Bacteria
Feces in the Sea: Up to 41 times above the norm is the Pollution on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Pollution of the sea water up to 41 times above the norm found a joint inspection of scientists from Sofia University and the Association "Active Users" on the beaches along the Southern Black Sea coast.
Its results and analysis were published today.
Sixth child this year dies from Streptococcus A
The sixth death of a child due to the streptococcus A (Strep A) infection has been recorded in Greece since the beginning of 2023, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Monday.
The 7-year-old child died in a hospital in Thessaloniki.
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Academics find solution to mucilage invasion in Marmara Sea
Academics from Istanbul University have found a solution for the mucilage problem in the Marmara Sea with a mixture obtained from beneficial bacteria.
Children’s streptococcal infections rise
Medical experts are expressing concern over indications that there has been an upsurge of streptococcal infections in children. The disease may not be systematically recorded in Greece, but pediatricians estimate that they have seen more cases this year compared to the pre-pandemic period.
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Bulgaria’s Health Authorities: We do not have an Emergency with Chicken Pox and Scarlet Fever
"At the moment, we are not in an emergency situation regarding the spread of chicken pox and scarlet fever," reported the Regional Health Inspection (RHI).
However, a report from the RHI website shows that in the same week in 2019 and 2020, the spread of scarlet fever was 25 and 19 cases. For the same week in 2023, they were 151, reports the National Radio.
Bulgarian Scientists with a New Method for the Purity of Beer
An innovative method for the study and control of microorganisms in beer has been developed by Bulgarian scientists from the Center for Food Biology (CBH) with the assistance of the Union of Brewers (SPB). The molecular biological method for the microbiological purity of beer has no analogue in Europe and is based on the popular real-time polymerase chain reaction - qPCR.
Scientists successfully “wake” microbes that had remained dormant for 100 Million years
The microbes belong to ten different groups of bacteria that entered an energy-saving state when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth
World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp
Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
First Omicron mutation detected in Greece
The man has been isolated
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Second British Tourist Dies of Legionnaires Disease after Visiting the Same Bulgarian Hotel
A 75-year-old man from Huddersfield is the latest Briton to die of a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires disease linked to a Bulgarian three-star resort, reports Daily Mail.
Brian Taylor, 75, was admitted to hospital after returning from a week's holiday at the Hotel Kalofer on Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.