Author: Claudinne Miller
Somalia faces diphtheria surge amid vaccine shortages and aid cuts
NBC News Before President Donald Trump cut most foreign assistance earlier this year, the United States was the leading humanitarian donor to Somalia, whose health budget is almost entirely funded by donors. Diphtheria cases and deaths have risen sharply this year in Somalia, where the response has been curtailed by vaccine shortages and U.S. aid cuts, […]
Aug 20, 2025
COVID surges nationwide with highest rates in Southwest as students return to school
LA Times COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation — according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week. Meanwhile, Los Angeles County recorded the highest COVID levels in its wastewater since February. The spike, thanks to the new highly […]
Aug 20, 2025
New Malaria Case Prompts Testing of Mosquitoes in New Jersey
NYT A Morris County resident may have contracted the illness locally, which would be the first known instance in decades of someone being exposed while in the state. New Jersey scientists are testing mosquitoes after a Morris County resident may have contracted malaria locally, which health officials said would be the first known instance in […]
Aug 20, 2025
A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back
NYT To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia. Few expected a major return of measles to the United States this year, a quarter-century after it was declared eliminated here. But return it has, with more than 1,300 confirmed cases this […]
Aug 20, 2025
RFK Jr. responds to vaccine guidance that goes against CDC: ‘AAP is angry’
USA Today Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has responded to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ decision to release its own vaccine recommendations that contradict federal guidance. The AAP, a professional organization of over 65,000 board-certified pediatricians, said in June that it would publish its own vaccine schedule. The move came after Kennedy Jr. announced that the COVID-19 […]
Aug 20, 2025
Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women
New Scientist Women’s arteries seem to be stiffer if they have had covid-19, with the same effect not being found among men.Covid-19 seems to accelerate the ageing of blood vessels, but perhaps only among women. The infection has previously been linked to cardiovascular complications, like heart disease, but how it has this effect isn’t entirely clear. To […]
Aug 20, 2025
Tick-borne disease spreads, causing meat, dairy allergies
The Hill mergency room visits have spiked across the Midwest this summer as millions of Americans grapple with tick bites, but a lesser-known tick-borne illness is causing particular alarm in some communities. Alpha-gal syndrome, transmitted by the lone star tick, creates severe allergies to meat and dairy products that can last for years. The condition essentially forces people to adopt vegan diets, with […]
Aug 20, 2025
They’re not going to live normally: A devastating disease has surged in California
SF Gate They’re not going to live normally’: A devastating disease has surged in Calif. This month, the California Department of Public Health reported that Valley fever cases are on track to surpass last year’s record number of over 12,500 cases.The infection, caused when people inhale spores of the naturally occurring Coccidioides fungus, made up fewer than 1,000 cases back in […]
Aug 20, 2025
A Debilitating Virus Surges Globally as Mosquitoes Move With Warming Climate
NYT Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China, France and other places that have not seen major outbreaks before. A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people debilitated for years is spreading to more regions of the world, as climate change creates new habitats for the insects that carry […]
Aug 20, 2025
The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, Officials Say
NYT The larger outbreak, which spread to New Mexico and Oklahoma, is still ongoing. The measles outbreak in West Texas, which hospitalized nearly a hundred and killed two young children, is officially over, state health officials announced in a news release Monday. Officials declare an outbreak over after no new cases have been reported for […]
Aug 20, 2025