differentiate it from other Candida strains

Source: Inoreader – mBio: On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate Change, Azoles, Swamps, and Birds