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  2. How deadly is bird flu in humans? What we know as US ... - AOL

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    Since 2024, there have been 66 human cases of H5N1 confirmed in the U.S, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast majority have been among farm workers who had ...

  3. Common sleep medication may prevent brain from clearing 'waste'

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    In a mouse study, researchers found that zolpidem (Ambien), a common sleep aid, could prevent the brain from effectively clearing up 'waste', though it remains unclear whether this could affect ...

  4. UK bans cattle, pigs and sheep imports from Germany after ...

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    The disease is contagious in livestock like cattle, but poses no risk to humans or food safety. ... Hafsa Khalil - BBC News. January 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM ... While it rarely affects humans, foot ...

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1]

  6. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) Human metapneumovirus infection No Ehrlichia chaffeensis: Human monocytic ehrlichiosis: PCR: Doxycycline: No One of the human papillomaviruses: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection Yes: Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV) Human parainfluenza virus infection Under research [19] [20] Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)

  7. Lethal ‘zombie deer disease’ could spill-over to humans ...

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    The threat of so-called “mad cow disease” has all but faded from the collective memory, after its appearance in U.K. cattle in 1986. Human deaths from the scourge, caused by eating ...

  8. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    When humans infect non-humans, it is called reverse zoonosis or anthroponosis. [2] [1] [3] [4] Major modern diseases such as Ebola and salmonellosis are zoonoses. HIV was a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans in the early part of the 20th century, though it has now evolved into a separate human-only disease.

  9. Climate change and infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Vector-borne diseases seriously affect the health of domestic animals and livestock (e.g., trypanosomiasis, Rift Valley Fever, and bluetongue). Therefore, climate change will also indirectly affect the health of humans through its multifaceted impacts on food security, including livestock and plant crops. [16]