Mexico's Ministry of Health has reported five new cases of the parasitic disease screwworm myiasis, bringing the country's total to 13 cases.
Greater gut microbiota diversity and a predominance of beneficial Bifidobacterium longum appear protective.
Being born to an obese mother could affect a child's immune system and microbiome.
Analysis of freshwater fish from sites where people actively catch and eat fish found that 2 species of trematodes, a type of flatworm, were prevalent.
The woman had amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare, often fatal brain infection caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri.
They reported seeing bats and coming into contact with bat droppings while crawling through tight spaces during the 2-hour tour.
The patient, who presented with gait imbalance and tremors, wasn't diagnosed until she was in a coma, shortly before she died.
As cattle detections track northward, Mexico recently reported its first human case.
Health disparities are shortening lives by decades in high- and low-income countries alike, the World Health Organization says.
Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7 years.
