Author: Claudinne Miller
Staff exodus at US farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu
Reuters Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks. The departures come as the country battles its longest-ever […]
May 14, 2025
Canada: Ostrich farm ‘devastated’ after federal judge rules cull of nearly 400 birds can proceed
CBC Farm suffered avian flu outbreak but owners have argued they did not pose wider risk. A B.C. ostrich farm says it is devastated by a federal court ruling Tuesday that upholds an order to have the nearly 400-bird flock killed due to the detection of avian flu, and hopes to continue to fight the […]
May 14, 2025
Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
Northwestern Scientists learn why the body may continue to respond to an invisible threat long after bacterial death. Symptoms that persist long after Lyme disease is treated are not uncommon — a 2022 study found that 14 percent of patients who were diagnosed and treated early with antibiotic therapy would still develop Post Treatment Lyme Disease (PTLD). Yet […]
May 14, 2025
A Potentially Life-Threatening Disease Caused by Ticks Is Expanding to New Parts of America
Smithsonian Magazine Babesiosis typically occurs in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest, but new research suggests rare cases are emerging in the mid-Atlantic region including Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Babesiosis is a rare, tick-borne disease caused by a parasite that attacks the red blood cells and can lead to flu-like symptoms such as fever, body […]
May 14, 2025
A man died from a tick bite in Massachusetts. His family wants to prevent it from happening again.
CBS News The family of a Massachusetts man who died after a tick bite wants everyone to take ticks seriously and, if you get bitten by one, go see a doctor. Erin Boyce remembers the day her brother Kevin Boyce got sick after being bitten by a tick in April 2024. Kevin Boyce’s story “It […]
May 14, 2025
Miss your flight? There’s a dance for that.
Washington Post Dancer Blake McGrath missed his flight after creating an airport dance. It sparked a TikTok trend. Blake McGrath has danced all over: in his living room, on the lawn, in local grocery stores, on concert stages, on television sets, in the movies. And, perhaps most visibly of late, at the airport. A professional dancer for […]
May 14, 2025
Cardiovascular Implications of Long COVID, Severe COVID: What to Know, How to Manage
MedScape As cases of long COVID — often defined as symptoms that weren’t present before persisting for 3 or more months after the infection — became more prevalent and alarming, researchers began to zero in on the commonly reported cardiovascular symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations, among others. Long-COVID patients, much […]
May 14, 2025
Panama’s Malaria Outbreak Produces Two Fatalities
VAX Before Travel In 1904, the Isthmus of Panama reported that tropical diseases such as malaria led to the death of an estimated 12,000 workers during the Panama Canal project. Over 100 years later, the mosquito-transmitted malaria continues to impact the health of the Republic of Panama. On May 9, 2025, Panama’s Ministry of Health […]
May 14, 2025
The deadly riddle of blackwater fever: the search for answers over illness killing Uganda’s children
The Guardian A dangerous complication of malaria turns urine dark with blood – but only affects some young patients in rural areas and not others. Puzzled experts are trying to find out why. By the age of six, Babirye Zainab had already contracted malaria several times. Her grandmother did not see it as a big […]
May 14, 2025
Sierra Leone Reports More Than 2,000 Mpox Cases, 11 Deaths
TV 360 Nigeria Sierra Leone has recorded a total of 2,045 confirmed cases of mpox since the start of the year, with 11 reported deaths, according to a new report released by the country’s Ministry of Health. The latest figures, unveiled late Monday, include 165 new cases reported just on Sunday. At the beginning of […]
May 14, 2025