Author: Claudinne Miller
Ontario’s measles outbreak is so big, even New York health officials are taking notice
CBC Ontario’s measles outbreak has become so big that public health officials in New York state have included the province in a travel advisory that urges residents to get vaccinated before visiting. “Measles is only a car ride away!” reads the April 2nd measles travel advisory for all New Yorkers from the New York State […]
Apr 8, 2025
Third measles case in 2025 in Colorado confirmed
CBS News A third case of measles in Colorado this year has been confirmed by state health officials. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says an adult in southwestern Colorado has tested positive. The adult lives in Archuleta County, and it hasn’t been confirmed if the person is vaccinated or not. Evidence is showing it’s […]
Apr 8, 2025
Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
AP A day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated, public health officials say. West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases reported on Tuesday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week […]
Apr 8, 2025
The Washington Post ruins April Fools’ Day, 2025 edition
Washington Post Today is actually April 1, or April Fools’ Day, when it’s considered funny and appropriate for brands to post inaccurate information. At The Washington Post, we like to get into the spirit of the holiday by rounding up every corporate April Fools’ joke we can find and debunking them all in a humorless list. Let’s […]
Apr 2, 2025
What Would You Do If an Ebola Patient Checked Into Your Hospital?
Medical News Today The cavalry isn’t coming, but the infectious diseases are. On a November morning in 2018, a man checked into a crowded emergency department (ED) in California reporting fever and body aches. The clerk who checked him in quickly deduced that he had arrived 2 days prior from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Apr 2, 2025
The hunt for the next pandemic is on our shores
ABC News Australia Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice-flower and coast daisy hustle for space and mud flats melt into aqua ocean, a team of birdwatchers is searching for an invisible enemy. For almost 45 years, Rosalind Jessop has tracked the health of communities of wild birds, gathering data on flock […]
Apr 2, 2025
Current Situation: Bird Flu in Dairy Cows
CDC A multistate outbreak of HPAI A(H5N1) bird flu in dairy cows was first reported on March 25, 2024. This is the first time that these bird flu viruses had been found in cows. In the United States, since 2022, USDA APHIS has reported HPAI A(H5N1) virus detections in more than 200 mammals. On April […]
Apr 2, 2025
Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models
Nature The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus has been endemic in aquatic birds since 1997, causing outbreaks in domestic poultry and occasional human infections worldwide. Recently, the cross-species transmission of a new reassortant variant from clade 2.3.4.4b of H5N1 to cattle in the US has heightened concerns regarding the expansion of host range […]
Apr 2, 2025
Toddler Dies Of Bird Flu In Andhra Pradesh
NDTV The infant died on March 15, and the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) later confirmed that she had contracted bird flu after testing her sample. A two-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh succumbed to bird flu more than a fortnight ago, an official said on Wednesday. The toddler died on March 15, and the […]
Apr 2, 2025
What to do to stop the spread of bird flu?
BBC Disinfecting feet, frequent hand washing and changing footwear often are just some of the measures farmers take to try and halt the spread of bird flu. Cases of the virus have been found in Burnopfield and Lazonby, forcing the Animal and Plant Health Agency to set up surveillance zones in Tyne and Wear, Cumbria […]
Apr 2, 2025