GREAT BARRINGTON -- Language barriers, cultural differences, and complicated health care forms are a few of the challenges keeping recent immigrants from getting adequate health care.ndocumented immigrants, who are are not eligible for Common wealth Care or MassHealth, typically rely on the safety net of community clinics and emergency-room services, Hernandez said. Since the beginning of the year, there's been a renewed statewide push to get ethnic minorities to sign up for insurance.
Bacterial Infections from Cats. The most common zoonotic disease that is transmitted from cats to humans is the cat scratch disease, also known as the bartonellosis. The infection occurs if you are scratched or bitten by a cat that is infected with the bacteria.Fleas may also transmit this infection.The cat scratch disease is manifested through symptoms such as inflamed lymph nodes, fever, muscle pain and headaches.he infection occurs if you are scratched or bitten by a cat that is infected with the bacteria. Fleas may also transmit this infection. The cat scratch disease is manifested through symptoms such as inflamed lymph nodes, fever, muscle pain and headaches.
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial infection spread by cats. The disease spreads when an infected cat licks a person's open wound, or bites or scratches a person hard enough to break the surface of the skin.SD is caused by a bacterium called Bartonella henselae. About 40% of cats carry B. henselae at some time in their lives, although most cats with this infection show NO signs of illness. Kittens younger than 1 year are more likely to have B. henselae infection and to spread the germ to people.