Highlights • In-cabin VOCs may lead to adverse effects on human health, therefore, interior VOCs for new vehicles were measured to evaluate the human health risk and to identify the dominant source. • The in-cabin VOCs levels in the present study were all below the Chinese limitations, but inhalation exposure to these VOCs [...]
While there are several risk factors why Mumbaikars are prone to this respiratory ailment. The key reasons for the rise of asthma cases are air pollution, dust and debris from constant construction work in the city, dust from dug up and roads. Vehicular exhaust is the most common cause of air pollution and can also [...]
Some bacteria naturally transfer pieces of their DNA within and between species. Such a piece of DNA has been engineered to act as a molecular ‘Trojan horse’ that unleashes a toxin to selectively kill antibiotic-resistant Vibrio cholerae bacteria. Antibiotic resistance among infectious bacteria is an increasing problem worldwide, resulting in large part from the overuse of antibiotics. Writing [...]
The Florida Department of Health in Martin County is encouraging vaccination and good hygiene to stop the spread of hepatitis A in the community. To date, 24 confirmed cases of hepatitis A have been reported in Martin County, including four deaths associated with complications from the virus. Read more at Outbreak News… The post [...]
Abstract Eukaryotes have evolved elaborate mechanisms to ensure that chromosomes segregate with high fidelity during mitosis and meiosis, and yet specific aneuploidies can be adaptive during environmental stress. Here, we identify a chromatin-based system required for inducible aneuploidy in a human pathogen. Candida albicans utilizes chromosome missegregation to acquire tolerance to antifungal drugs and for nonmeiotic [...]
In a follow-up on the human Nipah virus case in Ernakulum district of Kerala state, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan told the Lower House of Parliament that out of 36 Pteropus species bats tested for Nipah, 12 (33 per cent) were found to be positive for anti-Nipah bat IgG antibodies, according to a Mathrubhumi report. Read more at [...]
Food safety officials in New Zealand are urging people to cook raw mussels thoroughly after an increase in food poisoning. New Zealand Food Safety did not say how many people had been affected but reported an increase in people with food poisoning caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus during the past six weeks. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a [...]
A new report has predicted that there will be 5 million additional people in the U.S. with a personal history of cancer by 2030. The report, produced every three years as a joint venture between the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute states that the numbers will soar from 16.9 million Americans with a [...]
The rate of U.S. adolescents and young adults dying of suicide has reached its highest level in nearly two decades, according a report published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 2017, there were 47 percent more suicides among people aged 15 to 19 than in the year 2000. Overall, there are 36 percent [...]
Over the weekend, the ministry of health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded 28 new cases of Ebola, and will likely confirm another 20 new cases today. With nearly 50 cases in 3 days, the outbreak is experiencing another spike in activity following the discovery of cases in neighboring Uganda last week. [...]
