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How El Niño— Climate Change—Kill People with Virus Epidemics Although the 2015-2016 El Niño has waned, both Zika and warmer weather are here to stay Researchers report the outlook for flaviviruses is strong, noting that "Flaviviruses, in general, should have a promising future" due to increasing warmth from climate change and higher levels of drug and pesticide resistance
Exotic Diseases Spreading to Europe as Ticks Mosquitoes Expand Their . . . The first two human cases in southwestern Europe occurred in 2016, and one of those patients died The ticks that spread it, Hyalomma species ticks—that have fed previously on animals like cattle, goats, and sheep—are now present in all southern European countries A tick before and after feeding
Rare Superbug Found in More Than One-Third of Houston Methodist . . . Antibacterial-resistant infections are a growing threat In 2014, the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance found that unless action is taken now, the number of people dying from resistant infections could reach 10 million by 2050 Many of these infections happen at hospitals, where critically ill people with lowered immunity can pick up these potentially lethal — and untreatable — infections
Happy News: Common Drugs May Save You from MRSA A new research study compared two low-cost medications that are used to treat MRSA but have never been evaluated for effectiveness or compared in a study to a placebo, a pill that doesn't include drugs Both clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole cured over 80% of MRSA skin infections, compared to the placebo group, in which 63% of the infections cleared up The research study by first
Supercomputer Visualization Shows 1. 2 Microseconds in the Life of a 4 . . . The huge undertaking simulated the dynamics of 64 million atoms in the entire virus particle and revealed information about the stability, forces between atoms, ion permeability, surface waves, and mechanical properties of the HIV-1 capsid The researchers reported the project results in the July 19 issue of Nature Communications "We are learning the details of the HIV capsid system, not just
Do the CDCs Suggested New Quarantine Rules Give Them Too Much Power? CDC quarantine stations in the US In September of 2016, US District Judge Kevin McNulty dismissed aspects of Hickox's case involving violation of constitutional rights on the grounds that Governor Chris Christie and other state health officials are immune to the charges brought against them
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