Author: Claudinne Miller
Dysentery is on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know.
Washington Post Dysentery cases are on the rise in the Portland area. In January, health officials reported 40 cases of the highly contagious bacterial infection in Multnomah County, where Portland is located — up from 17 in January 2024, according to the Multnomah County Health Department. Health officials have linked the rise in dysentery cases […]
Mar 5, 2025
9 states report measles cases as outbreaks grow
The Hill One of the most contagious viruses in the world is spreading around the United States. So far in 2025 there have been three distinct measles outbreaks and at least 164 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention coming from nine states. The largest of the outbreaks is in West Texas, […]
Mar 5, 2025
Measles Outbreak Was Entirely Avoidable
Bloomberg Low vaccination rates contributed to the re-emergence of a disease declared eradicated in the US 25 years ago. A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginning. It’s an entirely avoidable health emergency fueled by weaknesses […]
Mar 5, 2025
What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain
Bloomberg Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon. Five years after the pandemic began, researchers are increasingly recognizing the toll Covid can take on brain health. Many of those who have had the disease struggle with persistent issues such as brain fog, depression and cognitive […]
Mar 4, 2025
As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil
NYT In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination. As a measles outbreak expands in West Texas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, on Tuesday cheered several unconventional treatments, including cod liver oil, but again did not urge Americans to get […]
Mar 4, 2025
To the Pandemic Czar: Are We Prepared to Talk About Bird Flu?
MedPage Today Effective communication across all levels of government is as important as a vaccine. The threat of a widespread human outbreak of bird flu is on the horizon. And, with it, the potential for a pandemic. The next pandemic — whether from the H5N1 strain circulating since 2022 or something else — may not […]
Mar 4, 2025
HHS review of a vaccine contract sparks worries about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic
STAT In the spring of 2009, the first flu pandemic in four decades began. Caused by an H1N1 virus that emerged from pigs, likely in Mexico, it spread quickly around the globe. The world got lucky in 2009. Doubly so. The “swine flu” virus was distinct enough from previous H1N1 viruses that it could cause […]
Mar 4, 2025
New York City officials report second measles case as Texas outbreak continues
USA Today As the measles outbreak continues to spread in Texas, cases have been reported in New Jersey as well as a second case in New York City. The New York City Department of Health said that one additional case of measles has been reported in New York City. “As a pediatrician and the State’s doctor, I want to […]
Mar 4, 2025
Mysterious illness claims dozens in remote congo villages, WHO on alert
Medafrica Times A puzzling disease outbreak in northwestern Congo has claimed 53 lives amid 419 reported cases across two isolated villages, baffling health officials who are racing to identify the deadly pathogen. The outbreaks began on January 21 in Equateur province, with many victims succumbing within hours of showing symptoms. Health authorities remain uncertain whether […]
Mar 4, 2025
Why This Measles Outbreak Is Different
The Atlantic America’s regression could change the experience of childhood. In 2000, the CDC declared that measles had been eliminated from the United States. But now America is at risk of losing that status: A measles outbreak has sickened more than 150 people in Texas and New Mexico since late January. An unvaccinated school-aged child recently died […]
Mar 4, 2025