Author: Claudinne Miller
The untold story of how Nigeria’s mpox outbreak sparked a worldwide epidemic
Science Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped? n 1 May 2017, a 35-year-old man with lesions all over his body came to the university hospital in Port Harcourt, an oil industry hub and the capital of Rivers state in southern Nigeria. […]
Aug 20, 2024
What to Know About Mpox
NYT The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen African countries. Mpox was declared a global health emergency on Wednesday for the second time in three years, as the World Health Organization urged action on a virus spreading rapidly through more than a dozen African […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox Case in Sweden Sets Off Concerns of Wider Spread in Europe
NYT Experts expect more cases to surface in European countries because of frequent travel to and from Africa, with the threat of contracting the disease raised from “very low” to “low.” The announcement that a new version of mpox had been discovered in Sweden this week was the first indication that the disease had slipped […]
Aug 20, 2024
Key Avian Influenza Enzyme Mutates Enabling Virus Replication in Mammals
Technology Networks Immunology and Microbiology A new publication sheds light on how a key avian influenza virus enzyme can mutate to allow the virus to replicate in mammals. In recent years, public health measures, surveillance, and vaccination have helped bring about significant progress in reducing the impact of seasonal flu epidemics, caused by human influenza […]
Aug 20, 2024
Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency
NYT It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week. The Philippines reported its first case this year of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, on Monday, just days after the World Health Organization declared the disease […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox is a global health emergency. Will it cause a lockdown like COVID? Experts say no
NBC News Mpox has been declared a global health emergency by WHO. What does this mean and where is it spreading? Experts discuss mpox outbreaks, symptoms, and risk. Mpox is now considered a global health emergency as cases surge in Central Africa and a new subtype of the virus, which causes severe illness, spreads to […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox Declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Now What?
Harvard Medical Making sense of the latest developments with HMS infectious disease specialist Daniel Kuritzkes. On Aug. 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the latest mpox outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern. While the virus is not new, its behavior warrants vigilance and raises critical questions about infectivity, transmissibility, and the optimal […]
Aug 20, 2024
CDC warns clinicians about Oropouche virus disease that has turned deadly
Washington Post The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning clinicians to be on the lookout for a viral disease that is spread by small flies and some types of mosquitoes and that causes sudden fever, severe headaches and chills. Cases of Oropouche virus disease have been climbing in South America and the Caribbean […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say
Reuters Pakistan’s health ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, it said on Friday, though they did not yet know the strain of the virus. A health ministry spokesperson said the sequencing of the confirmed case was underway, and that it […]
Aug 20, 2024
Massachusetts man diagnosed with first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in state since 2020
CBS News A man in his 80s from Worcester County is the first person in Massachusetts diagnosed with EEE since 2020. State officials have not released the man’s name or hometown, but the state is raising the EEE risk level to critical in Douglas, Oxford, Sutton and Webster. The risk level for Auburn, Charlton, Grafton, Leicester, […]
Aug 20, 2024