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Researchers Are Working on At-Home Tests for Lyme Disease
Time If there has been one silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been the rise of rapid self-tests, which provide results at home in minutes. Researchers are hard at work at developing similar tests for other diseases—including Lyme. Lyme disease is transmitted by the black-legged (or deer) tick and infects about 476,000 Americans each year. The faster […]
Jun 20, 2023
Peru Suffering Worst Dengue Outbreak In Its History, Over 146K Cases
Forbes Peru is suffering a very bad outbreak of something that’s been nicknamed “break-bone fever”—dengue. In fact, it’s been a historically bad outbreak, as in the worst dengue outbreak that the country has ever had. The outbreak has already left over 146,000 people infected and at least 248 dead. It’s also resulted in the resignation […]
Jun 20, 2023
U.S. House bill would address pandemic preparedness
The Square Center Ensuring the United States works to solidify a rapid response to combat future pandemics is the focus of a new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Disease X Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Lori Trahan, D-MA, would work to ensure there is preparation and development of medical […]
Jun 14, 2023
BBC Podcast: The Hunt for COVID’s Origins
Introduction: Fever: The Hunt for COVID Origins Episode 1: Batshit Episode 2: A Question of Trust Episode 3: Uncertainty and Trump US President Donald Trump wades into the Covid origins debate. It’s April 2020 and at the podium of the White House’s press room, Donald Trump makes a geopolitically incendiary claim: he has a high […]
Jun 14, 2023
Thailand reports a nearly 500% increase in dengue in 2023
Outbreak News Today In a follow-up on the Thailand dengue fever situation in 2023, the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control (DDC) reports 19,503 total cases through June 7. This is an increase of 475 percent compared the the 3386 cases reported during the same period in 2022. The epidemic reached its highest level in three […]
Jun 14, 2023
Epidemiological Update – Dengue, chikungunya and Zika – 10 June 2023
PAHO During 2022, several countries in the region registered increases in the number of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya cases compared to those reported in 2021. During the first months of 2023, chikungunya and dengue fever outbreaks of high magnitude were recorded in South America. Before the start of the high season of dengue transmission in […]
Jun 13, 2023
Strengthening diagnostics capacity
WHO (Contributed by a Transmission Subscriber) Decided to recommend to the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of thefollowing resolution: Recognizing the Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978), which identified primary health care as“essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methodsand technology […] at a cost that the community and country can afford […]
Jun 13, 2023
200k cases, 200 dead: Peru Battles Worst Dengue Outbreak In Its History
MSN Peru is battling the worst dengue outbreak in the country’s history with over 200,000 cases being reported so far and more than 200 fatalities recorded so far. The outbreak has been attributed to torrential rains and mosquitoes caused by El Ni o climate phenomenon. A Fox News report quoted a Peru health ministry official […]
Jun 13, 2023
Australia’s having an intense flu season, and it could be a signal of what’s to come in the US
CNN It’s only June, but scientists in the US are already thinking about flu season. As always at this time of year, they’re keeping a close eye on Australia, which saw an early start to its flu season. Some parts of the country are seeing a spike in illness, and the highest number of cases are […]
Jun 13, 2023
Fungal meningitis outbreak death toll rises as officials rush to find patients at risk
NBC News Nearly 200 people in the U.S. may have been exposed to the deadly illness at two medical clinics in Mexico. A fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures performed at clinics in Mexico has killed four patients from the U.S. and infected over two dozen others. Nearly 200 in the U.S. may have been exposed to the deadly […]
Jun 13, 2023