Category: Infectious diseases
Worrisome fungal infections are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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What is the human thermal barrier? As Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor, describes in his new book, “Will the Fungi Win?” it is our normal body temperature, and it has been holding the majority of fungal infections in humans at …
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Fungi are becoming more adapted to hot temperatures, and that may lead to more human infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Devastation of food crops is one of fungi’s biggest threats to people, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Fungi are worth your attention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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What’s your favorite fungus? You might say mushrooms and stop there, since for most of us a broad knowledge of fungi is lacking. Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins professor and author of a new book, “What if the Fungi Win?” is …
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Illnesses spread by mosquitoes and ticks are on the rise, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that over the last decade plus illnesses conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, so called vector-borne infections, have risen by over 300%. Mary Shue, a Johns Hopkins dermatologist, says people …
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Older men don’t respond as well to vaccination as older women, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Giving Covid vaccines to adults aged 75 and older has shown that while they do respond with antibodies, that response lasts a much shorter time than in younger people. Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Sean Leng says the study also found …
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