Author: Claudinne Miller
COVID variant BA.2.86 triples in new CDC estimates
CBS News Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated variant’s prevalence was two weeks ago. Among the handful of regions with enough specimens reported from testing laboratories, BA.2.86’s prevalence is largest […]
Nov 28, 2023
COVID Tied to Changes in Brain Microstructure
MedPage Today lterations seen in both long COVID patients and those who recovered from infection. People who had SARS-CoV-2 infection showed brain changes on diffusion microstructure imaging (DMI), cross-sectional data suggested. Widespread microstructural alterations were seen in people with long COVID neurologic symptoms and in people who had COVID but recovered, reported Alexander Rau, MD, […]
Nov 28, 2023
National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)
COVID-19 NWSS Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S.
Nov 28, 2023
Two more in Cambodia infected with H5N1 avian flu
Khmer Times Health officials in Cambodia are investigating two new severe human H5N1 avian flu infections, pushing the country’s total for the year to six cases. The four earlier cases involved an older H5N1 clade that has been circulating in the country’s poultry for at least 10 years. Scientists quickly posted sequences to the GISAID […]
Nov 28, 2023
Nearly 3 million birds euthanized in Iowa due to Avian Influenza
HIgh Plains Journal Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to spread across the High Plains and the Midwest and Iowa has become a hotspot for this contagious poultry disease. There are now 15 reported outbreaks in commercial poultry operations and backyard flocks across the state. These avian flu cases have led to the euthanasia of nearly […]
Nov 28, 2023
France reports bird flu on turkey farm as disease spreads in Europe
Reuters France has detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu virus on a turkey farm in the northwest of the country, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as a seasonal wave of infections spreads across Europe. The outbreak in the Brittany region, France’s first farm case this autumn, occurred near where an infected wild […]
Nov 28, 2023
Multiple pathogens causing China illnesses: CDC
Taipei Times The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that a surge in respiratory illnesses in China has been caused by at least seven types of pathogens, and small children, elderly people and immunocompromised people should temporarily avoid unnecessary visits to China. The recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses in China is mainly in the […]
Nov 28, 2023
Is the New Mpox ‘Outbreak’ Deadlier?
Medpage Today Three factors could explain the higher case fatality rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An outbreak* of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the case fatality rate — the percent of detected cases that are fatal […]
Nov 28, 2023
Bird flu kills hundreds of flamingos in Argentina
BBC An outbreak of bird flu has killed 220 flamingos in north-western Argentina, officials have confirmed. The dead birds are of the James’s flamingo species (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), which lives at high altitudes in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. The H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus currently spreading through South America can infect an entire […]
Nov 28, 2023
U.K. Reports First Case Of New Swine Flu Strain In Humans: Here’s What To Know
Forbes The U.K. detected its first human case of the flu strain A(H1N2)v, which is similar to flu viruses circulating in pigs, though the case was “mild” and the patient recovered, according to an alert released by the U.K. on Monday, as experts remain alert to another possible swine flu pandemic. Influenza A(H1) viruses are found in […]
Nov 28, 2023
