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The Many Weird Germs You Can Catch at the Beach
Earlier this month, South Carolina resident Brent Norman had an especially unlucky time at the beach. As reported by local outlet ABCNews4 last week, Norman stepped and cut his foot on several seashells while taking a barefoot walk on the sand. Within a week’s time, his injured foot had gotten so swollen and painful that…
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There’s Been a Staggering Increase in People Killed by Fungi Every Year, Study Finds
The global burden and death toll of fungi has substantially climbed over the past decade, new research finds. The study estimates that fungal infections help kill nearly 4 million people annually—almost double the amount estimated by similar research in 2012. Co-infections like HIV and tuberculosis, a lack of speedy and reliable diagnostic testing, and growing…
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New List of the Most Dangerous Pathogens Will Include ‘Disease X,’ the Likely Next Pandemic
The World Health Organisation is creating an updated list of the globe’s most dangerous microbes. The public health agency will recruit over 300 scientists to work on the list. They will consider known germs across dozens of virus and bacteria families. One automatic inclusion will be “Disease X,” the moniker given to a currently unknown…
