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Health news • Jul 08

NYC makes progress testing Upper East Side buildings for Legionnaires' disease

With the number of Legionnaires' disease cases now at 23​, New York City is aggressively testing more than 150 cooling towers on Upper East Side buildings.

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Health news • Jul 08

New York City Adopts Measures to Slow Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Faced with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the Mamdani administration said on Tuesday that it was adopting new tactics...

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Health news • Jul 08

Measles outbreak confirmed at Arizona immigration detention center

Federal officials have confirmed seven active cases of measles at an Arizona immigration detention center, prompting quarantines and restrictions on...

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Health news • Jul 07

Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes: SGV Mosquito Match Begins in Bassett, CA

[Photo courtesy of San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District] The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District (SGV Mosquito) will be...

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Health news • Jul 07

Michigan parasitic diarrhea cases swell to 700: How to prevent it

The state health department issued more tips and suggests cooking produce to prevent cyclosporiasis infection as cases in Michigan skyrocket.

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Health news • Jul 07

Amid heat wave, doctors warn of health risks for people taking GLP-1 drugs

With the heat of summer in full swing, doctors are warning about increased health risks for Americans taking diabetes and obesity GLP-1 medications.

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Health news • Jul 07

San Diego confirms first local Chagas infection. Expert says ‘be smart’

On Monday, San Diego County health officials announced that they had confirmed the first locally acquired Chagas infection in the region.

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Health news • Jul 07

CDC must ‘make hard decisions’ triaging work after elevating Ebola response

A CDC employee said the agency is reeling from deep workforce cuts and “running on fumes.” It lost thousands of employees last year, and has hired hundreds.

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Health news • Jul 07

Mayor Mamdani Takes Aggressive Action to Address Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Disease Community Cluster

The Mamdani Administration will publicly release addresses of buildings with positive initial Legionella tests, require immediate cleaning and disinfection...

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Health news • Jul 07

‘Severe outbreak’ of contagious cancer detected in Washington soft-shell clams

Contagious cancer has hit shellfish in Washington. Soft-shell clams in Puget Sound have increasingly been diagnosed with bivalve transmissible neoplasias,...

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Health news • Jul 07

Cyclosporiasis outbreaks: What to know about the foodborne illness and symptoms

The source of cyclosporiasis outbreaks is still unknown, but fresh produce is suspected.

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Health news • Jul 07

2 million sterile mosquitoes released to fight invasive species in Sacramento

Public health officials in the Sacramento area are battling a surge of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that can spread dangerous diseases.

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Health news • Jul 07

‘Don’t Die’ biohacker Bryan Johnson opens up about diagnosis

Exclusive: 'I am very grateful to have been focused on health' over the past five years, he told The Independent.

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Health news • Jul 07

Alzheimer's Has Been Killing Brain Cells in a Way Scientists Have Never Understood - Until Now

To help cure Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, we need to understand the mechanisms through which it damages the brain – including how the...

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Health news • Jul 07

Mayor vows disclosure of UES buildings that test positive for Legionella contamination

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is vowing to release the addresses of all buildings whose water cooling towers test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes...

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Health news • Jul 07

30,000 mosquitoes to be released in San Gabriel Valley each week to fight mosquitoes

More than 30,000 sterile mosquitoes will be released in the San Gabriel Valley every week through October in an effort to mitigate mosquito-borne diseases,...

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Health news • Jul 07

San Diego confirms first locally acquired case of Chagas disease spread by the kissing bug

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County health officials have confirmed the region's first locally acquired case of Chagas disease, identified during...

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Health news • Jul 07

Biohacker Bryan Johnson says he has incurable disease: ‘My stomach is eating itself’

Biohacker Bryan Johnson, who says he spends US$2 million a year on his health, has revealed that he has an incurable disease and says his stomach is “eating...

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Health news • Jul 07

What is cyclosporiasis? Dozens of cases of stomach bug going around reported in Illinois as parasite outbreak grows: IDPH

What is cyclosporiasis? Dozens of cases of a stomach bug going around have been reported in Illinois as the parasite outbreak grows.

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Health news • Jul 07

Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally.

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