COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stopped tracking infections as closely as earlier in the pandemic. However, available data show a 12.5% increase in weekly COVID hospitalizations in late July to 9,056.  

A new review says trained scent dogs can detect COVID-19 as well as, and in some cases even better than, antigen and PCR tests. Researchers argue that scent dogs could be particularly useful during pandemics, potentially as part of rapid health screenings in public spaces. Experts say scent dogs may be accurate but present practical challenges, so they won’t likely replace PCR tests anytime soon.

Mourners gathered on Saturday for the funeral of a two-year-old boy who died from a rare, brain-eating amoeba infection believed to have been contracted at a local hot springs.

The child, who turned two in May, ‘left a mark chiseled so deep no force could ever remove’, read his obituary

The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health has reported the death of a Lincoln County youth named Woodrow Bundy from a Naegleria fowleri infection, also known as a brain-eating amoeba.

He contracted the brain-eating amoeba, also known as Naegleria fowleri, a few weeks ago while swimming in Ash Springs, which is near Alamo located about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.

There have been 13 norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships in 2023. Experts note that the highly congested environment, as well as the fact that people have not been exposed to as many illnesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are likely the reason for the increased norovirus numbers.

According to Brian Labus, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, long nails are not cause for concern.