Year: 2024
Tick Species That Can Cause Meat Allergy And Other Illnesses Is Spreading Across The US, Study Suggests
Forbes The lone star tick, which is known for its aggressive nature and bites that can cause alpha-gal syndrome, or red meat allergy, as well as other dangerous viruses, is spreading across the United States beyond its usual habitat in the southeast, a study suggests, as climate change exacerbates rising temperatures and longer warm seasons across the […]
Jul 10, 2024
Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be culled in the latest bird flu outbreak at a Colorado poultry farm
Colorado Sun Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be killed after bird flu was detected at an egg-laying operation in Weld County, a major resurgence on a commercial farm of the disease that has already seen more than 6 million birds culled. Gov. Jared Polis verbally declared a disaster declaration for the facility over the long holiday […]
Jul 10, 2024
Connecticut: 11 Diagnosed With Mpox
Patch Eleven Connecticut residents have been diagnosed with mpox so far this year, the state Department of Public Health announced Monday. All the mpox patients are between the ages of 20 and 50, and reside in Fairfield, New Haven, New London and Hartford counties. The majority of these patients have not been hospitalized. In 2023, […]
Jul 10, 2024
More understanding needed on HPAI spread in wild birds
Watt Poultry The spread of avian influenza by wild birds is affected by migration pattern and species, however, more research is needed to understand the impact of the virus on wild bird populations. The nature of wild bird species and their behaviors should drive the poultry industry’s understanding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses, a subtype of influenza […]
Jul 10, 2024
Study reveals new mechanisms behind severe COVID-19 in obese individuals without diabetes
Med News.Net Already at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Brazilian researchers pioneered in showing why SARS-CoV-2 infection tends to be more severe in diabetic patients. Now, the same team based at the Institute of Biology of the State University of Campinas (IB-UNICAMP) has discovered one of the reasons why obese people […]
Jul 10, 2024
In-hospital delirium linked to long-term cognitive impairment in COVID-19 patients over 60
Medical News.Net In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers evaluated the association of in-hospital delirium (sudden, severe confusion and brain function changes) with functional disability and cognitive impairment (decline in memory and thinking skills) over the six months following discharge among older adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). […]
Jul 10, 2024
If You Test Positive for Covid, Can You Still Travel?
NYT With coronavirus cases on the rise, summer travelers are once again facing difficult questions. Here’s the latest travel guidance from health experts. As new coronavirus variants gain traction across the United States, summer travelers are facing a familiar and tiresome question: How will the ever-mutating virus affect travel plans? In light of updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease […]
Jul 10, 2024
If bird flu sparks a human pandemic, your past immunity could help
Nature Older populations might be more protected than younger ones because of exposure to ‘matched’ strains during childhood, but an H5N1 pandemic is likely to take a major toll all the same. As the H5N1 bird-flu virus spreads relentlessly in animals around the world, researchers seeking to understand how a human H5N1 pandemic might unfold have turned to a […]
Jul 10, 2024
Bird flu strains: Where are they spreading around the globe?
Reuters Avian influenza, or bird flu, has public health officials on alert after an unprecedented spread in dairy cows in the United States this year. Four dairy workers have also tested positive in the country. A particularly severe variant of the H5N1 strain has been spreading around the world in animals since 2020, causing lethal […]
Jul 10, 2024