Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
JAMA – This observational analysis involved bayesian meta-regression and pooling of 54 studies and 2 medical record databases with data for 1.2 million individuals (from 22 countries) who had symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. The modeled estimated proportion with at least 1 of the 3 self-reported Long COVID symptom clusters 3 months after symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection was […]
Oct 11, 2022
Long COVID Persists in People With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection
MedPageToday – Long COVID — defined as one or more clusters of symptoms lasting 3 months or longer — occurred in about 6% of people with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, a modeling study based on 1.2 million global COVID patients showed. After adjusting for pre-COVID health status, an estimated 6.2% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 2.4-13.3) of […]
Oct 11, 2022
Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti’s prisons
Star Advisor – A nonprofit organization today called on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system and dwindling supplies of clean water Health through Walls, which provides medical care to prisoners in Haiti, noted that not only inmates are at risk, but […]
Oct 11, 2022
Haiti’s situation is dire and cannot persist, State Department says
Reuters – The situation in Haiti has grown dire, with criminal groups blocking efforts to control a cholera outbreak, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the status quo “cannot persist.” An outbreak of cholera in Haiti this month has killed at least 16 people, according to the United Nations, while a […]
Oct 11, 2022
Poliovirus found in Brooklyn and Queens sewage, New York health officials say
CNBC – The sewage sample in Brooklyn and Queens that tested positive is genetically linked to the virus that paralyzed an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County over the summer. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has extended the state of emergency declared in response to the spread of poliovirus in an effort to boost vaccination rates. […]
Oct 11, 2022
Rift Valley fever: Human cases in Mauritania nears 40
Outbreak News Today – The Ministère de la Santé Mauritanienne provided an update on the Rift Valley fever (RVF) human infection situation in the country on October 7. According to health officials, seven additional human RVF cases were reported since the previous update on October 2, bringing the total for 2022 to 39. In addition, five additional […]
Oct 11, 2022
Even Intubated COVID Patients Potentially See Vaccine Benefits
MedPageToday – Better survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome when fully vaccinated. Being fully vaccinated was associated with better survival for patients intubated for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) owing to COVID-19, a small multicenter study from Greece showed. In a cohort involving 265 consecutive patients needing intubation for COVID-19 ARDS, mortality was […]
Oct 10, 2022
CDC – The CDC and FDA are investigating an E.coli outbreak in six states that may be tied to frozen falafel sold at Aldi supermarkets.
Oct 10, 2022
FDA Clears Use of Monkeypox Testing Equipment
FDA – FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Abbott Molecular, Inc., for the Alinity m MPXV, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test intended to detect monkeypox DNA using lesion swab specimens from individuals suspected of monkeypox virus infection. The Alinity m MPXV test is the first commercial test kit to be authorized for detection […]
Oct 10, 2022