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Home Pool and Hot Tub Water Treatment and Testing
June 14, 2024
Overview The best way to kill germs is by properly maintaining the free chlorine concentration and pH. To do this, pool and hot tub owners must routinely test and adjust both the chlorine concentration and pH. Since a few germs
De-simplifying treatment is acceptable and cost-saving, if a choice is offered
June 11, 2024
Although a voluntary switch from a single-tablet combination to taking multiple pills each day proved acceptable to people with HIV in the Netherlands, an enforced switch to save money proved unacceptable and led to a paradoxical increase in costs after
the impact of stigma on Vietnamese women living with HIV(2)
June 10, 2024
Gender roles and family responsibility In Vietnamese culture, women are often expected to assume multiple family roles. They are meant to care for both her and the husband’s family, handling household chores and looking after the children, whilst men are
If anyone asks, I just keep silent: the impact of stigma on Vietnamese women living with HIV(1)
June 9, 2024
A recent study details how gender-based stereotypes and culturally defined roles negatively impact how Vietnamese women living with HIV engage with healthcare, their coping strategies and their support systems. According to Dr Lin Chunqing and colleagues, women living with HIV
About Lyme Disease
June 8, 2024
KEY POINTS Overview In the United States, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It occurs most commonly in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and upper-Midwest regions. Lyme disease bacteria are spread to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include
Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths
June 7, 2024
In the first half of 2023, COVID-19 killed 42,670 people in the United States, while the flu killed about half that amount. Yet half as many people received the updated COVID booster as those who got the flu shot — even though
CDC Makes Public Influenza A Wastewater Data to Assist Bird Flu Probe
June 6, 2024
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday released data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard that could assist in tracking the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that has infected cattle
Current U.S. Bird Flu Situation in Humans
May 30, 2024
Background Avian influenza Type A viruses (bird flu viruses) do not normally infect people, but rare cases of human infection have occurred with some bird flu viruses. Illnesses in humans from bird flu virus infections have ranged in severity from
Scientists Await Updates on H5N1 Situation in Canada
May 23, 2024
As the H5N1 avian influenza virus continues to spread among poultry and cattle in the United States — and has infected a dairy worker in Texas — public health and infectious diseases experts in Canada are eagerly awaiting the latest
How to Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
May 22, 2024
What is prediabetes? Before developing type 2 diabetes, most people have prediabetes. This is when their blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough yet for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. In the United States, about 98 million
Water quality
May 21, 2024
Water quality is measured by several factors, such as the concentration of dissolved oxygen, bacteria levels, the amount of salt (or salinity), or the amount of material suspended in the water (turbidity). In some bodies of water, the concentration of
Congenital Syphilis Prevention Challenges, Pacific Coast of Colombia2
May 20, 2024
Results General Description During the study period, 5,172 admissions of pregnant women to the PCP were identified. Among those, we excluded 1,589 (30.7%) duplicate records and 205 (4.0%) records with insufficient information. In total, we analyzed 3,378 records. The median
