Texas and New Mexico Meanwhile, the Texas health department on Tuesday provided an outbreak update, raising the case count to […]
Tag: Infectious disease
This is what it looks like when parasitic worms directly invade your brain
Once eaten by a human, the L3 larvae try to complete their life cycle by burrowing into tissue out of […]
Measles outbreak hits 208 cases as federal response goes off the rails
Skip to content CDC to reportedly study nonexistent link between measles vaccine and autism. Boxes and vials of the Measles, […]
Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing
Cook, along with Lubbock’s director of public health, Katherine Wells, said they see no end in sight for the outbreak, […]
Unvaccinated school-aged child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak
Ongoing outbreak The current outbreak in Texas also involves a close-knit religious community—Mennonites—that has largely eschewed vaccination. The outbreak began […]
Texas measles outbreak reaches 90 cases; 9 cases in New Mexico
Other affected counties in Texas include Dawson (6 cases); Ector (1); Lubbock (1); Lynn (1); Terry (20); and Yoakum (4). […]
Doctors find worms squirming through teen’s neck: A cautionary tale
Skip to content There are two charming categories of hookworms to keep in mind. Magnified 100X, this whole mount photomicrograph […]
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up […]
Nine unvaccinated people hospitalized as Texas measles outbreak doubles
In an interview with Ars Technica last week, Zach Holbrooks, the executive director of the South Plains Public Health District […]
Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada
However, the new Nevada case is notable because it marks the first time D1.1 is known to have jumped from […]