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Drug-Resistant Pathogens Spread in Florida Hospitals

Wed, 2014-06-18 21:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 17, 2014

Drug-resistant germs kill more than 40 percent of individuals with serious infections, and they tend to have a higher kill-rate among patients with weaker immune systems, including the elderly and young children. In Florida, several hospitals handled antibiotic-resistant germ outbreaks without alerting the public. Since 2008, twelve outbreaks have affected at least 490 people statewide, but the Florida Department of Health (FDH) did little to inform the public.

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Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health

Sun, 2014-06-15 18:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Cheryl Stroud

nap.edu - Institute of Medicine. Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

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Rose Marie Martinez and Erin Rusch, Rapporteurs; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH); Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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Chikungunya Virus Disease Cases Reported to ArboNET - United States, 2014 (as of June 2)

Tue, 2014-06-10 13:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

*Chikungunya is not a nationally notifiable disease.

†Countries or territories visited include Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Martinique, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten.

‡Three additional cases were identified in residents of other countries visiting the United States.

http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/geo/americas.html

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9 Deaths Due to Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Tue, 2013-10-01 13:50 — admin

www.winknews.com (CBS affiiiate Ft. Myers) Published Sep 29, 2013,; updated Oct 1, 2013

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Bacteria-infested is water putting Florida beachgoers on alert. State health officials say at least nine people have died so far this year in Florida from what's called "Vibrio Vulnificus," which tends to live in warm seawater. ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the bacterium normally lives in warm seawater and is in the same family as Cholera. symptoms can include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. ...

Florida health officials say nine people have died from the bacteria in Florida so far this year, including a 59-year-old man in Volusia County Monday. ...

"Big increase in vibrio infections. It is kind of a warm water thing, and we have some warm water, but we didn't have this last year or the year before. Not nearly as many," said Dr. Todd Husty with Seminole County EMS. ...

Officials are warning people to avoid eating raw fish and protecting open wounds in seawater.

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