tuberculosis
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Mess With a Wild Iguana That Wants Your Cake
Welcome to another instalment of Gizmodo’s Animal Crime of the Week. Last week, we admired the trash-stealing cockatoos of Australia. This week features a bitey, cake-stealing iguana that added injury to insult by giving its victim a nasty, rare infection. This weird tale comes from a case report published by Stanford University doctors last April.…
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Wild Iguana Steals Little Girl’s Cake, Gives Her Rare Bacterial Infection
A 3-year-old girl’s holiday in Costa Rica was ruined by an iguana in more ways than one. The scaly reptile stole her cake, but not before biting her hand and transmitting a rare bacterial infection that endured for months, according to the girl’s doctors. Fortunately, the infection was treatable.
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One of the World’s Biggest Killers Is on the Rise Again
One of the deadliest diseases in the world is once again gaining steam. A new report this week by the World Health Organisation shows that global cases of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis increased in 2021 — the first such jump in years. A major reason for its resurgence is the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHO Warns Against Using TB Vaccine For Coronavirus Just As Australia Begins Human Trials
Human trials for a tuberculosis vaccine thought to boost immune systems in the fight against coronavirus are underway in Australia but despite the promising outlook, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against using the vaccine outside of clinical settings.