A pug was recently reported to be the first to get COVID and other pets were also reported to have contracted the virus from humans. Due to the discovery of humans to pet COVID-19 transmission, CDC had released new guidelines for human to pet interactions.
A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its 2017 advisory for recommended shots affecting adults. This year's advisory changes up its rules on seasonal flu shots by eliminating nasal flu vaccines and modifying flu-shot advice for people with egg allergies
It is already known to all of the occurrences of 'superbugs' that make antibiotic therapy a constant dilemma to patients and researchers. Since it is a 'natural evolution process', a man should seek other preventive ways to avoid long exposure to antibiotics.
Bolivia is practicing Zika virus prevention with a unique approach -- through a song. Bolivia is spreading awareness on Zika virus prevention through a song.
Researchers from Europe have out that a fetal brain whose mother suffered Zika virus symptoms during pregnancy is missing neural folds. Even though it's not enough to prove that the mosquito-borne disease directly causes microcephaly, scientists believe what they found is a big clue in finding the link between the two.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently issued a travel warning for 14 Latin American nations and Caribbean territories that have exposed to Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus connected to the increasing rate of birth defects in Brazil. The alert was issued late Friday and it includes Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
On top of the already understood effects of a stroke, a new study has found that the stroke impairs a patient's memory, slowing thinking speed while aging the brain by almost eight years.
An official from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week debunked claims immigrants are linked to the U.S. measles outbreak.