Infectious Disease - Page 191

April 11, 2023

Health officials claim STD cases have been accelerating, doctors hope old drug can slow rising rates

Doctors are hoping a cheap antibiotic will be able to slow the rising STD rate in the U.S. Experts believes rates have been rising due to declining condom use and reduced testing.

April 11, 2023

New Hampshire man sentenced to over 2 years in prison for fraud involving 6 million in COVID-19 loans

A man from New Hampshire attempted to fraudulently obtain over $6 million in federal CARES Act funds for seven businesses. He has been sentenced to over two years in prison.

April 11, 2023

Biden signs bill ending COVID-19 pandemic national emergency

President Biden signed a bill to end the COVID-19 pandemic national emergency after it was first declared in March 2020. The public health emergency expires in May.

April 11, 2023

Fungal outbreak in Michigan: Nearly 100 paper mill employees could be infected

Nearly 100 people apparently have contracted blastomycosis, an infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces. The outbreak happened at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan.

April 10, 2023

Details about David Crosby’s death revealed by Graham Nash

The Byrds co-founder David Crosby passed away in January after suffering from a "long illness." Band member Graham Nash claims the long illness was COVID-19.

April 10, 2023

Marburg virus ‘will not become the next pandemic’ but should be monitored, doctor says

Fox News medical contributor and NYU Langone internal medicine specialist Dr. Marc Siegel appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Monday to share his perspective on the recent Marburg virus outbreaks.

April 10, 2023

India asks other countries to increase COVID testing as cases climb

India is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 daily cases. The country is asking other states to ramp up its testing and conduct mock drill in hospitals.

April 10, 2023

New Mexico rivers to be stocked with fewer rainbow trout after whirling disease detected at hatchery

Whirling disease has been detected at a New Mexico hatchery. As a result, fewer rainbow trout will be introduced to the state’s lakes and rivers.

April 9, 2023

Cancer, heart disease vaccine could be ready by 2030


Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says the technology that the vaccine uses has been studied since the 1980s and that it teaches the body to recognize cancerous cells in order to attack and destroy them.

April 8, 2023

China called out by World Health Organization over COVID origin data

Chinese health officials are defending their efforts to find the source of the coronavirus pandemic after a World Health Organization leader said it should have shared data much sooner.