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With COVID and influenza on the rise, how worried should pregnant women be?

COVID cases are on the rise and influenza is back with a vengeance, so how worried should pregnant women be about contracting "flurona"?

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USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID

LOS ANGELES — From the start of the pandemic, patients and doctors alike have been frustrated by the sizable minority of coronavirus infections that turn into long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often disabling symptoms that persist weeks, months or years after the initial infection subsides.

Los Angeles Times

Dementia risk increases if you also have certain liver disease, warns new study

Studies are warning of new and potential risk factors for developing dementia later in life. One new piece of research has found a link between fatty liver and an increased risk for dementia

Daily Mirror

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How canine heart disease was tied to grain-free dog food

In 2018, the FDA began investigating whether the increasing popularity of grain-free dog foods had led to a sudden rise in a potentially fatal heart disease in dogs

The Independent UK

Covid warning as people who had virus more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease

They are also at an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study.

Daily Record

The Daily Biotech Pulse: CDC AdComm Backs Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, European Approval For PTC Therapeutics' Gene Therapy, Merck's Keytruda Flunks In Head, Neck Cancer Study

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga

Dr warns 'an awful lot of Covid infection' going undiagnosed in Ireland

Dr Eoghan de Barra, an infectious disease consultant at Beaumont Hospital, said despite Covid cases in hospitals dropping, there is still plenty of infection spreading

Irish Mirror

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Fighting monkeypox, sexual health clinics are underfunded and ill-equipped

Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in infections such as syphilis and gonorrhea — now find themselves on the front lines in the nation’s fight to control the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak.

Tribune News Service

Desperate mum-of-two removes 13 of her own teeth after being unable to find NHS dentist

Danielle Watts, 42, turned to DIY dentistry last year after suffering from chronic gum disease and the closure of her NHS dentist about seven years ago and still needs another eight teeth taken out

Daily Mirror

Heart disease to cancer – how your mouth could hold key clues to your health

Certain body parts are renowned for being key players when it comes to early signs and serious health conditions. The mouth is one place that can hold the secret to your health

Daily Mirror

Get fourth COVID booster now, or wait? CDC says get the shot now, but many hesitate

About 70% of Americans 50 and older who got a first booster shot — and nearly as many of those 65 and older — haven’t gotten their second booster dose, the CDC says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rob Burrow inspiring wife Lindsey to keep ‘living life to the fullest’

The former Leeds and Great Britain scrum-half was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2019

The Independent UK

Australia raises guard against foot and mouth disease after Indonesia cases

Australia on Wednesday said it has stepped up protection against foot and mouth disease at its international airports following an outbreak of the disease in Indonesia.

Reuters

New task force aims to tackle avian flu crisis that wreaked havoc in Dumfries and Galloway

Thousands of migrating barnacle geese on the Solway were killed by the disease during the winter

Daily Record

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Foot-and-mouth disease: airports to step up precautions as FMD fragments found in meat products in Australia

Agriculture minister says disinfectant mats will be installed to prevent arrival of the disease, which is spreading in Indonesia

Zenger

London Restaurant Closed Down After Health Inspectors Discover Rat Feces

“The sort of disease which can be transmitted by vermin, such as rats, in a kitchen have serious, life-threatening ramifications."

ABC News

Foot-and-mouth disease fragments detected in meat imported to Australia

Viral fragments of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and African swine fever have been detected in imported meat, as Australia's government introduces new measures to wash shoes at international airports.

ABC News

Foot-and-mouth disease workshop fills as questions linger over pet owners

A WA farmer is concerned information about foot-and-mouth disease seems to be focused on an outbreak in Australia rather than what is being done to stop it breaching the country's borders.

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The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

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

AAP

Aussie airports to deploy sanitation mats

Travellers from Indonesia will be asked to walk across a sanitation mat in the latest measure to stop foot and mouth disease entering Australia.

The Times of India

Gujarat: Cooperatives told not to milk infected cows

RAJKOT: Valamji Humbal, vice-chairman of GCMMF and chairman of Sarhad Dairy, said “There is no report of harm to humans by consuming milk of infected cows. However, we have instructed cooperative societies to take care not to milk the infected animals and send them to our procurement centres.” The disease…

The Times of India

Lumpy skin disease hits cows in Gujarat

RAJKOT: Thousands of cows in Saurashtra and Kutch have been infected by lumpy skin disease, a vector-borne disease that has been reported for the first time in Gujarat.

The Conversation

Masks are 'strongly suggested' by health authorities as the winter COVID wave hits. Here's how effective they are

Health departments are predicting another COVID surge related, in part, to more easily transmitted new variants and waning immunity.

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 vaccine boosters protect against ‘severe disease’ from omicron, UW-led study finds

SEATTLE — While omicron subvariants have evolved to evade antibody responses from the primary COVID-19 vaccine series, a new laboratory study led by researchers at UW Medicine suggests boosters may offer some protection against serious disease.

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