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malaria is which disease :: Article Creator To Fight Malaria, Scientists Want To Poison Mosquitos—with Human Blood Malaria causes more than 600,000 deaths each year, and is just one of numerous deadly human diseases transported by mosquitoes. But what if we could make our blood poisonous to the parasites that crave it? While it sounds like science fiction, the idea isn't as far-fetched as it might sound. In a study published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, scientists report that a drug known as nitisinone can turn human blood so toxic to mosquitoes that they die within a few hours of feeding on samples from patients who received even relatively low doses. What's more, the drug remains effective for up to 16 days after the initial dosing.  It's important to note that nitisinone does not itself protect against malaria infection. However, by killing the mosquitoes before they can lay eggs, the drug might be able...

cdc childhood immunizations :: Article Creator The COVID Pandemic Harmed Trust In Childhood Vaccines And Public Health. What That Means For Future Outbreaks Last month, for the first time in two decades, a 6-year-old child in the U.S. Died due to measles. Just a few weeks later, a second person died. Both were unvaccinated, making them part of a worrying trend that public health experts have seen increase since the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic upended life in one way or another for just about everyone in the U.S. And across the globe. Five years later, experts worry that vaccine misinformation and barriers to health care that emerged during the pandemic have weakened trust in one of our most valuable public health tools — vaccines — with devastating consequences we're only just beginning to see. "This is a tragic and devastating loss," Dr. Sue Kressly, pediatrician and president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells T...

malaria without fever :: Article Creator Malaria Is Spreading, But We Can Stop It The mosquito-borne illness malaria has been spreading wider and faster as the climate changes. The disease can kill up to 600,000 people every year, per The Guardian. Malaria cases have been largely concentrated in Africa with Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Niger accounting for more than half of the malaria deaths between 2021 and 2022, per the latter year's World Malaria Report.  However, multiple U.S. States have now seen cases not originating from malaria-prone regions. Prior to 2023, "locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria had not occurred in the United States since 2003," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The good news is that a new vaccine against malaria has hit the market, which could be a turning point in disease transmission. Why is malaria spreading? Much of it has to do wi...

mmr vaccine given at :: Article Creator Woman, 30, Develops Severe Case Of 'world's Most Deadly Infection' After She Was Given WRONG 'MMR' Vaccine A WOMAN developed a severe case of the world's most deadly infection after accidentally being given the wrong vaccine. The "healthy" 30-year-old woman visited a clinic in Ireland to get her measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab. 2 A woman was infected with tuberculosis after a vaccine mix-upCredit: Case Reports But a bungling medic mixed up the vaccines and gave her a shot of the vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) - unwittingly infecting with her one of the world's most deadly diseases. Known as the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, it's typically given to babies and young children to protect them against getting TB. It involves injecting a weakened form of Mycobacterium bovis - the bacteria that causes TB - diluted in saline under the skin ...

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tropical medicine infectious diseases :: Article Creator A Better Way To Diagnose Chagas Disease Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wild animals in the Americas, including the kissing bug. The disease can cause mild symptoms like fatigue, fever, rash, and body aches, but if untreated it can lead to serious problems like stomach pain, difficulty swallowing, irregular heartbeat, cardiac arrest, or heart failure. The T cruzi parasite is harbored by Triatomine (kissing) bugs, and these bugs usually live in mud or adobe huts in the Americas. They can hide away at night, but then feed on people when they're sleeping, spreading the parasite and the disease. Around 6 million people are infected every year. Now, scientists have created a better way to diagnose this infectious disease, which could significantly improve outcomes for pat...