Author: Claudinne Miller
CDC In October 2022, the Southern Nevada HealthDistrict (SNHD) received reports of higher-than-expectedpediatric patients in Clark County with intracranial abscessin 2022. This followed a CDC-led national investigation intothis topic, which concluded in May 2022. SNHD investigatedto confirm if this was above expected, identify common riskfactors for infection, and report findings to the community. Methods: Hospital […]
May 2, 2023
Patients Living With Long COVID Offer Insight to FDA
MedPageToday Patients with long COVID and their caregivers shared how the illness has impacted their lives, the treatments they’ve tried, and their hopes for clinical trials during a virtual public meetingopens in a new tab or window on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Long COVID hosted by the FDA on Tuesday. Impacts on Daily Living Jill Anderson, a […]
May 2, 2023
COVID-19 has left the world less prepared for an influenza pandemic
Nature Prior to 2020, most pandemic preparedness efforts centered on influenza. Some countries, such as Aotearoa (New Zealand)1, were able to successfully adapt national pandemic influenza plans to the response to COVID-19, and global influenza surveillance systems were harnessed for SARS-CoV-2 (ref. 2). It is now critical that nations and the international community implement lessons learned […]
Apr 25, 2023
Q&A: Chronicling the failures of the U.S. response to Covid
Helen Branswell A new book on the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic paints a picture of a country ill-prepared to cope with a dangerous biological foe, riven by partisan politics, and led by people who saw little political gain in taking ownership of managing the crisis. It also describes a country that remains ill-equipped […]
Apr 25, 2023
Get ready for the newest omicron COVID variant — Arcturus
(CBS News) The World Health Organization has elevated the fast-growing Omicron sublineage XBB.1.16 as a new variant of interest, and says it is outcompeting the previously dominant XBB.1.5 in many regions. XBB.1.16 is a descendant of the recombinant XBB, which is a mashup of two BA.2 sublineages. On social media, the variant has been nicknamed […]
Apr 25, 2023
Mpox outbreak was wake-up call for smallpox preparation, vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic says
CNBC The maker of the mpox vaccine is looking at ways to dramatically scale up its production capacity to prepare for a potential threat from smallpox. Bavarian Nordic CEO Paul Chaplin said the rapid spread of mpox last year was a wake-up call for the company, which is based in Denmark. “If it wasn’t mpox but it was smallpox, we are completely at […]
Apr 25, 2023
Measles outbreak in American Samoa declared public health emergency
ABC News American Samoa has issued a public health emergency after an outbreak of measles has spread across the U.S. territory. As of Tuesday, there has been one laboratory-confirmed case among an 8-year-old and 31 suspected and/or probable cases of the highly infectious disease, according to the Department of Health. During a press briefing, Dr. Scott Anesi, the department’s […]
Apr 25, 2023
A rare and lethal virus is spreading in Europe, prompting hunt for tests and cures
European Commission As a deadly disease that people can catch from ticks moves across the continent, the EU is seeking new tests and a vaccine for the infection. A 62-year-old man was bitten by a tick while hiking through fields in Spain. Two days later he began to feel ill and was taken to a […]
Apr 25, 2023
More than 3,300 sea lions in Chile die of H5N1 bird flu
BNO News More than 3,300 sea lions in Chile have died of H5N1 bird flu, a six-fold increase in just 4 weeks, according to government estimates released on Wednesday. The outbreak is also affecting other marine animals, including dolphins, porpoises, sea otters and penguins. The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) said at least 3,347 […]
Apr 25, 2023
