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Inflammation is the body’s natural response to disease and injury. When you come down with a respiratory infection or cut yourself, your immune system acti­vates white blood cells, which in turn release cyto­kines and other inflammatory molecules that attack invaders and protect the body’s tissues.

Recent research has raised the alarm over the potential health impacts of consuming water from plastic bottles, with scientists concerned over the chemicals that can leach into the liquid with unknown impacts on human health.

The muscles in your legs are made up of bundles of fibers that alternately contract and expand to produce movement.

Doctors rule out Covid, influenza and hantavirus as culprits but continue to run more tests. Three people have died and five are in hospital after developing a “pneumonia of unknown origin”, Argentinian health authorities have announced.

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) recently advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas near Naples, Florida.

SPRINGFIELD – An older person who resides in a rural area of Jackson County recently tested positive for Heartland Virus, the third reported case in Illinois since 2018, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced today. The first two Heartland virus cases in Illinois were reported in 2018 in Kankakee County and Williamson County.  Likely spread by the Lone Star tick, more than 50 cases of Heartland virus disease have been reported in the Midwest and southern United States since 2009.

Most people infected with Heartland virus experience fever, fatigue (feeling tired), decreased appetite, headache, nausea, diarrhea, and muscle or joint pain. Many are hospitalized because of their symptoms.

An undisclosed number of people from the town of Edson in Alberta in Canada have ended up in the ICU after attending a “Covid party,” according to news reports.

I have been thinking and arguing about COVID-19 terminology since the pandemic started. I am especially interested in how public health professionals—both officials and outside experts—talk about COVID.

An Aussie woman has revealed how she developed dementia and forgot her own name – all because of a hidden problem in her Sydney home.