Amid rising COVID cases and hospitalizations throughout the country, several hospital systems or hospitals have reinstated mask-wearing requirements for patients and staff, as reported by Becker’s Hospital Review. These announcements come as COVID-related hospitalizations have risen 21.6% in the most recent week
The long-awaited Online Safety Bill is expected to become law in the autumn, but has faced a lengthy route to the statute book with repeated changes and delays. Recently ministers were forced to defend the Bill amid concern from tech firms that
Experts warn that one of the oldest infectious diseases in history — leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease — now may be endemic in Florida, according to a recent report. From 2015 to 2020, 34% of new cases in the U.S. seem
Cases of leprosy are surging in central Florida, according to a recent research letter shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors said that the Sunshine State has “witnessed an increased incidence of leprosy cases lacking traditional risk factors,”
The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cases of dengue fever could reach close to record highs this year, partly due to global warming and the way that climate has helped the mosquitoes that spread it, Reuters reported. Rates of the
What are the most common STDs? Amid public health funding cuts and clinic closures, the three most common sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise as U.S. infections increase Hawaii health officials, including physician Gov. Josh Green, said Wednesday that expanded screening
What are the most common STDs? Amid public health funding cuts and clinic closures, the three most common sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise as U.S. infections increase Houston health officials are warning residents of a syphilis outbreak that is responsible
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The first malaria cases in decades were recently confirmed in two southern states. Four cases were confirmed in Florida, and one was reported in Texas. All patients have received treatment and are improving. There is no evidence to suggest the cases in
Several locally acquired malaria cases have been confirmed in Texas and Florida within the past two months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in an alert on Monday. The agency also expressed a concern that an increase in international