Increased Warming May Result in Chronic Kidney Disease; US Researchers Warn It Could Become a Major Health Epidemic

Medicine & Technology Oct 21, 2021

Experts have recently called for more urgent research on the link between heat and chronic kidney disease of the uncertain cause or CHDu to examine the situation.

Shigella Outbreak: Homeless People in San Diego Hospitalized After Being Infected With the Contagious Disease

Oct 13, 2021

San Diego County health officials have recorded six cases of Shigella among the homeless people in the county. They are now monitoring the patients and looking for the potential cause of the disease outbreak.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease in African Buffalo Shows Persistence of Highly Infectious Pathogens

Sep 30, 2021

A new study on foot-and-mouth disease in African buffalo could help explain how some extremely infectious pathogens are able to continue and reach the prevalent stage in a population long after they have burned through their first pool of vulnerable hosts.

Cummings' Scandal Becomes the Tipping Point for UK's Pubic Health Controversies

Jun 02, 2020

Dominic Cummings' scandal is just the beginning of questioning public health concerns headed by the UK government.

Epidemiology: Measures for Improved Air Quality and Health

May 20, 2019

Researchers offered the first systematic review aiming to identify and critically appraise all studies that evaluate the impact of measures aiming to improve all quality