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Diagnostic dilemma: A man ended up in the ER after drinking 6 gallons of milk in 2 days
Live Science A man experiencing excessive thirst drank lots of milk, with dangerous consequences. The patient: A 54-year-old man in Rotterdam, Netherlands The symptoms: The patient visited the emergency room after experiencing shortness of breath, as well as excessive sweating, urination and thirst, for eight days. His abdomen was swollen and distended. What happened next: Two days before […]
Feb 5, 2025
Scientists Discover First Henipavirus in North America, Raising Pandemic Fears
SciTech Daily Scientists have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus, in shrews in Alabama, marking its first detection in North America. Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered the first henipavirus detected in North America. Dr. Rhys Parry from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences confirmed the presence of Camp Hill virus in shrews in […]
Feb 4, 2025
Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
WHO In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial, in an emergency. This is the first trial to […]
Feb 4, 2025
Cats May Have Gotten Bird Flu From Raw Pet Food. Here’s What to Know.
NYT The cases have spurred new pet food safety rules and poultry surveillance efforts. Federal officials who spent the last year grappling with a surge of bird flu infections in cows and people are now confronting a spate of new cases in cats, some of which have died after eating contaminated, uncooked pet food. Continue […]
Jan 28, 2025
DR Congo mystery illness: What we know
DW An undiagnosed ‘Disease X’ is spreading in a remote region of DR Congo. Can it be treated? It is almost impossible to treat an illness like the Disease X that’s spreading in DR Congo — medics don’t even know whether it is a viral or bacterial infection. So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease. […]
Dec 11, 2024
How worried should we be about Disease X?
NPR They’re calling it Disease X. It’s a mysterious illness circulating in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Current figures: over 400 cases, including 31 deaths. International health authorities are monitoring. It all started on October 24 when the first patient fell ill with an unidentified sickness. Others soon followed, all in […]
Dec 10, 2024
Idaho health agency halts COVID vaccine program, joining backlash
USA Today A health department in Idaho has voted to halt its COVID-19 vaccination program, joining the growing number of regional governments pushing back against federal vaccination recommendations. These actions concern some public health experts who fear health departments elsewhere in the country may stop offering vaccines and other vital health services. Board members at […]
Nov 12, 2024
Avian flu outbreak devastates Michigan dairy
Farm Progress With a closed herd and all his heifers artificially inseminated — no outside bulls needed — Nathan Brearley was confident his 500-cow dairy farm in Portland, Mich., would be spared from the avian flu strain that’s affecting dairies. He was wrong. Nearly six months later after an infection on his farm, milk production […]
Sep 24, 2024
Nearly 300 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Wisconsin
WBay.com Wisconsin is seeing a growing number of whooping cough cases. So far this year, the state has four times the number of cases since last year. No deaths have been reported. Doctors are stressing the importance of prevention and treatment. Whooping cough has a lengthy incubation period, meaning we can see numbers jump rather […]
Sep 17, 2024
Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency
NYT It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week. The Philippines reported its first case this year of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, on Monday, just days after the World Health Organization declared the disease […]
Aug 20, 2024