Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Locally Acquired Dengue Case Confirmed in California
Medscape A case of locally acquired dengue fever has been confirmed in a resident of Baldwin Park, California, according to a press release from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. This locally acquired case of dengue is the third to be reported in California and the first to be reported by the Los Angeles County […]
Sep 18, 2024
What Is Wetland Virus, China’s Newly-Discovered Tick-Borne Illness That Can Infect the Brain?
Prevention Tick-borne infections are on the rise, causing about half a million new illnesses in America each year. But while most people are familiar on some level with infections like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, there’s a new tick-borne infection to have on your radar. It’s called Wetland virus, and it’s a newly-discovered illness spotted in China […]
Sep 18, 2024
Mosquito-borne diseases are surging in Europe — how worried are scientists?
Nature Diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue are becoming increasingly common as the insects that spread them move north. Climate change is turning Europe into a breeding ground for mosquito-borne diseases, researchers warn. Longer summers, hotter temperatures and heavy rainfall are creating favourable conditions for mosquitos in places where they couldn’t previously thrive. […]
Sep 18, 2024
NH confirms second case of mosquito-borne illness EEE
NH News A second case of the mosquito-borne illness eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in New Hampshire, according to state health officials. The infection was in an adult from Kensington who began experiencing symptoms on Aug. 8. The person was hospitalized and is now recovering at a rehabilitation facility, according to a spokesperson for the […]
Sep 18, 2024
Gaza is vaccinating against polio. Is the virus a threat to the U.S.?
Washington Post A campaign is ongoing to vaccinate children in Gaza after its first polio case in 25 years. The threat to the United States is only in communities with low vaccination levels. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set about vaccinating hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza in response to the Palestinian enclave’s first polio […]
Sep 18, 2024
Bird flu detected in San Diego County wastewater
Fox 5 News San Diego County is now the fifth location in California to detect the bird flu, county officials announced Monday. San Diego County reports though there are no confirmed human cases, the H5 influenza virus — commonly known as the bird flu — was detected in wastewater in San Diego County during testing […]
Sep 18, 2024
CDC says close contact of Missouri bird flu patient showed symptoms
NBC In a report Friday, the agency said the second person was not tested and has recovered. A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a Missouri patient who tested positive for the bird flu virus, the agency quietly disclosed in its weekly influenza […]
Sep 18, 2024
Readout of White House Convening on Mpox
White House Today, leaders from the National Security Council and the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy convened a roundtable with Federal agencies, global and domestic public health partners, advocacy organizations, and community leaders to discuss the escalating “clade I” mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and multiple […]
Sep 17, 2024
California reports a total of eight H5N1 bird flu outbreaks among dairy herds
Los Angeles Times The number of California dairy herds reported to have outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu has grown to eight. Officials have refused to disclose the locations of the infected herds, but have said they are in close proximity somewhere in California’s Central Valley — an 18,000-square-mile expanse that is roughly the size of […]
Sep 17, 2024
CDC says close contact of Missouri bird flu patient showed symptoms
NBC News In a report Friday, the agency said the second person was not tested and has recovered. A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a Missouri patient who tested positive for the bird flu virus, the agency quietly disclosed in its weekly […]
Sep 17, 2024