Year: 2024
4th human case of EEE detected in Mass., health officials say
Boston.com “This year’s EEE season has been particularly active and is generating a lot of concern in communities across Massachusetts.” A fourth human case of Eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in Massachusetts this season, state health officials announced Monday. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement that the newest case is […]
Sep 10, 2024
5 burning questions about Missouri’s mysterious H5 bird flu case
STAT Could raw milk — or a cat — help explain how a person who had no contact with animals caught the virus? News that a person in Missouri contracted H5 bird flu despite having no known contact with infected animals or birds — in other words, no evident route of infection — raises pressing questions public health […]
Sep 10, 2024
Internal Tremors: Adding to the List of Long COVID Symptoms
Contagion Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms — and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this is happening. In a new, Yale-based Long COVID study, over one-third of participants report experiencing this strange symptom, which feels as if tremors are occurring inside their […]
Sep 10, 2024
Scientists discover novel orthonairovirus in man bitten by tick in China
Med Express A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine describes a previously unidentified orthonairovirus, dubbed Wetland virus (WELV), in a man bitten by a tick at a wetland park in Inner Mongolia, China, in 2019. After isolating the virus from the index patient, a team led by Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology researchers conducted […]
Sep 10, 2024
Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses
Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the U.N. to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak, which has spread to neighbouring countries and elsewhere, but a lack of vaccines in Africa […]
Sep 10, 2024
US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain
Reuters The United States has beefed up testing and surveillance for a new strain of mpox and has ensured that vaccines are readily available at local pharmacies and community health centers, senior administration officials said in a briefing on Friday. No cases of the more transmissible strain of the virus have been confirmed in the […]
Sep 10, 2024
Covid associated with increased risk for hearing loss in young adults
Washington Post The incidences of hearing loss and sudden deafness were higher for people who had covid than those who did not, a new study reports. Covid can lead to the loss of smell and taste, but another sense may also be at risk. A recent study published in the Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal reported that a positive coronavirus diagnosis […]
Sep 4, 2024
New Hampshire man tests positive for EEE and 2 other mosquito viruses, now fighting for life
CBS News A New Hampshire man is fighting for his life because of a mosquito bite. Fifty-four-year-old Joe Casey of Kensington has tested positive for three mosquito-borne viruses, including eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus. “He’s my brother. It’s very difficult, especially because it’s from a mosquito,” his sister-in-law Angela Barker told WBZ-TV, fighting back tears. […]
Sep 4, 2024
Officials confirm H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in three California dairy farms
Los Angeles Times Federal officials have confirmed that three California dairy herds have suffered outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, due most likely to the transportation of cattle and not exposure to diseased birds. Health officials announced last week that they suspected cows at three Central Valley dairies had contracted the illness, and were awaiting testing […]
Sep 4, 2024