Epidemiology and factors associated with Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in a Low-prevalence area ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… EPTB has increased. A decline occurred in 2021 PTB cases, probably due to COVID-19. Women, elderly, & persons w/past history of TB are at higher risk of EPTB.

Pedicures have health risks, especially in summer wapo.st/3WEH1yq After a pedicure or manicure where the cuticles have been cut or pushed, -at the base of the nail-, there's a not-despicable risk of bacterial paronychia (redness & swelling around the skin fold of nails).

Brazil’s staggering dengue fever crisis is a warning to the world wapo.st/3yhce1l Worldwide incidence of dengue has increased over the past 2 decades with dengue becoming a growing public health problem. From 2000-2018, WHO recorded an 8-fold increase in global dengue.

Dengue cases grew, from 500,000 to 4.2 million reported cases. Cases hit an all-time high in 2019, with 5.2 million cases reported in 129 countries.