Leftover food safety: What to know

Are your food” target=”_blank”>leftovers< student who had both his legs amputated after eating rice, chicken and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal is getting renewed attention due to a viral video. The 19-year-old was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Massachusetts General Hospital as a result of “shock, multiple organ failure,…

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Hong Kong’s COVID-19 success accelerates omicron surge

For two years, world-regions successfully insulated most of its residents from infectious-disease and often went months without a single locally spread case. Then the omicron variant showed up. The fast-spreading mutation breached Hong Kong’s defenses and has been spreading rapidly through one of the world’s most densely populated places, overflowing hospitals and isolation wards and…

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More mask mandates lifted around US as CDC expected to announce updated guidance

More infectious-disease have been lifted in cities around the U.S., as infectious-disease continue to decline.  New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Friday that education” target=”_blank”>public school students< “I am so pleased that we are able to make this exciting announcement and safely allow students and staff to remove their masks when outdoors at…

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Rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome appears in some teenagers after COVID-19 vaccination: study

healthy-living between the ages of 12-20 have reported several cases of a multi-system inflammatory syndrome, otherwise known as MIS-C, where the immune system goes on overdrive after being vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a recent Lancet report.  The report noted MIS-C is a rare condition that can happen two to six weeks after COVID-19 infection…

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BA.2: What experts are saying about the omicron sub-variant

infectious-disease is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases worldwide.  However, scientists are still learning about “stealth omicron,” and the world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization (WHO)<. WHO TRACKING 4 OMICRON SUB-VARIANTS, SAYS PREVENTING ALL COVID TRANSMISSIONS ‘NOT THE GOAL’ The WHO said in a Tuesday update that BA.2 has been increasing relative to…

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CDC advises some people wait longer between COVID-19 vaccine doses over heart inflammation risk

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said younger males should consider waiting longer between doses of the infectious-disease in order to reduce the risk of a rare form of heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart inflammation< The “mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at the FDA-approved or FDA-authorized intervals, but a longer interval may…

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