Mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever are increasingly becoming a public health concern in Europe.
Experts warn outbreaks could occur in places were public health systems are unprepared.
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the riseThe plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s...
In a Holden Arboretum greenhouse lined with rows of potted trees, researcher David Burke points to dark banding patterns on one leaf – a sign of a relatively new disease that is afflicting area beech trees and which can eventually kill them. At another pot, he points to a “twisted and contorted” bud that can […]
There is no known treatment for disease, which was first discovered in Colorado in the 1960s, and which impacts the nervous system of deer, elk, and moose
In a new study published in Nature Mental Health, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered potential genetic links between coronary artery disease, major depression, and cardiomyopathy — a condition that affects the heart muscle. The findings suggest that these links are mediated by inflammatory pathways and that medications used for coronary artery disease and depression might, together, help reduce inflammation and the risk of...
The nonprofit DNA research center tests for 21 pathogens in honeybees.
Officials from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife sent the gosling to receive an animal autopsy, necropsy, to find out if toxoplasmosis was the reason for its death.
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Global warming has made mosquito-borne diseases possible in more countries with unprepared public health systems.
(WDHN) — A Wiregrass teen, who for the past year has been battling cancer and a rare kidney disease, has passed away. Anna Oyler is a recent graduate of Harvest Christian School and last year was diagnosed with C3G or Complement 3 Glomerulopathy, an autoimmune disease that attacks the kidneys. and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. This []
During last week alone, eight clusters with 195 patients were documented in Hanoi, the HCDC reported, warning that the city is entering a peak of the HFMD epidemic