Category: Featured
Covid or a summer cold? Without free tests, many won’t know.
Washington Post The United States is experiencing a bump in coronavirus transmission for the first time since the public health emergency ended in May, exposing the challenges of avoiding the virus when free testing is no longer widely accessible. The Biden administration stopped mailing test kits to households in June. The ones Americans stockpiled over […]
Aug 8, 2023
Cases of leprosy, ‘historically uncommon’ in US, surge in central Florida, CDC says
Fox News Florida The letter said that the number of reported leprosy cases in southeastern states has more than doubled in the last decade. Citing the National Hansen’s Disease Program, it said 159 new cases were reported in the U.S. in 2020, with Florida among the top reporting states. Central Florida accounted for 81% of […]
Aug 1, 2023
Launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy
US Dept of State Today the State Department is officially launching a new Bureau of Global Heath Security and Diplomacy. The Bureau’s overarching mission is to fortify the global health security architecture to effectively prevent, detect, control, and respond to infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. By leveraging and coordinating U.S. foreign assistance, the Bureau aims to […]
Aug 1, 2023
Mauritania reports a death case of Congolese Crimean fever
Sahara Media (machine translated) Today, Friday, the Mauritanian Ministry of Health announced the death of a person due to the Crimean-Congolese hemorrhagic fever, after it was discovered that he was infected with the epidemic during his treatment in a neighboring country for a health condition. The Director General of Public Health, Muhammad Mahmoud Ould Eal […]
Aug 1, 2023
Has COVID’s Patient Zero Finally Been Named?
The Atlantic A major revelation about researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology emerged this week. We still can’t say we’re any closer to the truth. The lab-leak theory of COVID’s origin has always been a little squirrelly. If SARS-CoV-2 really did begin infecting humans in a research setting, the evidence that got left behind […]
Aug 1, 2023
The Atlantic A mid-year wave might be brewing for the fourth year in a row. Will it always be like this? Since the pandemic’s earliest days, epidemiologists have been waiting for the coronavirus to finally snap out of its pan-season spree. No more spring waves like the first to hit the United States in 2020, no more […]
Aug 1, 2023
Is Leprosy endemic in Florida?
CDC Abstract Florida, USA, has witnessed an increased incidence of leprosy cases lacking traditional risk factors. Those trends, in addition to decreasing diagnoses in foreign-born persons, contribute to rising evidence that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern United States. Travel to Florida should be considered when conducting leprosy contact tracing in any state. Leprosy, […]
Aug 1, 2023
U.S. sees biggest rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations since December
CBS News Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen by more than 10% across the country, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking the largest percent increase in this key indicator of the virus since December. At least 7,109 admissions of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were reported for the week of July 15 nationwide, the CDC […]
Jul 25, 2023
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – United Arab Emirates
WHO On 10 July 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), notified WHO of a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a 28-year-old male from Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi. The case had no history of direct or indirect contact with dromedaries, goats, or sheep. The patient was admitted to the hospital […]
Jul 25, 2023
Man tests positive for MERS in Abu Dhabi near Oman border
Reuters A 28-year-old man has tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The man in the city of Al Ain was admitted to hospital last month, the WHO said in a statement. […]
Jul 25, 2023