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valley fever contagious :: Article Creator After Cases From Music Festival, Valley Fever Risk Continues Through The Fall, California Health Officials Warn After nearly 20 cases of Valley fever were identified after a summer music festival in California, state health officials are warning that risk from the fungal infection rises in the late summer and early fall. "We're preparing for another possible increase in Valley fever cases in the coming months, and we want Californians to know the signs and symptoms to detect it early," said Dr. Tomás Aragón, the California Department of Public Health director and state public health officer. "If you have a lingering cough and fatigue, please talk to a doctor about Valley fever, especially if you've been outdoors in dusty air in the Central Valley or Central Coast regions." People and pets can get the infection by breathing in fungal spores in dust from the outdoors containing the V...

mumps swelling :: Article Creator Urgent 'tripledemic' Health Alert Issued To All Parents As Cases Of Killer Viruses Surge Putting Lives 'at Risk' AN URGENT 'tripledemic' health alert has been issued over three killer viruses. Parents have been warned to protect their kids against surging cases of whooping cough and measles, as RSV also threatens little ones. 2 A number of viruses threaten little ones this winter and parents have been urged to protect themCredit: Getty 2 Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, has killed a reported ten infants since November last year. It is a super-contagious infection of the lungs as breathing tubes that can linger for weeks or months and cause serious complications such as pneumonia. As babies have an especially high risk of severe illness, the pertussis vaccine is offered to all pregnant women between 16 and 32 weeks along to protect their babies. But most re...

rotavirus epidemic :: Article Creator Japanese Bats Found Carrying High Levels Of Novel Viruses, Raising Concerns About Zoonotic Outbreaks Researchers discover a startling diversity of viruses in Japanese bats, with over 60% infected, including novel strains, highlighting the urgent need for viral surveillance to prevent future pandemics. Study: Detection of various DNA and RNA viruses in bats in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Image Credit: Agami Photo Agency / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Microbes and Infection, researchers conducted an intensive survey of bat-derived DNA and RNA viruses from the Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. They sequenced tissue from more than 130 bats (4 species) from four sampling locations and found that more than 60% (n = 80) of them were infected with at least one strain of potentially zoonotic viruses. Alarmingly, the study revealed significant genetic divergence in some viral strains, part...

mmr opv vaccine :: Article Creator How A Vaccination Campaign Aims To End Polio In Gaza The first round of an international campaign to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against polio ended in mid-September, with nearly 560,000 kids receiving initial doses amid staggered humanitarian pauses in the war there. Alarm bells sounded in August when a 10-month-old baby boy in the Gaza Strip was partially paralyzed by poliovirus. The case made history as the territory's first confirmed report of polio in 25 years—and it offered public health organizations grim confirmation that poliovirus detected earlier in wastewater in central and southern Gaza was indeed circulating among the region's residents. Independent monitors are now confirming the exact proportion of children who have received a dose of the campaign's vaccine, but the initial round appears to have met the target required for herd immunity: a minimum of 90 percent of all childr...