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‘Increasing risk’ of tropical infections as new blood donor monitoring launched | UK News
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A new warning system has been launched to monitor donated blood as fears grow of newly emerging viruses potentially reaching the UK. Health experts fear some diseases that are not currently present in the UK could pose a threat in the future due to climate change. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) researchers will examine samples…
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China suffers ‘walking pneumonia’ outbreak – as many other countries see spike in infections | Science & Tech News
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A respiratory infection that starts in China, then spreads in Europe and leads to a surge in hospital admissions. Sounds familiar? But it’s not COVID this time. It’s a bacterium called mycoplasma pneumoniae that’s behind many of the cases. And it’s children who are particularly affected. So what’s going on? The bug usually causes relatively…
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Parents urged to vaccinate under-fives against flu amid surge in infections | UK News
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Parents have been urged to vaccinate their children against the flu following a surge in serious cases among under-fives. Flu hospitalisations in young children are nearly 20 times as high as last year, figures suggest. This week, 230 under-fives were hospitalised, compared to just 12 at the same time last year. Estimates show hundreds more…
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Antibiotic-resistance ‘not a problem we can ignore’ as even new medications fail to tackle infections | UK News
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Nearly 150 serious infections that failed to respond to antibiotics occurred per day last year in England – with experts warning “we are already seeing resistance emerge” to even the newest drugs. Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are “killing thousands” in the UK every year and is not a problem “we can ignore”, health officials said. Figures…
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Fungal infections ‘increased significantly’ during COVID pandemic as WHO reveals health-threatening fungi list | World News
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Fungal infections “increased significantly” among hospital patients during the COVID pandemic, says the World Health Organisation as it released its first-ever list of fungi posing the greatest threat to human health. The WHO’s report, outlining fungal “priority pathogens”, warned some strains are increasingly drug-resistant and becoming more widespread. Only four types of treatments exist, with…
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Flesh-eating bacteria infections increase in Florida after Hurricane Ian | US News
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The aftermath of Hurricane Ian has brought an increase in reported infections of a rare flesh-eating bacteria in Florida. There were 65 cases of Vibrio vulnificus and 11 deaths in the state so far this year as of Friday, according to the Florida Department of Health. It was up from 34 cases and 10 deaths…