Author: Claudinne Miller
Pediatricians Should Be Alert for This Deadly Infection in Kids
Medical Page Today Two U.S. cases of Paenibacillus dendritiformis infection in infants that led to severe meningitis should raise clinicians’ awareness of the rare but potentially lethal emerging threat, researchers said. The cases involved P. dendritiformis infections in a female infant in Pennsylvania and a male infant in Minnesota, one of whom died. Both infants were born preterm and […]
Feb 11, 2026
Pennsylvania: More than 60,000 Lancaster County birds affected by Avian Flu
ABC News Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has affected more than 60,000 birds raised for commercial meat production in Lancaster County, according to the USDA. The USDA reported on February 10, 2026, that HPAI has been detected in flocks of 36,000 Commercial Turkey Meat Birds and 25,100 World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Poultry in Lancaster County. […]
Feb 11, 2026
Teenager contracts rare ‘welder’s anthrax,’ marking the ninth known case ever reported
Live Science A teenager training to be a welder contracted a rare and dangerous lung infection, prompting a combined state and federal investigation. The patient: An 18-year-old in Louisiana The symptoms: The teenager, who was training to be a welder, developed a cough and was hospitalized with pneumonia and respiratory failure a week later. He was intubated at the […]
Feb 11, 2026
DC health officials warn of measles exposures across city, including March for Life rally
ABC News Health officials in Washington, D.C., are warning that people may have been exposed to measles in locations across the city. DC Health said in a statement that it “was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious.” Among those locations is the annual National March for […]
Feb 11, 2026
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
STAT The NCI director didn’t cite new evidence that prompted the agency to look into it. The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official. “There are enough reports of it, enough interest […]
Feb 11, 2026
4 times as many measles cases in a few weeks than US typically averages in a whole year
ABC News There have been at least 733 confirmed measles cases reported across the nation, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Friday. In just a few weeks, the United States reported four times as many cases than typically seen throughout an entire calendar year, the CDC said. Before last year, which had […]
Feb 11, 2026
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
NYT The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects. The vaccine maker Moderna said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had notified the company that the agency would not review its mRNA flu vaccine, the […]
Feb 11, 2026
Teaching People to Counter Misinformation, Not Just Spot It
Carnegie Mellon Univ Can we train people to speak up when they see misinformation on social media? Most media literacy research efforts focus on training people to identify true from false information. However, learning to recognize accurate information doesn’t automatically help stop inaccurate information from spreading online. Many of us have seen false or misleading […]
Jan 28, 2026
Measles in America: Five things to know from a Stanford Medicine expert
Stanford Medicine The U.S. measles surge is a sign that more vaccination is needed, said a Stanford Medicine pediatric infectious disease physician. Here’s what else she wants you to know. After a sustained surge of measles outbreaks last year, the United States is likely to lose its status as a country that has eliminated the […]
Jan 28, 2026
Liberia mpox outbreak prompts CDC travel notice
Outbreak News Today The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions travel notice due to an outbreak of clade II monkeypox in Liberia. According to the Africa CDC, Liberia has reported 1,451 confirmed mpox cases and six deaths in 2025. As of January 17, Liberia has seen […]
Jan 28, 2026