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Global Life Expectancy Rises by 6.2 Years After Drop in Deaths from Stroke, Diarrhea, and Respiratory Infections – Good News Network
- Global Life Expectancy Rises by 6.2 Years After Drop in Deaths from Stroke, Diarrhea, and Respiratory Infections Good News Network
- Life expectancy increased as world addressed major killers including diarrhea, lower respiratory infections, and stroke Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
- Global Life Expectancy Increased Between 1990 And 2021, But Pandemic Stalled Progress Forbes
- Indians Now Living 8 Years More Than They Did in 1990, 2 Years More Than Global Average! | Weather.com The Weather Channel
- Leading cause of death unchanged, with one pandemic exception STAT
Severe ‘flesh-eating’ infections tied to heat waves in eastern US, CDC reports – Livescience.com
- Severe ‘flesh-eating’ infections tied to heat waves in eastern US, CDC reports Livescience.com
- Flesh-Eating Infections Rising On The East Coast, Scientists Warn — Global Warming Is Making It Worse Forbes
- Notes from the Field: Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections During Heat Waves — Three Eastern U.S. States, July–August 2023 | MMWR CDC
- CDC: Deadly Vibrio Bacteria Killed Five People in Three States Last Summer Medpage Today
- CDC warn cases of deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection linked to climate change have DOUBLED in a year – and are killing Americans in their 30s MSN
Flesh-Eating Infections Rising On The East Coast, Scientists Warn — Global Warming Is Making It Worse – Forbes
- Flesh-Eating Infections Rising On The East Coast, Scientists Warn — Global Warming Is Making It Worse Forbes
- Severe ‘flesh-eating’ infections tied to heat waves in eastern US, CDC reports Livescience.com
- Notes from the Field: Severe Vibrio vulnificus Infections During Heat Waves — Three Eastern U.S. States, July–August 2023 | MMWR CDC
- CDC: Deadly Vibrio Bacteria Killed Five People in Three States Last Summer Medpage Today
- CDC warn cases of deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection linked to climate change have DOUBLED in a year – and are killing Americans in their 30s MSN
Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, US health officials say – The Associated Press
- Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, US health officials say The Associated Press
- Forget the ‘tripledemic.’ The U.S. is headed for a ‘syndemic’ this winter—and experts warn we’re not prepared Yahoo Finance
- 11 states have ‘high’ or ‘very high’ respiratory illness: Map shows where sickness is spreading The Hill
- Savannah doctor: Flu, COVID-19, RSV cases are up, but not significantly WJCL News
- The threat of respiratory illnesses is underway, CDC director says, and hospitalizations are on the rise CNN
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Vulnerability to different COVID-19 mutations depends on previous infections and vaccination, study suggests – University of Cambridge news
- Vulnerability to different COVID-19 mutations depends on previous infections and vaccination, study suggests University of Cambridge news
- Vulnerability to different mutations of COVID-19 varies person to person, study finds ABC11
- A next-generation intranasal trivalent MMS vaccine induces durable and broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pnas.org
- Response to different COVID variants depends on previous exposure, study suggests WRAL News
- Immune Response to COVID-19 Variants Depends on Prior Exposure and Vaccine Efficacy | Weather.com The Weather Channel
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SARS-CoV-2 infections can comprise brain activity by causing neurons to fuse together – PsyPost
- SARS-CoV-2 infections can comprise brain activity by causing neurons to fuse together PsyPost
- Study suggests blood group A may directly influence SARS-CoV-2 infectious risk News-Medical.Net
- Metabolomic and gut microbiome profiles across the spectrum of community-based COVID and non-COVID disease | Scientific Reports Nature.com
- Viral persistence in children infected with SARS-CoV-2: current evidence and future research strategies The Lancet
- Understanding the biological effects of SARS-CoV-2 persistence in children News-Medical.Net
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Lower respiratory infections when young could be linked to earlier adult deaths: study – Fox News
- Lower respiratory infections when young could be linked to earlier adult deaths: study Fox News
- Childhood respiratory illness associated with higher risk of death in adulthood Hindustan Times
- Childhood Pneumonia Linked with Higher Death Risk from Respiratory Infection as Adult: Lancet study News18
- Urgent warning to anyone who caught common bug as a child over deadly complication years later… The US Sun
- Early childhood lower respiratory tract infection and premature adult death from respiratory disease in Great Britain: a national birth cohort study The Lancet
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FDA warns another eye product could be contaminated with bacteria amid outbreak of infections – Fox Business
- FDA warns another eye product could be contaminated with bacteria amid outbreak of infections Fox Business
- Eye product recall: FDA expands warning over contaminated eye drops to include Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Eye Ointment, amid bacterial outbreak CBS News
- FDA widens advisory on eye products after patients blinded, hospitalized Yahoo News
- More eye medicine recalled in 13-state outbreak of ‘drug-resistant’ bacteria infections Miami Herald
- FDA issues warning over Delsam Pharma’s eye ointment CBS Miami
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CDC warns not to use eye drop brand as it investigates death, infections across 11 states
(NEXSTAR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking people to stop using a brand of artificial tears that could be behind dozens of infections across the U.S.
The CDC says lab and epidemiological evidence have tied the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears to a multi-state cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa patients, but the investigation is ongoing and there is not yet a definite link.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria live in the environment, are highly resistant to antibiotics and can cause infections in the blood, lungs (pneumonia) and other body parts. Often these cases occur after surgery.
The CDC is investigating at least 50 cases in 11 states that have led to hospitalization, permanent vision loss and even one death. The cases are located in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Washington.
While working to determine the cause of the illnesses, CDC investigators found that the majority of people used artificial tears, with EzriCare being the most popular brand. Investigators identified the drug-resistant bacteria in open bottles of the drops, the CDC said. Testing of sealed bottles is ongoing.
“CDC recommends that clinicians and patients immediately discontinue the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears until the epidemiological investigation and laboratory analyses are complete,” according to a Jan. 20 news release.
EzriCare said in a statement Wednesday that they were not aware of any testing that definitely linked the eye drops to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but said they stopped selling the product.
“To the greatest extent possible, we have been contacting customers to advise them against continued use of the product, the company said in a statement on its website. “We also immediately reached out to both CDC and FDA and indicated our willingness to cooperate with any requests they may have of us.”
A 2019 report found that 2,700 people in the U.S. died from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections and another 32,600 were hospitalized.