Hacker News with Generative AI: Disease

Plants can take up CWD-causing prions from soil in lab. What happens if eaten? (cidrap.umn.edu)
When Christopher Johnson, PhD, set out to study whether lab mice fed prion-contaminated plants developed neurodegenerative disease, he expected the plants to take up only small prion clusters, but they absorbed large clusters characteristic of prion diseases in deer and other animals.

Science, Biology, Prions, Disease, Research

6 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 0 comments

An "Impossible" Disease Outbreak in the Alps (theatlantic.com)
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

Science, Health, Disease, Mystery

12 points by tptacek 10 days ago | 1 comments

Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Measles has arrived in Kansas and is spreading swiftly in communities with very low vaccination rates. Since last week, the state has tallied 10 cases across three counties with more pending.

Public Health, Disease, Kansas, Vaccination

13 points by rntn 11 days ago | 1 comments

Mystery illness has killed more than 50 people in Congo (pbs.org)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

Health, Disease, Congo, Africa

5 points by shill 36 days ago | 1 comments

Unknown illness kills over 50 in Congo with hours between symptoms and death (apnews.com)
An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.

Health, Disease, Congo, Africa

112 points by amichail 37 days ago | 52 comments

What happened to the American chestnut tree? (npr.org)
In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating.

Environmental Issues, Ecology, History, Forestry, Disease

6 points by rbanffy 96 days ago | 0 comments

Mystery illness in Congo could be severe malaria, health officials say (nbcnews.com)
Health officials are narrowing in on the cause of dozens of unexplained deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that a severe form of malaria is likely responsible, based on lab tests so far.

Health, Disease, Africa, Malaria, Congo

4 points by ceejayoz 104 days ago | 0 comments

Congo mystery disease identified as severe malaria (cbsnews.com)

Congo, Malaria, Health, Disease, Medical Research

6 points by throwup238 105 days ago | 0 comments

'Alarming': A Dangerous Diarrhea-Causing Superbug Is Spreading in Los Angeles (gizmodo.com)
A diarrhea-causing superbug is stirring up trouble in Los Angeles. Researchers have tracked down a worrying new strain of Shigella bacteria in the area—one that can resist almost every antibiotic thrown at it.

Health, Disease, Bacteria, Antibiotics, Los Angeles

28 points by pavel_lishin 107 days ago | 5 comments

Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized (arstechnica.com)
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday.

Health, Disease, Louisiana, Bird Flu

6 points by bikenaga 109 days ago | 0 comments

Do people reach 100 by surviving, delaying, or avoiding diseases? (springer.com)
Centenarians are perceived as pioneers of longevity, possessing the secrets to surpassing age 100. It remains unclear whether they achieve this by surviving, delaying, or avoiding diseases to a greater extent than their shorter-lived peers.

Longevity, Health, Gerontology, Disease, Aging

22 points by therabbithole 112 days ago | 13 comments

Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths (apnews.com)
A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said.

Health, Disease, Congo, Africa, Public Health

6 points by etiam 119 days ago | 0 comments

Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here? (nationalgeographic.com)
After declining for three decades, tuberculosis (TB) rates in the U.S. have been increasing steadily since 2020, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health, Public Health, Disease, Tuberculosis, United States

25 points by irunmyownemail 143 days ago | 60 comments

Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO (who.int)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants.

Egypt, Malaria, Public Health, WHO, Disease

40 points by _Microft 144 days ago | 3 comments

Energy-based model explains how chronic stress transforms into disease over time (sciencedirect.com)
Chronic psychosocial stress increases disease risk and mortality, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear.

Science, Health, Stress, Disease, Biomedical Research

186 points by andrewstetsenko 164 days ago | 55 comments

Diet can change your immune system (nature.com)
Claims about food and immunity are everywhere. Now scientists are exploring exactly how nutrition acts on the immune system to boost health and treat disease.

Nutrition, Immunity, Health, Disease

14 points by gnabgib 168 days ago | 0 comments

Possible cluster of human bird-flu infections expands in Missouri (nytimes.com)
A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.

Health, Disease, Missouri, Avian Flu, Public Health

104 points by ctoth 186 days ago | 35 comments

Loss of bats to lethal fungus linked to 1,300 child deaths in US, study says (theguardian.com)

Science, Environment, Public Health, Bats, Disease

9 points by rntn 209 days ago | 0 comments

P. boydii – Deadly fungus lacking antimycotic treatment (wikipedia.org)

Medicine, Fungi, Disease

6 points by hi-v-rocknroll 219 days ago | 0 comments

Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people (arstechnica.com)

Public Health, Disease, Mosquitoes, Curfew

8 points by _Microft 223 days ago | 0 comments

They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They're Fighting to Learn Why (nytimes.com)