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Species Possibly Responsible for COVID Pandemic Identified
Environmental samples taken at Wuhan animal market in China indicate the presence of COVID where animals were held.
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ABIM Revokes Two Physicians’ Certifications Over Accusations of COVID Misinformation
Two critical care docs lose ABIM certification following advocating for ivermectin as a treatment for COVID.
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‘Doesn’t Fit Anything I Trained for’: Committee Examines Treatment for Chronic Illness After Lyme Disease
Few RCTs have been conducted on PTLD and there is no consensus on treatment; NASEM has called for more research.
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Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease Has Severe Effects
"A myth I would like to dispel is that Chagas disease is not being transmitted in the United States."
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Musculoskeletal Symptoms Often Misattributed to Prior Tick Bites
A new study finds that Ehrlichia or Rickettsia seropositivity was not linked with chronic musculoskeletal symptoms, but alpha-...
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Worm pulled from woman’s brain in case that ‘stunned’
“When you operate on a brain, you don’t expect to find anything alive.”
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West Nile infections rising in the U.S.
West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States.
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Infection-related chronic illness: A new paradigm for research and treatment
Researchers are looking to build a common research agenda for infection-related chronic illnesses to “understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis...
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Research points toward combination therapy for Lyme and improved diagnostics
Lyme disease researchers are investigating combination therapy to address “persister” bacteria and diagnostic tests that test directly for the...
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Deer populations pose COVID risk to humans: Study
“The potential for SARS-CoV-2, or any zoonotic disease, to persist and evolve in wildlife populations can pose unique public health risks.”
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Ticks use static electricity to latch onto hosts: Study
It turns out that some people really are tick magnets.