Author: Claudinne Miller
A person in the US has died from pneumonic plague. It’s not just a disease of history
The Conversation A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it’s a stark reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past. So what actually is “plague”? And is it […]
Jul 16, 2025
Arizona Resident Dies From Plague
New York Times The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said. A resident of Coconino County, Ariz., died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in the county in almost two decades, officials announced on Friday. The resident went to Flagstaff Medical Center recently […]
Jul 16, 2025
‘Ticks EVERYWHERE?’: Sightings and bites in the D.C. region heighten worries
Washington Post Tick-related emergency room visits are at the highest since 2019, CDC data shows. The Northeast region has seen the most this summer. Michael Raupp is used to pulling bugs off his body. As an entomology professor and author of a blog that introduces readers to a bug a week, the 73-year-old spends a […]
Jul 16, 2025
Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma
NBC News The study included more than 1.2 million people in Denmark who got childhood vaccines. Aluminum in childhood vaccines is a target of vaccine skeptics, who blame the ingredient on myriad health concerns. But a study of more than 1 million people, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found no link between aluminum in […]
Jul 15, 2025
COVID cases likely rising in half of states, CDC estimates
CBS News Video Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, as this year’s summer wave of the virus appears to be getting underway. The agency’s modeling suggests that the uptick is in “many” Southeast, Southern and West Coast states, the CDC said […]
Jul 15, 2025
More than 14M children globally have not received a dose of any vaccine: WHO
ABC News More than 14 million children around the world have not received a single dose of any vaccine, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. This is 4 million more children than the 2024 target set by the WHO and 1.4 million more children than in 2019, which is the […]
Jul 15, 2025
AI is joining the fight against mosquito-borne diseases
World Economic Forum This is a new kind of mosquito trap. It was developed by scientists at the University of South Florida who say it can track the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Giving public health officials the information they need to monitor and control outbreaks
Jul 9, 2025
Measles Cases Have Hit a Record High. What Went Wrong?
NYT Video There have now been more measles cases in 2025 than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts fear that with no clear end to the current outbreak, the U.S. may […]
Jul 9, 2025
Confronting the AI-Accelerated Threat of Bioterrorism
Global Biodefense How artificial intelligence is changing the risk landscape for bioterrorism—and what global health security stakeholders must do next. As artificial intelligence (AI) systems rapidly integrate into everyday life and scientific enterprise, a new frontier of biosecurity risk has emerged—one where malicious actors may exploit generative AI to design, synthesize, and deploy bioweapons. A […]
Jul 9, 2025
What long covid can teach us about future pandemics
Washington Post Experts are worried that despite the hard-won lessons of covid, we are not fully prepared for the next pandemic. Outbreaks of new types of infections and, yes, even pandemics are becoming increasingly likely, and we need to prepare for not only the next one but also its long-lasting physical and mental effects, experts […]
Jul 9, 2025