#13 hospitalized amid Hepatitis A outbreak tied to strawberries

#13 hospitalized amid Hepatitis A outbreak tied to strawberries

“13 hospitalized amid Hepatitis A outbreak tied to strawberries” Another consumer has fallen ill amid the multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections linked to fresh organic strawberries.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported “one additional probable case related to this outbreak,” raising the total number of outbreak-related cases to 18 within three states.  To date,…

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#How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses

#How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses

“How COVID restrictions could lead to more unusual illnesses” The world might be looking at an unfortunate new normal for how viruses spread. Doctors and medical experts are seeing a bizarre return of diseases that were mainly on hiatus during the aggressive spread of Covid — and the general population, especially children, are especially susceptible…

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#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

“#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study” Coronavirus researchers are looking at fighting fire with fire. A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that the human rhinovirus, otherwise known as the “common cold,” helps block SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in the respiratory tract. Scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for…

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#10-year-old with rare COVID-19-related illness endures 4 amputations

#10-year-old with rare COVID-19-related illness endures 4 amputations

“#10-year-old with rare COVID-19-related illness endures 4 amputations” A 10-year-old boy in Michigan has undergone four amputations of his hands and legs after a rare bout of a serious coronavirus-related inflammatory condition. Dae’Shun Jamison was diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and had his right leg amputated in early February at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a…

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#Hospitalized coronavirus patients still suffer symptoms 6 months post-infection: study

#Hospitalized coronavirus patients still suffer symptoms 6 months post-infection: study

“#Hospitalized coronavirus patients still suffer symptoms 6 months post-infection: study” A study published over the weekend has furthered existing evidence that so-called “long-COVID” is very much a reality for many who have contracted the novel coronavirus, with researchers finding in what is said to be the largest cohort study on the topic to date that for…

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