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Author: Claudinne Miller

Dormant cancers can be reawakened by flu, COVID: Study

Fox Infections like influenza and COVID-19 may do more than cause temporary illness. A new study suggests they can also “wake up” dormant cancer cells, potentially increasing the risk of recurrence and metastasis years after treatment. The research, led by Dr. James DeGregori at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, was published July 30 […]

Aug 20, 2025

Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer

NYT Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why. Covid cases are climbing again this summer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s forecasting model estimates that infections are growing, or likely growing, in most states. While the agency is reporting low levels of the virus in […]

Aug 20, 2025

Under Pressure, CDC Unraveled This Mysterious Outbreak

MedPageToday We know what Legionella is thanks to an intense CDC investigation 50 years ago. Summer brings regular outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease — including an ongoing one in New York City that has killed five peopleopens in a new tab or window — but nearly 50 years ago, the bacterium that causes the disease was unknown to mankind. It […]

Aug 20, 2025

America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs

NYT Opinion In early 2020, when the first genetic sequence of the new coronavirus was posted online, scientists were ready. Within hours, they began designing a vaccine. Within weeks, clinical trials were underway. That unprecedented speed, which saved millions of lives, was possible only because years earlier, the United States invested in a vaccine technology […]

Aug 20, 2025

Dangerous tick-borne virus causes brain damage in vulnerable young patient

Fox Newborn baby fights for life after contracting Powassan virus. A 5-week-old baby in Boston is fighting for her life after a tick bite. The baby, Lily Sisco, was bitten while on a walk with her family on Martha’s Vineyard, her mother, Tiffany Sisco, told local news outlets. After returning from the walk, Sisco told […]

Aug 13, 2025

Rare exotic tick species identified in Connecticut

Yale Ticks likely hitchhiked across continents on human travelers, experts say. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) reports that it has identified four nonnative exotic tick species in Connecticut in recent years, with the blood-feeding parasites and disease vectors hitching a ride on unknowing travelers returning to the state. Although the exotic ticks found on […]

Aug 13, 2025

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R.S.V. Season Is Approaching. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

NYT Doctors recommend that eligible people get vaccinated in late summer or early fall so antibodies can kick in before cases spread. Respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V., is one of the world’s most common respiratory illnesses and the leading reason infants go to the hospital in the United States. It infects roughly 64 million people around […]

Aug 13, 2025

Gene Editing and Fly Factories: The Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Pest

NYT The American and Mexican governments are exploring “all options” to battle a deadly parasite threatening cattle and wildlife. Judy McCullough, a rancher in Wyoming, still remembers the blood sprayed on the barn walls, the smell of burning tar and the fear of finding a maggot nestled in the broken hide of a cow. More […]

Aug 13, 2025

Bird Flu on Dairy Farms May Be Airborne After All

Scientific American Infectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized in the air on California dairy farms. The H5N1 avian influenza virus can now be found not only in milk and on milking equipment but also in farm wastewater and in the air, say researchers who have been trying […]

Aug 13, 2025