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Seattle Flu Study Kicks Off Second Year of Effort to Understand How Flu Outbreaks Spread and How to Stop Them

NewsemiaDecember 10, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 10, 201900

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flu season is here, and everyone should be thinking about how to stay healthy as the risk of getting the flu gets higher. Last...

AI/ML

Innovation Strategies Spread Through Market As Irish Firm Matheson Opens Digital Group

NewsemiaNovember 30, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 30, 201900

Leading Irish law firm Matheson has launched a Digital Services Group following ‘increased client demand’ for technology-enabled services. The move is further evidence of the...

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Drug-resistant staph can spread easily in household environments

NewsemiaNovember 26, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 26, 201900

Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and kills about 20,000. Antibiotic overuse...

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Access to mobile phone location data can help understand spread of vector-borne diseases

NewsemiaNovember 15, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 15, 201900

Researchers from EPFL and MIT have shown that human mobility is a major factor in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue...

Biology

Development, environmental degradation, and disease spread in the Brazilian Amazon

NewsemiaNovember 15, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 15, 201900

by Marcia C. Castro, Andres Baeza, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Ana Paula Dal’Asta, Giulio A. De Leo, Andrew P. Dobson, Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Raquel...

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Dog Disease Has Reportedly Infected Humans

NewsemiaNovember 5, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 5, 201900

Dogs are helping spread leptospirosis in the Western United States. Source link...

Biology

Malaria Researchers’ Findings May Have Implications for Preventing Spread of Deadly Disease

NewsemiaNovember 4, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 4, 201900

ISB researchers and their collaborators are using systems biology approaches to learn how the malaria parasite is able to transfer to humans via the bite...

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Not Washing Hands Likened To Eating Raw Meat In Terms Of Health Risk

NewsemiaNovember 2, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 2, 201900

According to a new study, not washing your hands after going to the toilet can spread E. coli more than eating raw meat can. Source...

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New $1.5 million grant could help develop innovative methods to halt spread of cancer

NewsemiaOctober 1, 2019

by NewsemiaOctober 1, 201900

One of the most devastating pieces of news a cancer patient can receive is that their cancer has spread to other parts of the body....

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As illnesses spread, fake vape gear sells on LA streets

NewsemiaSeptember 17, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 17, 201900

A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that...

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Papillomaviruses may be able to be spread by blood

NewsemiaSeptember 11, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 11, 201900

Papillomavirus has traditionally been considered strictly a sexually transmitted disease, but a recent study found that rabbit and mouse papillomaviruses could be transferred by blood...

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Medical News Today: Antibiotic resistance can spread in the absence of drugs

NewsemiaSeptember 10, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 10, 201900

Using mice, scientists have recently identified a mechanism independent of antibiotic use that can spread drug resistance among intestinal bacteria. Source link...

Biology

Human Migration and the Spread of the Nematode Parasite Wuchereria bancrofti

NewsemiaSeptember 10, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 10, 201900

Abstract The human disease lymphatic filariasis causes the debilitating effects of elephantiasis and hydrocele. Lymphatic filariasis currently affects the lives of 90 million people in...

Gastroenterology

Nerve cells aid in the spread of pancreatic cancer, study reveals

NewsemiaAugust 30, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 30, 201900

A couple of molecules that nerve cells use to grow during development could help explain why the most common pancreatic cancers are so difficult to...

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Network analysis of dairy cattle movement and associations with bovine tuberculosis spread and control in emerging dairy belts of Ethiopia

NewsemiaAugust 16, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 16, 201900

Mekonnen, GA; Ameni, G; Wood, JLN; Berg, S; Conlan, AJK; Aseffa, A; Mihret, A; … Zeleke, Y; + view all Mekonnen, GA; Ameni, G; Wood,...

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Electromagnetic Fields to Stop Spread of Cancer

NewsemiaAugust 15, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 15, 201900

After a cancer is discovered in a patient, the biggest fear is that it will metastasize to other parts of the body. Currently, there’s really...

Biology

Pancreatic cancer cells spread by 'educating' the tumor environment

NewsemiaAugust 15, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 15, 201900

Why does pancreatic cancer spread? The answer may lie in a previously unknown set of molecules that help cancer cells shape the environment around tumors....

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Deadly Fungal Infection Spread: Climate Change To Blame?

NewsemiaJuly 28, 2019

by NewsemiaJuly 28, 201900

Researchers discovered that climate change has been contributing to the spread of a deadly and hard to detect fungal infection across the world. Source link...

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How cell-free DNA can be targeted to prevent spread of tumors

NewsemiaJuly 13, 2019

by NewsemiaJuly 13, 201900

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is DNA found in trace amounts in blood, which has escaped degradation by enzymes. Source link...

Pediatrics

Spread of Measles in Europe and Implications for US Travelers

NewsemiaJuly 7, 2019

by NewsemiaJuly 7, 201900

From January 2018 to June 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) European Region countries reported >41 000 measles cases, including 37 deaths, a record high since...