When was the last time you cleaned your air humidifier?
It is important to prevent a potential source of legionella right under your nose by regularly taking apart your air humidifier and cleaning and sanitizing it.
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Cute smiling jellyfish? No, this is Giardia, a waterborne parasite.
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Check out the updated epidemiological summary of Measles in Ontario: www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
An unvaccinated child in west Texas has died of measles – the first death in ten years.
RFK Jr.'s response? “It’s not unusual,” he said of the contagion when pressed by reporters. “We have measles outbreaks every year.”
Check out a summary of today's public health related news/developments from the Canadian Government:
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This is terrible. How many more will die because public health efforts to control and prevent infectious diseases have been destroyed by this administration? This will be the first death of many. In the end will anyone take responsibility for the decisions that led up to this?
And the homeless people will go where huh? In case Scott forgot they aren’t out there because they like it. I dare him to go up to those people and say to their faces how this “benefits them”.
Because they are about profit and influence. Whoever gets those coveted slots is going to increase their influence and push out competition. These are for profit companies owned by magnates.
“Once you’ve born you’re on your own”.
Here are the extracted sections of WHO Africa’s report on the unknown illness in DRC.
The full report can be found here: iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
All samples were negative for common hemorrhagic fever diseases, although some tested positive for malaria.
The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, with 419 cases recorded and 53 deaths.
The outbreak began in the village of Boloko after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours, the Africa office of the World Health Organization said Monday.
It is generally transmitted when food is harvested, processed, prepared, packed, transported, or stored in manufacturing or production environments contaminated with L. monocytogenes. Environments can become contaminated by raw materials, water, soil, and incoming air.
It can survive and grow even under refrigeration. L. monocytogenes can thrive in unsanitary food production conditions, leading to contamination of the food. When people eat food contaminated with L. monocytogenes, they may develop a disease called listeriosis.
What is Listeria?
Listeria monocytogenes is a type of disease-causing bacteria that can be found in many places, including:
soil, water, sewage, rotting vegetation, and animals.
The more severe (invasive) form which can be life threatening: fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may occur, and often persists for 1 to 3 days.
What are the Symptoms?
Symptoms can vary depending on the form of the illness.
The less severe (non-invasive) type:
fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may occur, and often persists for 1 to 3 days.
The shakes are packaged in 4-ounce cartons and packaged under the Lyons Magnus and Sysco brands. All of the implicated shakes have been recalled. The frozen shakes were produced by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. at its facility in Fort Wayne, IN.
www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/02/deat...
The Food and Drug Administration reports that there are now 12 confirmed deaths in the outbreak, which has sickened 38 people across 21 states. 37 of the patients required hospitalization.
These partnerships will facilitate on-the-ground, preventative actions against aquatic invasive species, as well as education, outreach, detection and response activities.
www.canada.ca/en/fisheries...
The AISPF aims to strengthen partnerships between federal, provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous communities, stakeholders and the general public.
This funding is a result of a national call for proposals under the $8.75 million Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund (AISPF).
Today, during Invasive Species Awareness Week, the Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced more than $3.7 million in contribution funding for seven multi-year projects to combat aquatic invasive species across the country.
