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Recurring risk: Like Zika, Oropouche virus can also affect the brains of unborn babies

As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital malformations linked to Oropouche virus infection.

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New coastal pathogen database maps microbial risks across global waters | Newswise

A research team has developed the Coastal Water Pathogen Database (CWPD), an open-access platform that integrates metagenomic evidence on pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi in coastal waters with…

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US officials focus on identification and rapid action as measles cases rise

Authorities in Delaware tackle cluster with vaccination and contract tracing – but field has been weakened by cuts

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Stichwort - Plastisphäre

Die Plastisphäre beschreibt die Gemeinschaft von Mikroorganismen, die kleine und kleinste Kunststoffpartikel (Mikroplastik) bewohnen und zum Teil auch das Plastik abbauen.

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Leben auf Plastik – Per Anhalter durchs Meer - Leben auf Plastik – Per Anhalter durchs Meer - hier anschauen

Plastikmüll bedroht das maritime Ökosystem. Er schafft aber zugleich einen neuen Lebensraum im Wasser. Dieser Film taucht ein in diese verborgene, bunte Welt voller Algen, Bakterien und Pilze.

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Congo’s Ebola death toll passes 1,500 as it struggles to halt spread

There's still no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus as the country struggles for control in infected areas.

kstp.com

MMIR vaccine rates for children continue to drop, measles cases climb

As the U.S. grapples with record-high cases of measles, school is right around the corner, and there are fewer and fewer kids vaccinated against the disease.

www.dw.com

The plague is as deadly today as in the Middle Ages

Most people have only heard of the plague as the disease that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages. But it's still around today, such as in Madagascar, and just as lethal as ever.

www.infectioncontroltoday.com

Why Legionnaires' Disease Cases Continue to Rise Despite Current Prevention Strategies | Infection Control Today

Hung Cheung, MD, of the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease, says preventing illness requires upstream water management, stronger surveillance, and earlier public health intervention.

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