Author: Claudinne Miller
Diagnostic dilemma: A man ended up in the ER after drinking 6 gallons of milk in 2 days
Live Science A man experiencing excessive thirst drank lots of milk, with dangerous consequences. The patient: A 54-year-old man in Rotterdam, Netherlands The symptoms: The patient visited the emergency room after experiencing shortness of breath, as well as excessive sweating, urination and thirst, for eight days. His abdomen was swollen and distended. What happened next: Two days before […]
Feb 5, 2025
NIH must address the twin crises of long Covid and ME/CFS — together
STAT The RECOVER Initiative offers an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research. The National Institutes of Health is at a crossroads with the RECOVER Initiative, its flagship program to address long Covid. Designed to provide answers and treatments for the millions suffering from long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the initiative has already received significant […]
Feb 5, 2025
Africa CDC Strengthens Support to Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo
African Union The African Union Commission, through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is reinforcing its support to the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa, following the declaration of the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Immediately after the declaration by WHO on […]
Feb 4, 2025
Push to curb Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak
Nature Treatment centres, mobile laboratories to support national response teams. An effort to curb Tanzania’s second outbreak of Marburg virus disease in almost two years includes enhanced case detection, treatment centres, and a mobile laboratory in the northwestern Kagera region. The virus that causes Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, is highly virulent, with a […]
Feb 4, 2025
Evolving Epidemiology of Mpox in Africa in 2024
NEJM For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus did not garner broad attention. On August 13, 2024, mpox was declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) […]
Feb 4, 2025
COVID-19 linked to increase in biomarkers for abnormal brain proteins
Imperial College London Researchers have uncovered a link between COVID-19 and blood markers linked to faulty proteins in the brain. In an analysis led by researchers at Imperial College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute, scientists found that people who had previously had COVID-19 were more likely to have increased levels of biomarkers linked […]
Feb 4, 2025
The U.S. Is Having Its Mildest Covid Winter Yet
NYT But there have been plenty of other illnesses to go around. This winter’s Covid wave in the United States has been the gentlest to date, in a welcome reprieve. According to wastewater data aggregated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not only was there less Covid circulating over the holidays than in previous years, […]
Feb 4, 2025
Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests
ABC News More than 1 million children may have been affected by long COVID in 2023, new federal data published Monday suggests. Long COVID, a condition that occurs when patients still have symptoms at least three months after clearing infection, has been well-documented in adults, but its impact on children has been less clear. Researchers from two […]
Feb 4, 2025
Scientists Discover First Henipavirus in North America, Raising Pandemic Fears
SciTech Daily Scientists have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus, in shrews in Alabama, marking its first detection in North America. Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered the first henipavirus detected in North America. Dr. Rhys Parry from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences confirmed the presence of Camp Hill virus in shrews in […]
Feb 4, 2025
Hundreds of ducks found sick or dead along Lake Michigan as outbreak of H5N1 bird flu hits Chicago area
WGN9 Hundreds of ducks infected with avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health officials. The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer conservation project dedicated to the protection of migratory birds, said in a post on its Facebook page Sunday that […]
Feb 4, 2025