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Whitney Hopfauf

Doctors warned to be vigilant for warn new deadly virus sweeping the globe from Middle ... - 0 views

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globe virus virology microbiology

shared by Whitney Hopfauf on 12 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • three confirmed infections in Britain suggests the virus can pass from person to person rather than from animal to humans
  • coronavirus, part of the same family of viruses as the common cold and the deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • 60-year-old man who had recently traveled to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and developed a respiratory illness on January 24, 2013. Samples from the man showed he was infected with both the new virus and with H1N1
  • Whitney Hopfauf on 12 Mar 13
     
    While the number of confirmed cases is really low, the unnerving aspect is that 8 of the 14 people infected died. 
Nate Scheibe

Caltech Wins Toilet Challenge | Caltech - 0 views

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bacteria toilet

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  • Nate Scheibe on 22 May 13
     
    "According to the World Health Organization, 2.5 billion people around the globe are without access to sanitary toilets, which results in the spread of deadly diseases. Every year, 1.5 million people-mostly those under the age of five-die from diarrhea."
  • Nate Scheibe on 22 May 13
     
    This is the infrastructure side of many of the microbes (and more importantly the diseases associated with them) we learned about.
Casey Finnerty

Rare Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Spreads To Six States : Shots - Health Blog : NPR - 0 views

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microbiology fungi

shared by Casey Finnerty on 05 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • The drug was contaminated with the spores of a common leaf mold — nobody knows how.
  • Five patients have died.
    • Casey Finnerty
      Casey Finnerty on 05 Feb 14
       
      As of 2012-10-15, 203 cases, 15 deaths.
  • Compounding pharmacies, which provide up to 10 percent of U.S. pharmaceuticals, are more loosely regulated than traditional drug companies. As is common, NECC is licensed by a state pharmacy board, which doesn't have the staff to conduct regular inspections. The company has been cited for contamination problems in the past, as the Boston Globe reports.
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  • Surprisingly, the FDA says it has no idea how many doses of the tainted medicine have been shipped out.
  • methylprednisolone
  • The incubation period of fungal meningitis may be as long as four weeks.
  • Dr. April Pettit
  • People don't get Apergillus infections unless they have severely compromised immunity.
  • Pettit learned the man had gotten a spinal injection a couple of weeks earlier. She put two and two together and notified state health authorities.
  • There's one lucky aspect of this disaster: Unlike more common forms of meningitis, this type can't be passed from person to person.
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