Author: Claudinne Miller
Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade
Washington Post The New World screwworm in Mexico has prompted an almost year-long blockade on imported cattle and disrupted domestic feedlots and long-standing business relationships. Juan Manuel Fleischer’s ancestors ranched on the borderlands before the United States existed, and the Arizona resident’s business importing Mexican cattle across the modern-day frontier has survived decades of immigration […]
Dec 3, 2025
Japan’s flu season comes early as new variant spreads
Japan Times A new influenza variant spreading across Japan may be behind the increase in early outbreaks this year, the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) has said. The new strain, called “Subclade K” is a variant of the type A flu virus, which typically spreads around the beginning of the flu season, while type […]
Dec 3, 2025
14 confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s disease in Central Florida from ‘gym exposure’
WFTV Florida health officials have confirmed 14 cases of Legionnaire’s disease in Central Florida, all linked to gym exposure. The Florida Health Department released this information to State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith via an email obtained by Channel 9. The email did not specify which gym is involved. However, last week, Channel 9 broke the story that […]
Dec 3, 2025
Mosquito-borne viruses kill 33 people, including 21 children, in Cuba
CBS News Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya — characterized by fever and joint pain that can be debilitating but rarely fatal — while the flu-like dengue claimed 12 lives, the country’s […]
Dec 3, 2025
What to know about the hepatitis B shot for infants ahead of CDC vaccine panel meeting
ABC News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee appears set to amend the childhood immunization schedule, including potentially changing recommendations on a shot given to newborns. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is meeting Thursday and Friday. A draft agenda posted online on Monday provides little detail on what materials will be […]
Dec 3, 2025
Burnt Marie Callender’s Pie Became a Thanksgiving Meme: Here’s What Really Happened
C|Net As Thanksgiving approaches, let’s look back at our interview with the viral grandma who torched a pie and became a meme that starts circulating again every November. Memes come out of nowhere, and they don’t take holidays off. On Thanksgiving 2021, a Georgia grandmother named Sharon Weiss burned a Marie Callender’s pumpkin pie, and […]
Nov 26, 2025
Climate, Vectors and Virus Keep Chikungunya a Global Focus
ASM The activity of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne RNA virus that causes fever and joint pain (among other symptoms), increased worldwide in 2025, with cases reported from 40 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. The majority of the cases have been reported from the Americas, with Brazil experiencing the greatest impact. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued Level 2 Travel Health Notices, recommending enhanced precautions for travelers planning […]
Nov 26, 2025
Social, mental, and behavioral considerations in Mpox countermeasures: call for people-centric approaches for shared success
Nature The unprecedented dual declaration of Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in 2022 and 2024 by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the persistent threat of infectious diseases in the post-COVID era. With over 100,000 confirmed cases across 122 countries and an urgent demand for millions of vaccine doses, particularly […]
Nov 26, 2025
South Carolina measles outbreak increases to 55 cases
Outbreak News Today The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reported an additional three measles cases bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 55, centered around Spartanburg County and 58 total for the state since the beginning of the year. Two of the cases are household […]
Nov 26, 2025
Lawmakers urge USDA to restore full avian flu surveillance
Ag Daily As U.S. poultry producers face a sharp resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to immediately restore full surveillance, reporting, and coordination efforts. The push comes amid more than 90 new detections in the last 30 days and over 1.6 million birds […]
Nov 26, 2025