The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking the rise of a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that’s causing outbreaks in a growing number of health care facilities across the country. 2/
Candida auris infections have increased dramatically in the U.S. in recent years. In 2021, national cases reported by health care facilities increased by 95%, and from 2019 to 2021, 17 states reported their first case. 3/
Sea Watch: "We had been asking to intervene for hours. From the operations room in Rome they replied: 'bye bye".
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At four in the afternoon of last Saturday, the NGO Sea Watch, after a dozen previous communications, called the operations room in Rome saying that from Tripoli they replied that they did not have any patrol boat they could send to rescue the dinghy with 47 people 2/
who were already asking for help for more than 12 hours. “Who are you going to send?” asks Sea Watch. The answer from Rome is:
August 2022
👉The growing evidence that #COVID19 is leaving people sicker
👉The potential impact on heart and brain disease poses challenges to healthcare systems globally.
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When Dr David Strain encountered a 64-year-old patient on his ward round, the British geriatrician had a bleak epiphany. 2/
Less than 6 months earlier he had treated the man for Covid.
Now, his deterioration was painful to witness.
“He came in with a stroke and really bad delirium, a precursor of dementia”
“I saw the patient, recognised him and recognised the fact that his brain had dramatically aged”
🆕South African rapper and songwriter Costa Titch collapsed and died while performing at a music festival in Johannesburg, according to reports. He was 27 years old. 1/