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Social media fueling risky bushmeat sales, study finds
Phys.org The use of social media by West African vendors to promote the illegal sale of bushmeat should be regulated to help prevent the emergence of diseases transmitted from animals to humans, a new study suggests. “Due to the widespread impacts of social media and evidence of the bushmeat trade in other countries such as in Europe, […]
Jun 13, 2023
Viruses and other bugs could make a summer comeback
NBC Doctors are on the lookout for worrisome upticks in Covid, human metapneumovirus and enteroviruses. Covid threw the infectious diseases playbook out the window this past winter. Instead of the typical flu season, the U.S. endured a record mix of invasive strep infections, flu, RSV, enteroviruses and other respiratory illnesses that competed with Covid to make most Americans sick […]
Jun 6, 2023
The deadliest viruses in human history, from COVID to smallpox
PopSci Deadly viral pathogens include rabies, which is fatal without swift treatment, and the flu, which has a huge global toll. Over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus directly or indirectly killed about 15 million people worldwide, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. In the United States, more people died […]
Jun 6, 2023
The Medieval Black Death Made You Healthier—If You Survived
Time Game of Thrones doesn’t tell you the half of it. Life during the medieval ages was nasty, brutish and short. That was especially true during what became known as the Black Death. The widespread outbreak of plague struck between 1347 and 1351, killing tens of millions of people, resulting in the loss of 30 to […]
Jun 6, 2023
Kyrgyzstan registers 559 cases of measles
AKI Express Event International health officials have reported elevated measles activity across multiple regions in Kyrgyzstan, with an additional 207 measles cases reported May 20-31, bringing the total case count to 559 cases since Jan. 1. This is compared to the 23 cases of measles reported in the country for 2022. The Osh region (386 […]
Jun 6, 2023
Lessons From the Tuberculosis Patient on the Lam
MedPage Today We can learn from the case now that she’s receiving treatment. Over the last few months, a woman from Tacoma, Washington has been widely featured in local and national media including the New York Times, for refusing to take medication for active tuberculosis (TB). In February 2023, a judge issued a civil warrant for her arrest. In […]
Jun 6, 2023
2 Are Dead in Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Surgeries in Mexico
NYT More than 200 others could be at risk from a fungal meningitis outbreak that has been traced to two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, where people traveled for cosmetic surgeries, health officials said. Two people in the United States have died with probable cases of fungal meningitis and more than 200 others are at risk after an […]
May 30, 2023
Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak
BBC The possibility the Covid virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has told BBC News. As head of China’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Prof George Gao played a key role in the pandemic response and efforts to trace its origins. China’s government dismisses any […]
May 30, 2023
Senegal confirms 2nd Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case
Outbreak News Today The first case was confirmed on April 21 in a 35-year-old male patient. He was a butcher residing in Fadia city, Guédiawaye district, Dakar region. The date of onset of symptoms was 10 April with fever and flu-like syndrome. Samples were collected on 20 April for suspected viral hemorrhagic fever after he […]
May 30, 2023
China Might Have 65 Million COVID Cases a Week by June. How Worried Should the World Be?
Time Magazine Last week when a Chinese senior health adviser projected 65 million COVID-19 cases per week in China by June, some health experts sounded the alarm. China has been facing a new COVID-19 wave fueled by the XBB variant since April. Data from Zhong Nanshan—a respiratory disease doctor who was among the first to confirm COVID-19’s easy […]
May 30, 2023