Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Brazil’s Parana declares animal health emergency due to bird flu cases in wild birds
Reuters The Brazilian state of Parana, the country’s biggest poultry producer, said on Tuesday it has declared an animal health emergency due to the detection of avian flu cases in wild birds. The move comes after the country’s agriculture ministry directed the states to take such a measure, Parana’s government said in a statement. It […]
Jul 25, 2023
Long COVID Persists as a Mass Disabling Event
MedPageToday The latest CDC data on long COVID in U.S. adults and an alarming World Health Organization (WHO) statement about its long-term impact underscore the pandemic’s lingering and debilitating effects. Like the satirical film “Don’t Look Up,” in which scientists couldn’t focus media or politicians on the climate crisis, most Americans are content to avert their eyes […]
Jul 25, 2023
Scotland: Around 70 birds killed by flu in the last seven days
IOM Today People are asked not to touch sick or dead birds or animals after a washed up guillemot tested positive for avian influenza. Around 70 dead and dying seabirds have been collected by the Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture on the southern and western coastline since July 11. Samples taken from some a […]
Jul 18, 2023
Bangladesh: Dengue cases eclipse 22,000
Outbreak News Today The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh report an additional 1,589 dengue fever cases and eight deaths today, bringing the total cases and deaths for 2023 to 22,467 and 114, respectively. Of the 1589 cases reported today, 847, or 53 percent were reported in the capital city of Dhaka. […]
Jul 18, 2023
Scores of dead birds wash up on Scots beach amid avian flu crisis
Several species, including kittiwakes, guillemots and razorbills, have been found washed up at Lunan Bay in Montrose in recent weeks. Several species, including kittiwakes, guillemots and razorbills, have been found washed up at Lunan Bay in Montrose in recent weeks. Locals living in the area have been advised not to touch or pick up sick […]
Jul 18, 2023
Yes, bird flu is a threat. It’s time to take it seriously.
Vox In the last two years, more than half a billion birds have died globally. The cause isn’t deforestation or climate change or the destruction of grasslands — all of which are contributing to the precipitous decline of wild birds — but avian influenza, i.e., bird flu. The majority of these birds were farmed chickens and turkeys; as […]
Jul 18, 2023
New malaria case in Florida brings national total to 8, the first U.S. acquired cases in 20 years
NBC News Florida health officials reported a new case of malaria on Tuesday, bringing the total number of locally acquired malaria infections in the U.S. to eight since May. The cases are the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month that locally acquired infections — those not linked […]
Jul 18, 2023
UK: Bird flu investigation after Bempton Cliffs seabird deaths
BBC An investigation has begun after a number of birds were found dead at a nature reserve in East Yorkshire. The RSPB said in a social media post that the fatalities at its site at Bempton Cliffs were being investigated for any possible link to avian flu. The charity said that kittiwakes seemed to be […]
Jul 18, 2023
Mysterious Spread of Bird Flu in Cats in Poland, WHO Reports
Science Alert The World Health Organization said that since Polish health authorities informed it last month of unusual cat deaths across the country, 29 cats had tested positive for H5N1 bird flu. They were among 46 cats and one captive caracal tested for the virus, it said, adding that 14 of the infected animals were reported to have […]
Jul 18, 2023
Should We Be Worried about a Malaria Outbreak in the United States?
Boston University Malaria has landed in Florida and Texas. BU infectious diseases specialist David Hamer shares his biggest worries when it comes to mosquito-borne diseases—and why malaria might not be the scariest one. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started operations in 1946, it had an urgent mission: prevent malaria from spreading […]
Jul 18, 2023