Health care

The beginning of the year in the United States was marked by flu and colds, but ended with outbreaks of fungal meningitis, Nile fever and hantaviruses taking the lives of hundreds of people. Thirty-nine people in nineteen states died from fungal meningitis. As it turned out, the cause was the negligence of pharmacists. More than 600 Americans managed to survive, but the disease caused them physical and mental suffering.

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore conducted research to determine the true scale of the problem and understand how often errors are made by medical workers. Experts note that between 1990 and 2010, more than 80,000 such incidents occurred.

Medicines often act on the human body not only for their intended purpose. Most drugs have side effects, which can sometimes be very serious and even strange.

The Internet and social media could be powerful tools in the fight against childhood obesity, according to a report from the American Heart Association.