Category: Fever

5 Best Immune-Boosting and Antiviral Herbs to Grow at Home

When we have a cold or feel unwell, we tend to visit a doctor or buy medicine from the pharmacy. However, some diseases can be cured with the help of the healing power of plants—specifically herbs—in natural remedies, without the worry of drug resistance. Furthermore, some herbs are well-suited for home growing. 5 Healthful and…


35 Percent of Parents Giving Kids Fever-Reducing Medicines Unnecessarily: Poll

A new poll from Michigan Medicine has found that about one-third of parents administer fever-reducing medicines to their children when they may not be necessary. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health surveyed 1,376 parents of children aged 12 and under between August and September 2022 about their actions and decisions when their child may…


England Reports 94 Deaths Due to Scarlet Fever so Far This Season

England reported 94 deaths, including those of 21 children, from scarlet fever and invasive strep A infections so far this season the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday. The British government last week said it was enacting protocols to ease shortages of penicillin medicines used to treat strep A infections, allowing pharmacists to…


Higher Body Temperature May Increase Risk of Autoinflammatory Disorder

If your children develop autoinflammatory disease, you should attentively consider their core body temperature. Autoinflammatory disease is a rare syndrome that is mostly unheard of, even by those who suffer from the disorder, causing a lack of understanding of it by family members or friends. Severe symptoms can be life-threatening. Therefore, we must pay close…


Romania Confirms African Swine Fever Outbreak at Pig Farm

BUCHAREST—Romania has confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever at a large pig farm in the western county of Timis and that 39,000 animals will be culled, the county prefect said on Wednesday. The fever affecting pigs and wild boar has spread across Eastern Europe in recent years. It does not affect humans. “It is…


Spain Confirms Case of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever

MADRID—A middle-aged man has been admitted to hospital in Spain’s Castile and Leon region after being diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), authorities said on Thursday. The disease, which has a fatality rate between 10n percent and 40 percent according to the World Health Organization (WHO), was first detected in Crimea in 1944. It is…


Vietnam Tells Hospitals to Prepare as Dengue Fever Cases Surge

HANOI—Dengue fever cases in Vietnam so far this year have more than doubled compared to the same period in 2021, the health ministry said on Thursday, warning its hospitals to brace for more infections. Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease common in Southeast Asia that causes flu-like symptoms. Severe forms of it can result in internal…


Dole, President’s Choice Salad Products Recalled Due to Listeria Risk

OTTAWA—A number of Dole and President’s Choice brand salad products are being recalled because of possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says eight varieties of Dole salads and five from President’s Choice are included in the recall. All have best before dates of either Jan. 8 or 9. The products were sold at…


Driver Mesmerized by Swarm of Thousands of Mobula Rays in Baja—and the Photos Are Surreal

A young 27-year-old divemaster from Thailand was leading an expedition off the coast of Baja California when she witnessed a breathtaking sight—and managed to capture it on her underwater camera. Hoping to swim with marlin in Magdalena Bay last November, Pier Nirandara and her group stumbled across a few thousand mobula rays swarming in perfect…