Author: Claudinne Miller
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
The Guardian Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them. Blood-sucking ticks that trigger a bizarre allergy to meat in the people they bite are exploding in number and spreading across the US, to the extent that they could cover the entire eastern half of […]
Jul 2, 2025
Rare tick-borne virus kills 1, hospitalizes 2 in Wisconsin
Michigan Live Powassan virus is rare, but incidents of it are on an upswing, health officials said. That could be due to more people being infected, better testing, or a combination of the two. Black-legged (deer) ticks contract the disease from infected animals and then can pass it to humans when they latch on, the […]
Jul 2, 2025
In surprise move, RFK Jr.’s vaccine committee votes to recommend RSV shot for infants
USA Today In their first vote since appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the eight members of a vaccine committee voted to recommend a shot that protects infants against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Clesrovimab, a monoclonal antibody created by pharmaceutical giant Merck, is recommended for use in infants younger than 8 months […]
Jul 2, 2025
Measles tracker: Follow cases, outbreaks and vaccination rates across the U.S
NBC News More than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this year. NBC News is updating case totals every week. Measles is among the most contagious diseases in the world, and case counts in the United States are ticking up. NBC News is tracking confirmed measles cases across the country with data […]
Jul 2, 2025
Wyoming confirms 1st case of measles in 15 years as infections near 30-year high in US
ABC News Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States. The state’s Department of Health said on Tuesday that it had confirmed a case in an unvaccinated child in Natrona County, which is located in the central part of the state and includes the […]
Jul 2, 2025
How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat
Scientific American The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year know right now. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good […]
Jul 2, 2025
Cambodia, South Korea record new avian flu cases in poultry
Watt Poultry A number of human infections with flu viruses of avian origin have also been confirmed in the region. Since mid-June, Cambodia’s veterinary authority has confirmed six further highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry flocks. Based on official notifications to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), these bring the nation’s total outbreaks over […]
Jul 2, 2025
Cambodia reports 3 new human cases of H5N1 bird flu
BNO News Cambodia has confirmed three new human cases of H5N1 bird flu, all linked to the same area where a case was reported last week, according to health officials. The new cases include a 46-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son from Lek village in Daun Keo commune. Both are currently in stable condition. Their […]
Jul 2, 2025
A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains
The Conversation An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on June 26, 2025, to cease recommending the use of a mercury-based chemical called thimerosal in flu vaccines. Only a small number of flu vaccines – ones that are produced in multi-dose vials – currently contain thimerosal. Thimerosal is almost never used […]
Jul 2, 2025
How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues
The Conversation In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this cave are known carriers of one of the world’s deadliest viruses: Marburg, […]
Jul 2, 2025