Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
8 Trajectories for Long COVID
The Harvard Gazette Study captures variability of a condition that affects millions. Millions of patients have developed long COVID, a chronic condition that involves a range of symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, and palpitations, that persist for at least three months after infection. In a new analysis of adult participants in an initiative called Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery, or RECOVER, Mass General Brigham researchers identified […]
Nov 19, 2025
Long COVID can take eight different trajectories, study finds
Medical Express New research led by Mass General Brigham followed more than 3,500 patients, finding that 10.3% had symptoms consistent with long COVID three months after infection, 81% of whom continued to experience persistent or intermittent symptoms a year later. Millions of patients have developed long COVID, a chronic condition that involves a range of […]
Nov 19, 2025
Texas Measles Strain Continues to Spread, Officials Say
NYT If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its “elimination status,” as determined by the World Health Organization. The measles strain that triggered a huge outbreak in the Southwest continues to spread, threatening to end America’s status as a nation that by and large has eliminated the illness, a federal […]
Nov 19, 2025
Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
Science Alert A hidden physical change in the body may be helping to drive the prolonged malaise some people experience after contracting COVID-19. Analyzing blood samples from patients with long COVID, a team of medical researchers has identified unusual microscopic structures that may contribute to symptoms such as brain fog and fatigue. If this is the case, it offers a […]
Nov 19, 2025
New Antibiotic Stokes Hope for Still Lethal TB in Study
Bloomberg Thuto Pulane had just wrapped up a promising internship in marketing when she lost 13 kilos over two months and started coughing up green phlegm. She grew weaker and decided to visit a nearby clinic to get help after returning home from a family trip. Turns out Pulane had the world’s deadliest curable infectious […]
Nov 19, 2025
Influenza A(H1N1) Has More High-Risk Features Than Other Subtypes
Infectious Disease Advisor Among hospitalized adults with severe influenza, A(H1N1) subtype was linked to an increased risk for severe clinical markers, including respiratory distress and intensive care unit admission, when compared with A(H3N2) and B subtypes. Among patients hospitalized with severe influenza, those with A(H1N1) have more high-risk clinical indicators compared with those with other […]
Nov 19, 2025
A trio of respiratory viruses is sending people to the hospital in N.J.
NJ.com It’s that time of year again when New Jersey hospitals are seeing an increase in admissions associated with COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. Since the week ending Oct. 25, hospitalizations associated with these respiratory viruses have increased, according to the state’s latest respiratory illness surveillance report. The majority of hospitalizations with influenza and COVID have been […]
Nov 19, 2025
Ethiopia confirms three deaths in new Marburg virus outbreak
Africa News Ethiopia confirmed on Monday the deaths of three people who had contracted the Marburg virus. The country’s health ministry said three additional fatalities were being investigated for a possible connection to the disease. This announcement comes after Ethiopian authorities declared the Marburg outbreak on Friday. The outbreak was reported in the Omo region, an area […]
Nov 19, 2025
H5N1 bird flu cases spike in Europe. How worried should we be?
The Conversation On November 13, Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza – more commonly known as “bird flu” – caused by the H5N1 virus. This drastic, though not unprecedented, measure was justified by climbing numbers of outbreaks in Europe, as well […]
Nov 19, 2025
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Smithsonian Magazine Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 50,000 of the animals. In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to […]
Nov 19, 2025