Year: 2024
New Mexico reports first case of hantavirus in 2024
New Mexico Local News The New Mexico Department of Health has announced the year’s first case of hantavirus in New Mexico. According to the department, the first person to get hantavirus was a man in San Juan County. That person was hospitalized due to the virus. He has since been released and is recovering at […]
Feb 21, 2024
Defining Disease X
Johns Hopkins Public health agencies and governments across the globe are always readying their response for the next infectious disease emergency, but how do we prepare for the truly unknown? Enter Disease X. Since 2018, this mysterious—and often misrepresented—hypothetical pathogen has been at the heart of international pandemic preparedness efforts. Planning for the emergence of […]
Feb 20, 2024
How Protected Am I Against the Covid Variant JN.1?
New York Times JN.1 accounts for nearly all U.S. Covid cases. Here’s what to know about the risk of a new infection. Over the last few years, the general assumption has been that a Covid infection — or vaccination — is likely to buy you a few months of protection. But any time we get […]
Feb 20, 2024
Measles: First case in seven years confirmed in Northern Ireland
BBC The Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed that a case of measles has been diagnosed in Northern Ireland. The PHA said the case was confirmed in an adult who picked it up while travelling. Close contacts have been notified and “all appropriate public health actions are being undertaken”. It is the first case of […]
Feb 20, 2024
Bat ‘Nightclubs’ May Be The Key To Solving The Next Pandemic
Texas A&M The evolution of viral tolerance in Myotis bats may help scientists prevent future pandemics, say researchers at Texas A&M. Bats carry some of the deadliest zoonotic diseases that can infect both humans and animals, such as Ebola and COVID-19. In a recently published article in the journal Cell Genomics, a Texas A&M research team revealed […]
Feb 20, 2024
Study shows 43% to 58% lower prevalence of long COVID among vaccinated people
CIDRAP A new study based on 4,605 participants in the Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study shows that the prevalence of long COVID symptoms at 30 and 90 days post-infection was 43% to 58% lower among adults who were fully vaccinated before infection. The study appeared yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology. The 30- and 90-day timeframes were meant […]
Feb 20, 2024
Proteomic and transcriptomic profiling of brainstem, cerebellum and olfactory tissues in early- and late-phase COVID-19
Nature Neurological symptoms, including cognitive impairment and fatigue, can occur in both the acute infection phase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and at later stages, yet the mechanisms that contribute to this remain unclear. Here we profiled single-nucleus transcriptomes and proteomes of brainstem tissue from deceased individuals at various stages of COVID-19. We detected an […]
Feb 20, 2024
Six cases of measles confirmed in outbreak at a Florida elementary school
NBC The state Department of Health in Broward County announced Friday that a third grader had been diagnosed, and five more cases have been confirmed since. Six people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak at the Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, Florida. The Florida Department of Health in Broward County announced in […]
Feb 20, 2024