Category: Featured
What could cause a malaria comeback in the US — and what could stop it
Vox Americans shouldn’t take a malaria-free future for granted. Over the last month, five people in the US (four in Florida and one in Texas) have acquired malaria within the country’s borders. That’s pretty uncommon — at least, in this century; until the 1950s, malaria was a persistent plague in the US, especially in the Southeast. Many […]
Jul 5, 2023
What we do — and don’t yet — know about the malaria cases in the U.S.
NPR In the 1950s, the U.S. declared that it had wiped out malaria. As NPR reported a few years ago, this public health milestone was achieved “through the use of insecticides, drainage ditches and the incredible power of window screens.” This week, headlines trumpeted the “return” of malaria: four cases in Florida and one in Texas. So […]
Jul 5, 2023
A Rare Domestic Resurgence of Malaria Is Circulating in the US
Wired AT LEAST FOUR people in Florida and one in Texas have been diagnosed with malaria that they must have caught near where they live—because, according to health officials, none of them traveled outside the US or their own states. The very unusual discovery has left infectious disease specialists wondering: Who else might be ill, and will local […]
Jul 5, 2023
Federal Officials Hatch a Three-Pronged Defense Against Another ‘Tripledemic’
New York Times This fall, Americans will be urged to get shots against the flu, Covid and, if they’re older, R.S.V. To prevent a repeat of last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, Americans will be encouraged to roll up their sleeves not just for flu shots but for two other vaccines, one of them entirely […]
Jul 5, 2023
Texas A&M Expert Testifies On Preparing For Future Public Health Threats And Disasters
Texas A&M Dr. Gerald Parker, Texas A&M University’s associate dean for Global One Health at the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and director of the Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program, recently testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on the importance of being prepared for emerging threats and […]
Jun 27, 2023
‘Ridiculous,’ says Chinese scientist accused of being pandemic’s patient zero
Science – A scientist at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) who has recently faced media allegations that he was the first person with COVID-19 and his research on coronaviruses sparked the pandemic strongly denies that he was ill in late 2019 or that his work had any link to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, […]
Jun 27, 2023
Patient with suspected bubonic plague admitted to hospital in Mongolia
Akai A patient in critical condition with suspected bubonic plague was admitted to the regional hospital of Gobi-Altai aimag province of Mongolia, located on the border with China, head of the public relations department of the National Center for Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesEnkhbayaryn Dulmaa announced. A 21-year-old young man was sent to the regional hospital from Bugat […]
Jun 27, 2023
Fauci, former face of U.S. covid response, to join Georgetown faculty
Washington Post Anthony S. Fauci, who retired from the National Institutes of Health in December after helping two presidents navigate the coronavirus pandemic, plans to join the faculty at Georgetown University on July 1, according to the university. Fauci, 82, will teachmedicine and public policy as a “distinguished university professor,” a title that recognizes “extraordinary achievement in scholarship, teaching […]
Jun 27, 2023
Colorado reports human case of bubonic plague in Montezuma County
The Journal Montezuma County Public Health has identified a human case of plague in a resident, according to a news release Monday from the department. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Montezuma County Public Health Department continue to investigate the case and “will provide additional information as it becomes available,” the news […]
Jun 27, 2023
First U.S. malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas
Reuters Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The four Florida cases, along with one in Texas, have been diagnosed over a period […]
Jun 27, 2023