Author: Claudinne Miller
Whatever happened to mpox? Is it still a threat?
NPR In August 2024, the news came in quick succession. On Tuesday — Aug. 13, 2024 — Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency of continental concern. The very next day, the World Health Organization followed suit elevating the mpox outbreak to its highest threat level. We published a […]
Sep 3, 2025
West Nile alert issued as two fatalities confirmed in Minnesota
Minnesota Star Tribune State is reaching peak season for risk of West Nile, the mosquito-borne virus that so far has been confirmed in 20 people and blamed for two deaths in 2025. Risk of mosquito-borne West Nile virus is increasing amid a hot and rainy summer season, the Minnesota Department of Health warned this week. […]
Aug 27, 2025
A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about
The Conversation Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that can escalate to the point of requiring emergency care. The culprit isn’t food poisoning – it’s the […]
Aug 27, 2025
US Human Screwworm Case ‘Surprising’, But ‘Not Shocking’
Hoosier Ag Today You’ve been hearing quite a bit lately about the New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico and in central America—and the harmful impact that the pest can have on cattle, horses and other animals. But, the CDC announced that a person from Maryland was recently found to be infected with NWS. “From what […]
Aug 27, 2025
Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm Reported in Maryland
NYT The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock. In early August, a case of myiasis, an infestation caused by the New World screwworm, was confirmed in a Maryland resident who returned from travel in El Salvador, according to U.S. health officials. […]
Aug 27, 2025
A Maryland resident is diagnosed with screwworm. Here’s what to know about the flesh-eating parasite.
CBS A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday. The […]
Aug 27, 2025
Pet Rats Using Paws to Create Mini Masterpieces That Have Sold for Over $2,600 Total
Eighteen-year-old Ella Woodland’s pet rats have a knack for artistic expression, and by guiding them to paint mini masterpieces, she’s helping their talents flourish. Eighteen-year-old Ella Woodland’s pet rats have a knack for artistic expression, and by guiding them to paint mini masterpieces, she’s helping their talents flourish. There’s a little something in this project […]
Aug 27, 2025
Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Strategy Risks Forcing Shots Off Market, Manufacturers Warn
KFF Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer that anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn’t be a radical choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services. “I think he’s going to be much less radical than you would think,” Trump […]
Aug 27, 2025
Senegal reports mpox case, patient in isolation
Reuters Senegal authorities said they had detected a case of mpox in a foreign man who arrived in the West African country last week. The health ministry said it was the first case it had detected this year. It was not immediately clear how many cases, if any, had been reported there before January. “The […]
Aug 27, 2025
Mount Sinai Breakthrough: Potent Antibodies Open Path to Mpox Therapies
Mt Sinai A team from the Microbiology Department at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has discovered three powerful monoclonal antibodies from a person who had previously been infected with mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). These antibodies, which target the viral protein A35, blocked viral spread in laboratory in vitro tests and, most […]
Aug 27, 2025