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Baby Pacific oysters offer long-term solution for QX-disease-affected farmers

Millions of baby oysters have been shipped up from Tasmania to offer hope to NSW growers who have had their harvests decimated by QX disease.

ABC News

Why doesn't monkeypox have a new name yet?

As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities release information about how to reduce the spread of the virus, progress on another aspect of the outbreak is lagging: its name.

The Conversation

To lock out foot-and-mouth disease, Australia must help our neighbour countries bolster their biosecurity

Foot-and-mouth disease now poses a high threat to Australia. This highly contagious livestock virus is sweeping Indonesia – the closest it’s been to Australia since the 1980s. A large outbreak here could cause decimate the livestock industry and cause A$80 billion in economic damage over the coming decade.

The Conversation

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With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules

Revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to minimize COVID-19's disruption of daily life while conceding that the pandemic isn't over.

WEKU

Green shoots for Port Stephens oyster growers

The decimated Port Stephens oyster industry has received a boost with the arrival of the first shipment of juvenile Pacific oysters.

Newcastle Herald

Longtime TV anchor Leslie Griffith dies at 66 from Lyme disease

The family told KTVU that the journalist developed the disease after a 2015 tick bite in Oregon

The Independent UK

Infectious disease experts warn Omicron wave not the last of Australia's COVID-19 pandemic

According to infectious diseases experts, future surges and strains of COVID-19 are still a risk as the winter wave eases.

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Larry Cose dies at 68; former Sun-Times reporter, financial adviser’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis led to creation of nonprofit to help younger patients with the disease

“You talked to him for even a few minutes [and] you had nothing but warmth toward him,” said his brother, journalist Ellis Cose, an author and former Sun-Times columnist.

Chicago Sun-Times

TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria

Two new studies draw on data from more than 12,000 patients to help figure out ways to battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

WEKU

Langya virus: What are the symptoms?

Only 35 cases discovered so far but most patients did report fever and fatigue from disease also linked to liver and kidney impairment

The Independent UK

Monkeypox vaccines: what's available and why they aren't a silver bullet

In July 2022 the World Health Organization declared the recent current monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. Since the start of the year thousands of cases have been reported from over 80 countries. The current outbreak is unlike any previous ones. Infections are happening in non-endemic countries outside of Africa.…

The Conversation

Pensioner claims she got fatal disease working in care home

Nora's role involved entering the care home’s cellar at least twice a week to retrieve and store mobility equipment and furniture

Liverpool Echo

Thousands of older people claiming Attendance Allowance could be due back payments from DWP

More than 60,000 pensioners across the UK have been underpaid by an estimated £230 million.

Daily Record

Is red meat bad for you as study finds increased risk of heart disease from eating it daily

Saturated and processed food is strongly linked to increased heart disease risk. A new study sheds light on how overconsumption of red meat significantly increases a person’s risk of serious heart and artery issues

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Indonesia includes Bali as priority zone for foot and mouth vaccination

Indonesia will include the popular tourist destination of Bali as one of its priority zones for a vaccination programme against foot and mouth disease (FMD) to prevent its further spread, a government official said on Thursday.

Inverse

What scientists know — and don’t know — about the Langya virus

Infectious disease researchers have identified yet another virus, but don’t panic — here’s what you need to know about the Langya virus.

The Independent UK

Covid warning over symptom of new strain that affects sufferers at night

‘Isn’t that strange?’ scientist says as he shares different disease caused by BA.5

Daily Record

Lyme disease symptoms as hot weather could increase risk of tick bites

The condition can cause pain and illness, and in some cases may lead to post-infectious Lyme disease.

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Daily Mirror

Robin Williams killed himself amid heartbreaking fear about future, wife said

Robin Williams tragically took his own life eight years ago today after his brain was hijacked by an undiagnosed disease

The Independent UK

Monkeypox could become endemic in US wild animals and almost impossible to control, doctor warns

US reports surge of 537 monkeypox cases on Wednesday

ABC News

Death in custody of young Aboriginal man Mr Yeeda was likely preventable, WA coroner finds

A 19-year-old Aboriginal man's death would likely have been prevented if multiple state authorities had not failed to arrange a life-or-death medical appointment, according to the WA state coroner.

ABC News

Urgent call for unclaimed frozen IVF eggs to go to life-saving clinical trials

Medical researchers are pushing for unclaimed IVF eggs to be donated for clinical research, rather than thrown away.

The Guardian - UK

‘Patients are falling through the cracks’: drug costs hinder India’s response to TB

The country has the world’s largest number of multi-drug-resistant cases – but doctors and activists warn patients are going undiagnosed and untreated

ABC News

What is vasculitis? The illness that caused Ashton Kutcher to lose his sight and hearing

The That 70's show actor says he feels '"lucky to be alive" after contracting the rare autoimmune disease.

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh researchers take 'important step' in finding treatment for MND

RESEARCHERS at the University of Edinburgh have taken an “important new step” in finding a treatment for motor neurone disease (MND).

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