Gastrointestinal Diseases from Animals

Cyclone Amphan has affected government healthcare system at over 100 villages in South 24-Parganas and North 24-Parganas where thousands of people lost their homes and are depending on dry food. However, doctors have rushed from Calcutta to conduct medical camps at the devastated places. The villagers said a large number of them had received injuries during the cyclone, while several others were suffering from enteric diseases and chest infections for staying waterlogged and roofless for days. “The doctors from Calcutta have come as a saviour as the option for us was to travel 20km to the hospital in Raidighi. Villagers were suffering from cold, fever and chest infections and could only get treated when a team of doctors came on Wednesday,” said Mahesh Mondal, a villager of Kuemari village in South 24-Parganas. “The main problem is with pregnant women. We are sending them by cars or boats to hospitals before their delivery dates,” he added. A team of five doctors representing the...

Is there any data on overall results from antibody testing so far in Comal County and the state? Antibody tests detect whether someone was previously infected with the coronavirus. On May 22, Comal County health officials reported that 650 people had received antibody tests at the Office of Public Health, with nine testing positive, indicating they had contracted COVID-19 at some point in the past. Those numbers do not represent all antibody testing in the county, nor are they necessarily limited to Comal County residents. The county does not include these numbers in its active COVID-19 testing data. According to the Department of State Health Services, of the 87,565 antibody tests statewide as of Wednesday, 3,406, or 3.9%, have come back positive. Is the animal food supply safe?  According to the Food and Drug Administration, there is no evidence of animal food or food packaging being associated with the transmission of COVID-19. Unlike foodborne gastrointestinal viruses lik...

The Kenosha County Joint Information Center is continuing to provide answers to the community’s most frequently asked questions about COVID-19. Here is the most recent session in video form, followed by a written synopsis: [embedded content] The Kenosha County Division of Health is accepting questions by email at COVID19@kenoshacounty.org. Those asked most frequently will be answered each week, in a news release from the Joint Information Center and in a video produced by the Kenosha Police Department. Kenosha Police Lt. Joe Nosalik, a member of the Joint Information Center, fielded this week’s questions. These weekly FAQ videos are available on YouTube at http://bit.ly/KCCOVIDplaylist and on the Kenosha County Government Facebook page, at www.facebook.com/kenoshacountygovt . A written synopsis of this week’s questions and answers follows: Q: With the increased testing at meat packing facilities throughout the United States, is the U.S. food supply safe? A: According to t...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman updates investors in the following publicly-traded companies and urges investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm.  Further details about the cases, including the upcoming May 11, 2020 lead plaintiff application deadlines , can be found at the links provided. ALLK Investors Click Here . CRON Investors Click Here .  FNKO Investors Click Here . Allakos (ALLK) Securities Class Action : Class Period : Aug. 5, 2019 - Dec. 17, 2019 Lead Plaintiff Deadline : May 11, 2020 Sign Up : www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/ALLK Contact An Attorney Now : ALLK@hbsslaw.com        844-916-0895 The complaint alleges Defendants misled investors about the Company’s Phase 2 clinical trial (the “ENIGMA Trial”) for its flagship AK002 drug intended to treat patients with certain stomach diseases.  Specifically, Defendants misrepresented and concealed that: (1) the ENIGMA Trial was...

The problem of high Blood Pressure has become very common among people all around the world. One out of every three people suffer from this and they don't even know about it. While there are many symptoms of high blood pressure, people often ignore it. Well, high blood pressure should be treated at the initial stage at it causes more dangerous problems like heart attack, anxiety, regular headaches and more. According to Swami Ramdev, this problem can be treated naturally by performing yoga asanas at home. He advises that everyone should start their day with pranayamas especially during the lockdown. High blood pressure causes Overweight anxiety Tension Consuming more salt High intake of alcohol, smoking Increase levels of cholestrol No exercise Pranayamas for Blood Pressure Bhastrika- Doing this pranayama daily is considered good for strengthening immunity, treating hypertension, asthma, heart disease, TB, tumor, Blood pressure, liver cirrhosis, sinus and any kind of l...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 7, 2020 / Hagens Berman urges Allakos Inc. ( NASDAQ:ALLK ) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit their losses now . Only four days remain until the May 11, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in a securities fraud class action that has been filed against the company and senior executives. Class Period : Aug. 5, 2019 - Dec. 17, 2019 Lead Plaintiff Deadline : May 11, 2020 Visit : www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/ALLK Contact An Attorney Now : ALLK@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895 Allakos (ALLK) Securities Class Action : The complaint alleges Defendants misled investors about the Company's Phase 2 clinical trial (the "ENIGMA Trial") for its flagship AK002 drug intended to treat patients with certain stomach diseases. Specifically, Defendants misrepresented and concealed that: (1) the ENIGMA Trial was poorly designed and not well-controlled; (2) Allakos had cherry-picked timeframes to engineer results for the ENIGMA Trial; (3) A...

Asian-specific inactive ALDH2 (an alcohol metabolism enzyme) genotype together with alcohol consumption and smoking, increase the risk of gastric cancer. Credit: Akihiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroto Katoh, Shumpei Ishikawa A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found an increased risk of gastric cancer in East Asian people who have a certain gene mutation and who also have certain drinking habits. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances , the group describes their comparison of genetic data from hundreds of people with gastric cancers and what they learned about it. Gastric cancer develops in the lining of the stomach. Prior research has shown that diet, age and various stomach diseases can have an impact on the chances of a given individual developing the disease. Prior research has shown that East Asians are more prone to developing the disease than any other group. In this new effort, the researchers looked into the pos...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 6, 2020 / Hagens Berman urges Allakos Inc. ( NASDAQ:ALLK ) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit their losses now . Only five days remain until the May 11, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in a securities fraud class action that has been filed against the company and senior executives. Class Period : Aug. 5, 2019 - Dec. 17, 2019 Lead Plaintiff Deadline : May 11, 2020 Sign Up : www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/ALLK Contact An Attorney Now : ALLK@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895 Allakos (ALLK) Securities Class Action : The complaint alleges Defendants misled investors about the Company's Phase 2 clinical trial (the "ENIGMA Trial") for its flagship AK002 drug intended to treat patients with certain stomach diseases. Specifically, Defendants misrepresented and concealed that: (1) the ENIGMA Trial was poorly designed and not well-controlled; (2) Allakos had cherry-picked timeframes to engineer results for the ENIGMA Trial; (3)...

FSM eDigest | May 5, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic & Food Safety: An Eyewitness to the Global War against the Invisible Enemy By Barakat Mahmoud, Ph.D. The unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19, named by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020] pandemic reminds us of the horrible previous pandemics, including the H1N1/Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918, killing more than 50 million people; the Asian Flu pandemic in 1957 that killed more than 1.1 million people; and the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic in 2009, which killed more than 500,000 people. COVID-19 is a disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-COV2; the virus was named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses on February, 11 2020. We will use the WHO name for this virus in this article (COVID-19 virus)]. The COVID-19 virus is one member of the coronavirus family; the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome of 2003 and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome of 2012 are amo...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 3, 2020 / Hagens Berman urges Allakos Inc. ( NASDAQ:ALLK ) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit their losses now . A securities fraud class action has been filed against the Company and certain investors may have valuable claims. Class Period : Aug. 5, 2019 - Dec. 17, 2019 Lead Plaintiff Deadline : May 11, 2020 Sign Up : www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/ALLK Contact An Attorney Now : ALLK@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895 Allakos (ALLK) Securities Class Action : The complaint alleges Defendants misled investors about the Company's Phase 2 clinical trial (the "ENIGMA Trial") for its flagship AK002 drug intended to treat patients with certain stomach diseases. Specifically, Defendants misrepresented and concealed that: (1) the ENIGMA Trial was poorly designed and not well-controlled; (2) Allakos had cherry-picked timeframes to engineer results for the ENIGMA Trial; (3) Allakos used superficial endpoints in the ENIGMA Tri...