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Here's our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. Wayne County -- COVID, upper respiratory infections, poison ivy, poison oak, colds, seasonal allergies, infected bug bites Dr. Jaime Hope -- Medical director of Emergency Medicine at Beaumont Outpatient Campus – Livonia "We are still seeing lots of bug bites and injuries from people being outdoors this summer. Next week, however, is back to school, so a reminder for drivers to be slow and safe, as small children will be at bus stops all over the area. Back to school also means an increase in viruses and sports injuries. Currently, we have been seeing a number of COVID cases, strep and hand, foot, and mouth disease." Dr. Jennifer Stephens-Hoyer -- Emergency Department, Henry Ford Medical Center Plymouth "COVID-19 infections have increased, as have hospitalizations slightly; thankfully most cases are still "mild" and ...

In the 1990s, Jack in the Box was at the center of one of the most infamous food poisoning incidents in history. Contaminated beef patties from the American fast-food chain, which contained harmful Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacterium, caused infections in more than 730 people, and led to the deaths of four children.  Netflix The major scandal is talked about in the new Netflix documentary Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food. The film aims to raise awareness of the dangers of foodborne illness in the American food system. With the help of experts, including food lawyers (most notably Bill Marler, who worked on the Jack in the Box case), politicians, and scientists, the new documentary guides viewers through some of the harrowing details of the way food is processed and sold in the US. Most of the focus is on the meat industry and its use of industrialized, pollutive factory farms. How meat is fueling a food-poisoning crisis While there was a crackdown in the '9...

In one of the many disturbing images in a new Netflix documentary on food safety, animal waste from a cattle feedlot ends up in a drainage canal providing water to large fields of romaine lettuce. It's no wonder leafy greens are a chronic source of E. coli infections, Northeastern professor and food safety expert Darin Detwiler says in "Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food." Unlike with meat for cooking, "there's no kill step" in preparing lettuce, Detwiler says in the 1 hour, 22-minute documentary airing Aug. 2. "Poisoned," a new Netflix documentary featuring Northeastern professor Darin Detwiler, airs Aug. 2. Photo courtesy of Netflix Detwiler, a full-time associate teaching professor, says he hopes the documentary—whose trailer already has more than 1.6 million views—serves as a consumer call to food safety action on the part of regulators and food industry executives. "Policy makers and executiv...

The Good Brigade/Getty Images After a relatively quiet summer, COVID-19 appears to be gaining traction again in the U.S., with the latest subvariant EG.5 (Eris) causing increases in cases and hospitalizations across the country. The most recent variant proportion estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EG.5 makes up the majority of COVID-19 cases int the U.S., accounting for just over 20% of all illnesses. Hospitalizations are starting to tick up as well: The most recent data, from August 12, shows 12,163 new COVID hospitalizations—a 17% increase from the following week. As with most new COVID variants and subvariants, one question seems to come to mind first: "What are the symptoms?" Though all COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of variant, are unlikely to differ too much, it's difficult to say for sure which symptoms are specific to EG.5 right now—but here's what doctors have been seeing recently ...

Study population Of the 390 potential participants that were investigated between November 2017 and January 2019 for the presence of M.tb , 26.41% (103/390) had positive TB disease on at least one occasion (Fig. 2) (Table 1). Fig. 2 Participant flow diagram of baseline and follow-up specimens of patients collected at primary healthcare facilities in Eswatini. A total of n  = 103 participants were enrolled into the study and followed through at 6th month Full size image Table 1 Demographic data of four regions in Eswatini represented into the study Full size table Drug susceptibility profile of the M.tb strains The drug susceptibility testing (DST) results were generated at baseline ( n  = 103) and at follow-up, ( n  = 103). Although, most of the specimens at both baseline and follow-up (58.74%) were susceptible to all first-line anti-TB drugs, there was a significant proportion of specimens that were classified as RIF mono-resistant (28.16%). Furthermore, the poly-resistant s...

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Submitted by San Juan County. As of Aug. 22 the Washington State Department of Health has closed recreational shellfish harvesting in San Juan County due to unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poison. This closure includes all species of molluscan shellfish including clams, geoduck, scallops, mussels, oysters, and snails. PSP and other biotoxins are poisons that occur naturally in marine waters; however, certain environmental factors can increase the production of these poisons. Molluscan shellfish that filter feed (shellfish with hinged shells such as oysters, clams, and mussels) can ingest these biotoxins, which remain in their system. Meat from crab and shrimp is not affected, but "crab butter" and entrails should be discarded during PSP advisories as they may contain biotoxins. When PSP concentrations reach unsafe levels in shellfish, ingesting them can cause severe illness or death. Cooking shellfish does not destroy PSP present in their system, and there is no antid...

Show Caption Hide Caption Biologists work to save native fish on the San Juan River Native fish are on the decline in the Colorado River and its tributaries. At Piute Farms on the Navajo nation, biologists take matters into their own hands. Mark Henle, The Republic National Park Service biologists planned to close off and poison a slough connected to the Colorado River upstream of the Grand Canyon to kill young, non-native bass this weekend, the agency said. It's the second time that officials have used rotenone, a fish-killing agent, as an emergency measure to slow a mushrooming smallmouth bass invasion from Lake Powell that threatens native humpback chubs that swim the Colorado farther downstream. This time they're seeking hundreds of young bass, instead of the handful first detected in the slough between Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry last year. "This is a ver...

People who became ill reported eating lean ground beef that was sold at ShopRite locations in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, the C.D.C. said. A salmonella outbreak linked to lean ground beef sold in ShopRite stores in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has left 16 people sick, including six who were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ground beef that was labeled 80 percent lean was the only common food that the people who became ill in the outbreak reported eating. Investigators are working to identify the source of the ground beef, the agency said in a release. One person also reported salmonella illness in Massachusetts, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known cases, the C.D.C. said. Nine of the 16 people who reported being ill purchased ground beef from different ShopRites, and the source of the remaining seven cases has not been determined, ShopRite said in a statement. The illnesses occurred between April 27 and...

Bacterial vaginosis increases STI risk | Image Credit: © Kzenon - © Kzenon - stock.adobe.com. According to a recent study published in the Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venerology, and Leprology , there is a significant association between dysbiosis in vaginal microbiota and increased sexually transmitted infection (STI) and vulvovaginal candidiasis risk. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) occurs because of shifts in vaginal flora, with the vaginal lactobacilli dominated by anaerobes and gram-negative bacteria growth. This causes disruptions in the vaginal microflora and presents as white, thin, and malodorous discharge.  BV is seen in about 15% to 49% of women worldwide, causing morbidity and complications in reproductive health. Categories of vaginal flora include BV normal, intermediate and positive. Categorization is often accomplished using Nugent scoring. However, there is little information on intermediate Nugent Score. To determine the association of STIs in BV positive and BV ...

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Image courtesy of FDA The FDA is cautioning pet owners that have purchased Darwin's Natural Pet Products raw cat and dog food to not feed the food to their pets if they are under a certain lot number. The food, made by Arrow Reliance Inc, tested positive for Salmonella after the FDA tested samples. The following lots have received positive results 1 : Lot 9774: Darwin's Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Chicken Recipe with Organic Vegetables for Dogs, manufactured on Jun 13, 2023. Lot 9795: Darwin's Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Chicken Recipe for Cats, manufactured on Jun 28, 2023. Advertisement Lot 9830: Darwin's Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Chicken Recipe for Cats, manufactured on Jul 19, 2023. According to the FDA, the products come in white and clear packaging with blue labels on the dog food and green and blue on the cat food. The packages contain 4 separate united and pet parents or veterinary professionals can check the lot code on the...

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Nearly two dozen participants in a "Tough Mudder" competition, who crawled, climbed and waded through a mucky obstacle course, recently reported developing bumpy, pus-filled skin rashes and fevers. Tough Mudders are miles-long obstacle courses intended to challenge participants' physical fitness and foster teamwork. On Aug. 19 and Aug. 20, "Mudders" assembled at Sonoma Raceway in California to attempt such a course, but within 24 hours of the event, many people started to get sick. On Wednesday (Aug. 23), the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services issued an advisory to all Tough Mudder participants , warning them that multiple people had reported symptoms that could signal a potentially serious infection caused by a group of bacteria called Aeromonas .  "Sonoma County Department of Health Services has received dozens of phone calls and emails from participants either concerned about their health or reporting symptoms," Matt...

This is turtle-ly a problem. An 11-state Salmonella outbreak has already left 26 people sick and nine hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the suspected culprits are turtles—specifically small ones with shells less than four inches long. So far, there have been six reported cases in Tennessee, four in Pennsylvania, and three in New York. Six states (Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia) have had two reported cases apiece. The remainder (California, Kentucky, and Missouri) have had one case each. The earliest reported illness began on October 27, 2022, and the latest on July 16, 2023. Those getting sick have ranged in age from under one year to 64 years. However, they have skewed towards the younger side with the median age being 14 years and 31% of them being under 5 years of age. Now, it's not as if small turtles around the country have been admitting to spreading Salmonella and saying, "My bad."...