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Zombie British bird outbreak caused by a monstrous virus: horrifying symptoms Zombie British bird outbreak caused by a monstrous virus: horrifying symptoms Are you wondering about the Zombie British bird outbreak caused by a monstrous virus: horrifying symptoms?   The birds of Great Britain have been infected by a horrific virus that has turned them into flesh-eating zombies. Several neurological signs, including a badly twisted neck and trembling wings, are manifested in infected birds. Newcastle disease, also called pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV) or rake thin, causes pigeons to lose weight, develop green faeces, wander in circles, and often become unable to fly or become very timid. Specific bird populations on the island of Jersey have had to be exterminated, and it is believed that the sickness is spreading throughout the United Kingdom. An animal sanctuary warned about a "fatally contagious viral disease" that kills birds but causes conjunctivitis in people who come into co...

What would it take to eradicate polio finally? Are you wondering what it would take to eradicate polio finally? They were both brilliant scientists who were so committed to their mission of eliminating polio that they had injected themselves and their loved ones with weakened strains of the virus. Despite this, Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk had a heated competition; Sabin even joked that Salk's achievements could be made in a kitchen sink. They were at odds because of divergent opinions on how best to protect the public against polio through vaccination. Salk theorized that a vaccine in which the virus particles had been chemically inactivated, rendering them incapable of replicating or causing disease, was the way to go. Sabin advocated using a "live" oral vaccine, which contains live but weakened virus particles that can reproduce but cannot induce paralysis. After initial success in animal studies, Salk's inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was tested on humans and give...

Experts warn cardiac patients about dengue illness. Heart patients should be aware that many drugs pose serious risks. KARACHI: Medical professionals believe dengue hemorrhagic fever poses a unique threat to cardiac patients because of the high risk of severe complications from numerous medications typically prescribed to such patients. They claimed that popular drugs used by cardiac patients, like blood thinners, can exacerbate the symptoms of dengue fever by causing hypertensive shock and internal bleeding. The disease spread by vectors has made the situation in Sindh urgent. Every day, four or seven people with heart problems and dengue fever are reported to private and public hospitals. It is recommended by health professionals that people take preventative measures, such as using mosquito nets, sprays, and mosquito repellents. Dr Javed, a cardiologist at Memon Medical Center, reported that the facility frequently treats patients with dengue. Dengue fever causes severe dehydration ...

Climate change may increase the Arctic virus spread. New research published on Wednesday suggests that a warmer Arctic may increase the risk of "viral spillover" by exposing viruses to new environments and hosts. To multiply and spread, viruses require hosts such as humans, animals, plants, or fungi; yet, as was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, viruses can occasionally jump to a new host that lacks immunity. Canadian researchers hoped to learn more about the potential effects of climate change on spillover risk by studying Arctic landscape samples from Lake Hazen. The Arctic Ocean's largest lake is "really unlike any other location I've been," according to researcher and current University of Toronto medical student Graham Colby. Even in May, when the research was conducted, the crew had to clear snow and dig through two metres of ice to collect samples from the lakebed and the soil that becomes a riverbed for melting glacier water in the summer. They ...

Hip osteoarthritis increases stroke risk . According to a study, hip osteoarthritis may raise the incidence of stroke, ischemic stroke, and small-vessel ischemic stroke. Yingjun Li, MD, of the School of Public Health at Hangzhou Medical College, in Hangzhou, China, and co-authors wrote, "the real causal relationship between OA and stroke remains unclear because conclusions derived from observational studies were potentially biassed due to residual confounding such as OA medications and reverse causality." Using a novel Mendelian randomization (MR) method, the authors "confirmed whether OA is causally connected with stroke" and "investigated whether the stroke is causally associated with OA." According to research published in 2022 by Zhao et al. in Osteoarthr Cartil. (doi:10.1016/j.joca.2022.06.006), OA in the hip may increase the risk of ischemic, non-fatal, and small-vessel ischemic stroke. Li and colleagues conducted a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian...