6 Benefits of Hot Baths, According to MDs

[ad_1] Centuries before the existence of modern-day spas, people around the world bathed in natural hot springs for healing, hygienic, religious, and cultural purposes. “There’s a reason why many health resorts in the past were traditionally at the location of a hot spring,” says Meredith Warner, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Baton … Read more

Strategies Adopted by Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men to Prevent Monkeypox virus Transmission — United States, August 2022

[ad_1] On August 26, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. Kevin P. Delaney, PhD1; Travis Sanchez, DVM2; Marissa Hannah, MPH2; O. Winslow Edwards, MPH2; Thomas Carpino, MPH3; Christine Agnew-Brune, PhD1; Kaytlin Renfro, PhD1; Rachel Kachur, MPH1; Neal Carnes, PhD1; Elizabeth A. DiNenno, PhD1; Amy Lansky, PhD1; Kathleen Ethier, PhD1; Patrick … Read more

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. All five attacks were suicide bombings, in which at least 12 military personnel, five … Read more

Is leprosy rising in Florida? Info on cases and spread

[ad_1] The U.S. has seen a rise in Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, in southeastern states, including in Florida, where the disease might be endemic. Miami Herald File Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus. People in Florida are talking about leprosy again — and … Read more

Unprecedented look at human immune system

[ad_1] While an increasingly anxious world watched a new coronavirus spread across the globe in early 2020, veteran immunologist Rafi Ahmed quickly grasped that his field was about to experience something truly extraordinary. His former student Ali Ellebedy was gnawed by frustration as Covid shutdowns stalled his influenza research; it took until the summer, when … Read more