Year: 2024
The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
Wired Eastern equine encephalitis, which has a high mortality rate, is becoming more common in North America as climate changes expands the habitats of insects. A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called eastern equine encephalitis virus, also known as EEE or “triple E.” It was New Hampshire’s first […]
Sep 10, 2024
Rare local case of mosquito-borne dengue virus confirmed in Baldwin Park
Lost Angeles Times A rare case of dengue, a viral infection spread by mosquitoes, was confirmed in Baldwin Park on Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. This case represents the state’s third-ever confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue that is not related to travel. The other two cases were confirmed in Long […]
Sep 10, 2024
Teen Girls’ Brains Aged Rapidly During Pandemic, Study Finds
NYT Neuroimaging found girls experienced cortical thinning far faster than boys did during the first year of Covid lockdowns. A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United States found that girls’ brains aged far faster than expected, something the researchers attributed to social isolation. The […]
Sep 10, 2024
Mpox is coming back deadlier than before. The U.S. must respond now.
Washington Post | Opinion Two years ago, the United States and other Western countries mounted an aggressive — and successful — response to mpox. But the virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is coming back deadlier than before. The West must curb this threat before it once again wreaks havoc around the world. The previous outbreak spread […]
Sep 10, 2024
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
CDC CDC has confirmed a human case of avian influenza A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state’s seasonal flu surveillance system. The specimen was forwarded to CDC for confirmatory testing per usual protocols and confirmed yesterday. An investigation into the potential exposure is ongoing by […]
Sep 10, 2024
Bird Flu Is Quietly Getting Scarier
The Atlantic Perhaps it’s time to talk about an H5N1 pandemic. Up until last Friday afternoon, a total of 13 people in the United States had officially come down this year with avian influenza H5, also known as bird flu. A subtype of that virus, a potential pandemic pathogen called H5N1, has for months been […]
Sep 10, 2024
Fourth case of dangerous mosquito-borne virus confirmed in Massachusetts
The Hill A fourth case of the dangerous mosquito-borne illness was confirmed in Massachusetts on Monday, according to health officials. A man in his 50s contracted Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Monday. The man lives in Middlesex County which is at high risk for EEE. Nationally, cases of EEE […]
Sep 10, 2024
Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations
NYT Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths. The connections are commonsense but the conclusion is shocking. Bats eat insects. When a fatal disease hit bats, farmers used more pesticides to protect crops. And that, according to a new study, led to […]
Sep 10, 2024
India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country
Reuters India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been isolated in a hospital and is in a table condition, the ministry said. The ministry did not specify which strain […]
Sep 10, 2024