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China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 05:59 AM

BEIJING - Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines last year. Read more »

How bacteria-eating bacteria could help win the war against germs

Katherine J. Wu, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 27 11:50 AM

Predatory bacteria carry immense promise in an extraordinarily small package. Deployed under the right circumstances, they could help people beat back harmful microbes in the environment, or purge pathogens from the food supply. Read more »

Space oddity: Bacteria can survive cosmic trip, study shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:05 AM

TOKYO - Scientists have found a radiation-resistant bacteria can survive at least three years exposed in orbit, suggesting simple life forms could manage the long journey between Earth and Mars unprotected. Read more »

How are my kids still getting sick in lockdown?

Melinda Wenner Moyer, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 04 12:00 PM

Pediatricians say they’re seeing fewer sick patients overall, and they’re especially seeing fewer patients with infectious diseases. But children can still get sick at home for a variety of reasons — and quarantine-induced behaviors, as well as the coronavirus itself, might actually increase the risk for certain conditions. Read more »

How viruses change the world, and how it can be good

Robert Labayen
Posted at May 18 10:31 AM

It is unfortunate that many have died from Covid-19. The only comfort we may have is to be able to find good things in the bad.  Read more »

PHOTO ESSAY: Lessons from TB in Philippine jails to help in fight vs COVID-19

ICRC Handout
Posted at Mar 24 05:17 PM

Overcrowding, poor ventilation and infrastructures, deficient hygiene and sanitation conditions favors the spread of infectious diseases. While COVID-19 is caused by a virus and TB by bacteria, both may have devastating effects on vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with chronic diseases. Read more »

Pagkatuyo ng pawis nagdudulot nga ba ng pulmonya?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 10:23 AM

Kapag nagpatuyo ng pawis, maaari nga bang atakihin ng pulmonya ang isang tao? Read more »

Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue

Jenny Vaughan, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 10 01:47 PM

NHA TRANG, Vietnam – Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains. Read more »

Body odor? Bacteria-embedded bodysuit may help

Reuters
Posted at Aug 14 06:15 PM

Deodorant not enough to stop your body odor? A new futuristic-style bodysuit with live bacteria embedded in it could help combat those unpleasant smells. Read more »

New weapons against cancer: Millions of bacteria programmed to kill

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 04 07:07 AM

Scientists have used genetically reprogrammed bacteria to destroy tumors in mice. The innovative method one day may lead to cancer therapies that treat the disease more precisely, without the side effects of conventional drugs. Read more »

DOH suspects contaminated food behind poisoning at Imelda's birthday bash

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 02:48 AM

MANILA—The Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday that food packs contaminated with bacteria may have led to the poisoning of over 200 people who attended the birthday celebration of former first lady Imelda Marcos in Pasig City.   Read more »

Privacy curtains could be reservoir of deadly bacteria: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 07:24 AM

PARIS, France - Hard-to-clean privacy curtains in hospitals and nursing homes worldwide may be contaminated with deadly drug-resistant bugs, according to findings to be presented Saturday at an infectious diseases conference. Read more »

Rise of drug-resistant superbugs rings alarm bells in Europe

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 10:21 PM

LONDON - The spread of superbugs resistant to antimicrobial drugs shows no sign of slowing in Europe, health officials said on Tuesday, making food poisoning and other infections more difficult to treat. Read more »

Kailan dapat operahan ang pasyenteng madalas may tonsillitis?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 06:34 PM

Isa ang tonsillitis sa pinakakaraniwang sakit sa lalamunan, kung saan namamaga ang tonsils ng pasyente dulot ng bacteria.  Read more »

Salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey leaves over 200 sick across U.S.

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 02:25 PM

More than 200 people from across the United States have fallen ill, 84 of them hospitalized, from an ongoing salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey products that prompted a second voluntary recall on Friday, the US government said. Read more »

One more reason not to pick your nose: pneumonia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 09:58 AM

PARIS, France - Parents exasperated by their children constantly ignoring pleas to stop picking their noses, may have finally found an argument to break the habit: it might give you pneumonia. Read more »

TINGNAN: Inspeksyon sa seldang pinagmulan umano ng 'flesh-eating' bacteria

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 11:43 AM

Gamot at bulak ang hawak ng mga pulis sa medical mission para alalayan ang mga bilango na nabubutas na rin ang likod, namamaga ang binti, at butlig-butlig ang katawan. Read more »

Bilanggo patay, 'nagkabutas-butas' ang balat dahil sa 'bacteria'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 11:42 AM

Ayon sa DOH, sa una’y ordinaryong sugat lang ang itsura ng necrotising fascitiis pero imbes na maghilom ay lalo raw itong lumalaki.  Read more »

Flesh eating bacteria? Manila jail inmate's cause of death still 'undetermined'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 12:26 PM

An inmate at the Manila city jail suffered from from flesh-eating bacteria before he died of "undetermined cause" over the weekend, an official said Wednesday.    Read more »

Manila Bay fish free of heavy metals, bacterial contamination, says BFAR

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 07:41 AM

MANILA - Fish from Manila Bay are free from heavy metals and bacterial contamination as water quality and conditions remain normal, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said Monday.  Read more »