Author: Claudinne Miller
Michigan: DNR says farmed deer found with CWD. What to know about the deadly disease
Detroit Free Press A farmed white-tail deer from Osceola County has been infected with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a news release. “Limiting the spread and impact of CWD on Michigan’s farmed cervid herds hinges on the ability to detect the disease early and respond promptly,” state veterinarian Dr. […]
Mar 12, 2025
Johns Hopkins CCP Resumes Mpox Outbreak Prevention Work in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Johns Hopkins The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs has restarted its mpox outbreak prevention activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after USAID granted a waiver to do so. CCP and its partners in DRC have returned hundreds of community health workers (CHWs) to their posts as of March 5. These CHWs constitute the […]
Mar 12, 2025
Research reveals new insights into how Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus makes us sick
UC Berkeley Public Health A new paper from researchers at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), and other institutions, has yielded new insights into how antibodies targeting a specific protein produced by cells infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) […]
Mar 12, 2025
Co-Circulating Viruses Causing Concern in Mpox Outbreak
IDSE The mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spilled over into Uganda, which borders the DRC, according to reports at CROI 2025, which is ongoing in San Francisco (abstract 191). Surveillance has found co-circulating viruses, particularly varicella-zoster virus, with one person coming down with coinfections. That person died, according to Nicholas Bbosa, PhD, an assistant professor […]
Mar 12, 2025
Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak?
Harvard Med Scientists weigh in on the spread of H5N1 and highlight clues that portend what might come next. Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife, pets, and humans. Despite 70 documented human cases, there are no known instances of human-to-human transmission — but […]
Mar 12, 2025
Health Secretary RFK Jr. Calls for Intensive Testing of Bird Flu Drugs on Poultry
Bloomberg Therapeutic drugs should be “intensively” tested on US poultry flocks infected with bird flu, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, arguing that the medications could help identify treatments for human cases. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity broadcast on Tuesday night, Kennedy said he opposed mass vaccination and culling as a strategy […]
Mar 12, 2025
H5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of Antarctica
New Scientist A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds. H5N1 bird flu has been found in dead birds on Antarctica for the first time. The deadly strain of bird flu is currently spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and […]
Mar 12, 2025
The Artifacts of New York’s Pandemic Era
NYT Stuck to lampposts and floorboards, reminders of Covid’s darkest days are everywhere. The vintage aura of Sevilla Restaurant — the servers in bow ties, the leather booths, the glow of lanterns — reflects a bygone era of the West Village in Manhattan, where the establishment was founded almost a century ago. But alongside those […]
Mar 12, 2025
Measles cases in Texas, New Mexico rise by 28 in five days as outbreak spreads
Reuters Texas and New Mexico on Tuesday reported an increase of 28 cases of measles in the last five days, bringing the total known infections to 256 in the two states since an outbreak began in late January. The outbreak, which started in West Texas, caused the first U.S. measles deaths in a decade. It […]
Mar 12, 2025
A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body
NYT Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes. Five years — and hundreds of millions of cases — after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists are getting a clearer picture of how the virus can affect the body long after an […]
Mar 12, 2025