A record-high level of food incidents and recalls have been recorded in Australia, according to the annual report of Food Standards Australia New Zealand. The food safety team at Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) coordinated 106 incidents and recalls from July 2018 to June 2019, which was the highest number of recalls in a 12 [...]
Abstract To determine the seroprevalence and seroconversion of avian influenza virus (AIV) antibodies in poultry workers, we conducted a seroepidemiologic study in 7 areas of China during December 2014–April 2016. We used viral isolation and reverse transcription PCR to detect AIVs in specimens from live poultry markets. We analyzed 2,124 serum samples obtained from 1,407 [...]
Current oncology practice is “failing those diagnosed with cancer” with regard to prescribing exercise, says a call-to-action report from a global coalition of 40 leaders from 17 organizations, spearheaded by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). “A drug with similar benefit would likely be prescribed broadly,” write the authors, led by Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, [...]
New blood monitoring could be used to help people infected with tuberculosis More than 10 million people around the world have active tuberculosis (ATB), and every year more than a million die from it. The majority of patients live in low-resource countries where diagnosing ATB is especially challenging, as newer tests require expensive lab equipment [...]
Lack of Sleep You’ll feel grumpy and tired if you don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis, but it can raise your risk of a heart attack, too. In one study, researchers found that people who usually slept fewer than 6 hours a night were twice as likely to have a heart attack as [...]
Abstract Background Allergic rhinitis has been suspected to be a risk factor for asthma in several studies but this association is not firmly established. The objective of this study was to synthesize the evidence of the association between allergic rhinitis and the risk of asthma through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We performed a [...]
Wary of chicken pumped with antibiotics making its way into Manipur’s markets, a section of poultry and dairy farm owners in the Indian state recently appealed to the state government to ban imports from other states, apprehending “health and economic havoc.” Manipur is in northeast India, one of the regions charted by researchers as a “hotspot of [...]
Viral co-infections appear to impact clinical outcomes Viral co-infections infections are about six times more common in children than adults and changes clinical outcomes, a new study finds. Investigating five years of respiratory virus infections, the Cleveland Clinic research team, led by pediatric infectious disease specialist Frank Esper, MD, examined all co-infection pairings to determine if [...]
—Even high-income countries are found lacking and score only in the average range of preparedness A new Global Health Security Index released today, the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries, suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or [...]
Abstract Objective To assess whether severe psychiatric reactions to trauma and other adversities are associated with subsequent risk of life threatening infections. Design Population and sibling matched cohort study. Setting Swedish population. Participants 144 919 individuals with stress related disorders (post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress reaction, adjustment disorder, and other stress reactions) identified from 1987 to 2013 compared with [...]
