Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Flu is surging nationwide, with 24 million cases so far
Washington Post Ten states and New York City are experiencing the highest levels of flu activity, according to the CDC. Flu cases are surging across the nation, closing nearly a dozen schools and swamping hospitals in some states. At least 24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — 57 of them children — have […]
Feb 11, 2025
Dead wild birds found in Ann Arbor, Chain of Lakes amid bird flu outbreak
Michigan Live The sad sight of dead swans, geese and ducks met Betsy Sallade-Farina when she woke up Thursday, Feb. 6, on her lake near the county line between Livingston and Washtenaw counties. “I’ve been on the chain of lakes all my life, and I’ve never seen so many birds dead like that,” said Sallade-Farina, […]
Feb 11, 2025
New version of bird flu infects Nevada dairy worker
Washington Post This version of the virus is circulating broadly in wild birds and is different from the virus that has been causing dairy cow outbreaks since early 2024, the CDC said. A Nevada dairy worker was infected with a version of bird flu that is known to have killed one person in the United States and severely […]
Feb 11, 2025
In the wake of its outbreak, Rwanda is examining its Marburg survivors
Devex Rwanda is studying the survivors of its recent Marburg outbreak to better understand how they survived. Rwanda swiftly brought its recent outbreak of Marburg to a close at the end of December. The government’s response — which took less than three months — was seen as a blueprint on how to efficiently control an […]
Feb 5, 2025
Uganda: 25 contacts of Ebola patients traced in Jinja city
The Independent The Senior Health Educator of Jinja City, Sayyid Kalume, has confirmed that 25 contacts of the two Ebola patients identified last week have been traced. The majority of these contacts are family members and neighbors of the patients, who were isolated after testing positive for the Ebola virus. The two patients—a child and […]
Feb 5, 2025
Oregon: What to know about Willamette Valley wild turkeys and bird flu
Salem Reporter Can wild turkeys get avian flu? Yes. So can chickens, peafowl, ducks, geese, hawks, even cats, dairy cows, and people. Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota have found significant infection among wild turkey flocks. There’s been one known outbreak among wild turkeys in Oregon. Those turkeys shared a pond with a domestic poultry flock […]
Feb 5, 2025
Avian influenza hits California turkey farm
WATT Poultry In the latest flock infection, 22,200 meat turkeys are affected. The latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States involved a commercial meat turkey flock in California. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that on February 3, the presence of HPAI was […]
Feb 5, 2025
CDFA Public Notice Regarding H5N9 Strain of Avian Influenza
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) H5N9 Strain Detected for the First Time in California, A Different Strain than H5N1 A commercial duck flock in Merced County, confirmed to have H5N1 bird flu on December 14, 2024, received secondary testing and the final report on January 13, 2025 confirmed the presence of […]
Feb 5, 2025
Africa CDC Strengthens Support to Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo
African Union The African Union Commission, through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is reinforcing its support to the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa, following the declaration of the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Immediately after the declaration by WHO on […]
Feb 4, 2025
Push to curb Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak
Nature Treatment centres, mobile laboratories to support national response teams. An effort to curb Tanzania’s second outbreak of Marburg virus disease in almost two years includes enhanced case detection, treatment centres, and a mobile laboratory in the northwestern Kagera region. The virus that causes Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, is highly virulent, with a […]
Feb 4, 2025