Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Nevada leads in superbug fungus infections
Nevada Local News Federal public health officials have identified southern Nevada as the place in the U.S. with the highest number of cases of a potentially lethal fungus that is resistant to common antibiotics and can be a major risk for hospital and nursing home patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked and […]
Apr 4, 2023
Duke-NUS’ influenza expert assesses how worried we should be about H5N1
Duke The current outbreak of a highly contagious strain of H5N1 avian influenza has been called the worst in history. By January 2023, poultry farmers in the US had slaughtered almost 60 million birds infected or at risk of being infected with H5N1, with a similar number being culled in Europe while in Japan, farmers set […]
Apr 4, 2023
What to Know About the New XBB.1.16 COVID-19 Variant
Time The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring a new COVID-19 subvariant called XBB.1.16, which has been circulating throughout India for a few months and is causing a new surge of cases there. The Times of India reported on Apr. 3 that more than 3,600 new COVID cases had been recorded in the country since the previous […]
Apr 4, 2023
Nigeria: 447 suspected cholera cases reported in 6 states
The Sun The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has said six states, Cross River (397), Zamfara (25), Ebonyi (11), Abia (9), Bayelsa (3) and Kano (2), reported 447 suspected cholera cases in weeks five to nine of 2023. The NCDC, via its official website, yesterday, however, said 12 states have reported suspected cholera cases […]
Apr 4, 2023
Rabies patient becomes first fatal case in US after post-exposure treatment, report says
fox news Related paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases A Minnesota man is the first reported fatality due to rabies in the United States despite receiving appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis, according to a recent article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. He was an 84-year-old man who died in 2021 about six months after waking up in the morning while […]
Apr 4, 2023
Domestic dog tests positive for avian influenza in Canada
Canadadian Food Inspection Agency Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada issued the following joint statement: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, confirmed on April 1, 2023, that a domestic dog in Oshawa, Ontario has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). […]
Apr 4, 2023
Fortune COVID can cause reservoirs of some viruses you’ve previously battled to reactivate, potentially leading to symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome—a condition that resembles long COVID, a recent study found. You had COVID a few months ago and recovered—but things still aren’t quite right. When you stand up, you feel dizzy, and your heart races. […]
Apr 4, 2023
Response against the Deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Tanzania: Amref Health Africa’s Support
Relief Web For the first time in the history of the United Republic of Tanzania, an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was reported by the Ministry of Health on 21 March 2023. The Ministry declared the outbreak in Bukoba District, Kagera region, North Western Tanzania. The Kagera region borders Uganda to the north, Rwanda […]
Apr 4, 2023
What’s at Stake as the US Ends Covid Emergency Measures
Bloomberg The US has started unwinding its Covid-19 crisis measures that have expanded access to health care for millions of people since the beginning of the outbreak in the country in 2020. President Joe Biden is imminently expected to sign a bill passed by Congress that will conclude the country’s national emergency. The White House on May […]
Apr 4, 2023