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#FoodAllergy, #ChildhoodAllergy, #Allergy, #Asthma, #InfancyAllergy Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in childhood, according to a world-first study, https://medicalxpress.com/news reported. The research, led by …
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#Totonto; #TorontoPublicHealth; #ChildrenCovid19Vaccinations Toronto/CMEDIA; Committed to restoring pre-pandemic programs and services, Toronto Public Health’s (TPH) is opening a new fixed-site clinic vaccination location in Scarborough Town Centre on August 1 to ensure equitable vaccination …
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#Thailand, #AIDS, #ThailandDrugAbuse, DrugUsers A new narcotics law in Thailand has meant that people who use drugs are more able to access care for treatment of conditions like HIV, but the virus …
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#TB, #UN New York: UN health innovation initiative Unitaid warned on Wednesday that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by …
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#AvianInfluenza, #Poland Polish authorities are investigating all potential sources of infection after some 29 cats were found to be infected with the influenza A virus, similar to those found in birds, …
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West Nile Virus. Image credit: Wikipedia.org #Toronto; #WestNileVirus; #TorontoWNVPositive Toronto/CMEDIA: Confirmation of one batch of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) has been received by Toronto Public Health …
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#DengueBangladesh, #BangladeshDengue, #Dengue, #Bangladesh IBNS: Bangladesh has witnessed the admission of 1,424 dengue patients in recent times, taking the total number of admissions in the country since the start of the year to …
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#Aspartame, #Cancer, #WHO, #ArtificialSweetener The World Health Organization has classified artificial sweeteners aspartame, which is commonly used in soft drinks, as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’ even as soft drink behemoths like Pepsico said …
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Cancer-causing chemicals study. Representational image by National Cancer Institute on unsplash Cancer-causing chemicals polluting the entire city of Hamilton, Ontario were reportedly found by an air-monitoring experiment. Matthew Adams, a …
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#Guillain-Barre, #Peru IBNS: Peru declared a 90-day national health emergency on Saturday due to an “unusual increase” of cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The country has so far registered 165 cases and …
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