Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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
The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn
Wired US health officials say they don’t know how a patient in Missouri contracted bird flu. THIS YEAR IN the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine of those became infected after coming into contact with poultry, and four got the virus from exposure to dairy cows. The source of […]
Sep 17, 2024
New XEC Covid variant starting to spread
BBC People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists. Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the XEC variant have since emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries, say users on X, formerly known as Twitter. It has some new mutations […]
Sep 17, 2024
Second person contracts eastern equine encephalitis in New Hampshire, health officials confirm
NBC A second human case of eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in New Hampshire, state health officials said. The New Hampshire Department of Health said an adult from Kensington began experiencing symptoms of EEE on Aug. 8, and was then hospitalized. That person is now recovering at a rehabilitation facility. EEE is a rare […]
Sep 17, 2024
The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says
STAT The world is watching the response to the spread of the virus in dairy cattle, Maria Van Kerkhove said. More work needs to be done by the agricultural sector to get to the bottom of — and put a stop to — transmission of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle in the United States, a […]
Sep 17, 2024
Another two cases of Congo virus emerge in Quetta
AAJ The country is witnessing a gradual increase in Congo virus cases, with Balochistan reporting a total of 30 affected individuals so far. This brings the total number of cases in the province this year to thirty. One of the newly confirmed patients hails from Musa Khel, while the other is from Kuchlak. Alarmingly, six […]
Sep 17, 2024
Haunting Questions About a Lethal American Virus
Medpage Today How long has Sin Nombre hantavirus lived in North America? Glowing embers cascading from Glacier Point. The ancient granite of Tuolumne Meadows. The Mist Trail leading to Vernal Falls. All these memories and more were treasured by my mom — a native Californian who loved Yosemite National Park. My mother also loved Yosemite’s […]
Sep 17, 2024
Babesiosis, another disease spread by ticks, is on the rise
Washington Post Babesiosis is on the rise and is spread by the same ticks that cause Lyme. It can be serious, especially for people who are immunocompromised. If you spot a blacklegged tick crawling up your leg — or worse, attached to your skin — you might be worried about getting Lyme disease. That’s reasonable […]
Sep 11, 2024
Horse in Connecticut tests positive for EEE
NBC News A horse in Connecticut has tested positive for EEE, marking the state’s first case of the disease in a domestic animal this year. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said EEE, or Eastern equine encephalitis, was detected in a 23-year-old unvaccinated gelded horse in Fairfield County. Officials said the horse was exhibiting neurological symptoms […]
Sep 11, 2024