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Warning as cases of respiratory disease Mycoplasma pneumonia rise in NSW

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which is more contagious bacterial or viral :: Article Creator The Surprising "Side-Effect" Of Some Vaccinations Source: Frank Merino / Pexels Have you gotten the shingles vaccination? What about the flu vax? If so, I have good news and more good news for you...And your brain. Of the many factors that contribute to healthy aging—exercise, diet, the gratitude attitude, and social connections, to name a few— the most surprising may be this one: Getting vaccinated. According to the latest research, getting vaccinated may contribute not only to your lifespan—the number of years you will live— but also to your healthspan—the amount of time you will live without major health problems, including cognitive decline. Lifespan Taking lifespan first, it's no secret that getting vaccinated contributes to a longer life for individuals who get them. Vaccinations have boosted average life expectancy for people around the globe. With v

Comparison of COVID Cases and Wastewater Concentration ... - Santa Clara County

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Comparison of COVID Cases and Wastewater Concentration ...    Santa Clara County

Mike Salvino, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, DXC ... - Business Roundtable

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Mike Salvino is chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, the world's leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, serving nearly 6,000 private and public-sector customers in 70 countries and from a diverse array of industries. Mike, who became CEO in September 2019, also serves on the DXC Board of Directors, where he has been a member since May 2019 and chairman since July 2022. Prior to joining DXC, Mike served as managing director of Carrick Capital Partners from 2016 to 2019, where he was directly involved with Carrick's portfolio companies and in sourcing new investments, growing and managing large scale tech-enabled services businesses, specifically business process outsourcing, security and machine learning. Prior to his tenure at Carrick, from 2009 to 2016, Mike served as group chief executive of Accenture Operations, one of Accenture's five businesses, where he led a team of more than 100,000 consulting and outsourcing professionals f

Plans call for former bank building in St. Charles to be razed for ... - Shaw Local

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Plans call for tearing down a former bank building next to the Foxfield Commons shopping center on St. Charles' east side to make way for an Andy's Frozen Custard store and a Physicians Immediate Care center. The St. Charles Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on the plans at 7 p.m. June 7 in the City Council chambers of the Municipal Building at 2 E. Main St. Eric Dams, on behalf of GW St. Charles LLC, has submitted plans to raze the vacant bank building at 2600 E. Main St. and build an Andy's Frozen Custard store with a drive-through and a Physicians Immediate Care center. This would be the first Andy's Frozen Custard store in the Tri-Cities. The closest one is on South Randall Road in Elgin. Andy's Frozen Custard has more than 100 locations in 14 states and bills itself as being the largest dessert-only franchise in the world. Physicians Immediate Care offers both urgent care and occupational health services. At a St. Charles City Council Planning and Deve

Biden vows to take on the 'plague' of fentanyl as AMLO bemoans 'abandonment' of Latin America - Daily Mail

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Biden vows to take on the 'plague' of fentanyl and says we're 'on our way' to tackling 'irregular migration' – as Lopez Obrador complains about imports from Asia and the 'abandonment' of Latin America Biden and Lopez Obrador rode together after Biden landed Sunday Lopez Obrador complained of 'disdain' for the region Biden touted billions in U.S. aid and commitments around the world  Earlier Lopez Obrador said Mexico may accept additional migrants from US Their one-on-one was first meeting of 'Three Amigos' summit  By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.Com In Mexico City Published: 01:25 GMT, 10 January 2023 | Updated: 09:08 GMT, 10 January 2023 The 'Three Amigos' summit got started Monday with a bit of a friendly quarrel between two of the allies – after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Senior living community among 'unwitting' providers swept up in ... - McKnight's Senior Living

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(Credit: Catherine McQueen / Getty Images) A New Jersey assisted living community was among many "unwitting healthcare providers" across the country duped into hiring more than 7,600 nurses with fake credentials due to a $114 million fraud scheme, according to the federal government.  The Department of Justice announced federal charges last week against 25 nursing school recruiters, owners and managers for a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses. Dubbed "Operational Nightingale," the investigation resulted in search warrants in five states: Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Texas and Florida. "What is disturbing about this investigation is that there are over 7,600 people around the country with fraudulent nursing credentials who are potentially in critical healthcare roles treating patients," Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough with the FBI Miam

100°F is where the magic happens in the hatchery - Poultry World

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The increasing global concern about rising antimicrobial resistance has led to a growing interest in alternative approaches to preventing and controlling infectious diseases. One approach is to enhance animal resilience. Wijnen defines resilience as the ability of an animal to cope with environmental disruptions, such as infectious diseases, and reorganise with a minimal loss of function. Resilience to infectious diseases can be studied by measuring 3 complementary aspects: resistance to becoming infected, tolerance during infection, and recovery from the infection. "The vast majority of animal health research focuses on only 1 of these 3 aspects, whereas all 3 of them need to be included to draw sound conclusions on the actual ability to cope with diseases. In my research, I looked at overall poultry resilience to intestinal and respiratory diseases instead," says Wijnen. "It's intriguing that relatively small deviations in eggshell temperature during incubation can

Here's how to identify a pneumonia cough and fever and tips to prevent it - Hindustan Times

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health Updated on Jan 29, 2023 06:58 PM IST Pneumonia cases spike in winter and presents confusing symptoms. Here's how to identify a pneumonia cough and fever, who are more likely to get affected by it and effective tips to prevent pneumonia during winters Here's how to identify a pneumonia cough and fever and tips to prevent it (Photo by Edward Jenner on Pexels) By Zarafshan Shiraz , Delhi Seasonal changes can cause a variety of diseases and pneumonia is one of the infections brought on by viruses and bacteria that is a common phenomenon during the winter. It is important to understand that pneumonia can happen at any time of year, not just during the winter however, the number of patients suffering from pneumonia rises during the colder months as people tend to spend more time indoors and are in closer proximity to certain bacteria, fungus or viruses. Pneumonia is described as an inflammation of the tissue in o

The beginning and ending of a respiratory viral pandemic‐lessons ... - sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Virtual Press conference on global health issues transcript - 24 ... - who.int

Overview 00:00:25 CL          Hello and welcome to today's global health issues press conference, right here, from the WHO HQ in Geneva. It is Tuesday, 24 January. My name is Christian Lindmeier and I will take you through today's press conference. We have, as usual, simultaneous interpretation available in six official UN languages, Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish and Russian, plus Portuguese and Hindi. If, in the course of the briefing, you want to ask a question, please don't forget to raise your hand with the Raise Your Hand icon and unmute yourself when it's your time. Now, let me introduce the panel and we, again, have a huge list of speakers today. First and foremost, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. We have Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director for WHO's Health Emergencies Programme. On his side is Dr Hanan Balkhy. She's Assistant Director-Gen

Avian flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm sets off global alarm bells - EL PAÍS USA

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It's like a script for a disaster movie that everyone has already seen. Europe is going through the most devastating bird flu epidemic in its history, with more than 50 million poultry slaughtered in one year. At the beginning of autumn, seagulls and gannets killed by this virus appeared on the beaches of Spain's northwestern Galicia region. Days later, in early October, American mink began to die of hemorrhagic pneumonia on a fur farm in Carral, a few minutes' drive from the city of A Coruña. Mortality in this outbreak exceeded 4% in a single week. A scientific study now suggests that the avian flu virus jumped from wild birds to mink and mutated on the farm, beginning to spread from mammal to mammal but failing to infect mask-wearing farm workers. This outbreak has set off alarm bells across the planet. The Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans, who traced the origin of the Covid pandemic for the World Health Organization (WHO), has issued a warning on her social media account