Author: Claudinne Miller
Mpox is coming back deadlier than before. The U.S. must respond now.
Washington Post | Opinion Two years ago, the United States and other Western countries mounted an aggressive — and successful — response to mpox. But the virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is coming back deadlier than before. The West must curb this threat before it once again wreaks havoc around the world. The previous outbreak spread […]
Sep 10, 2024
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
CDC CDC has confirmed a human case of avian influenza A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state’s seasonal flu surveillance system. The specimen was forwarded to CDC for confirmatory testing per usual protocols and confirmed yesterday. An investigation into the potential exposure is ongoing by […]
Sep 10, 2024
Bird Flu Is Quietly Getting Scarier
The Atlantic Perhaps it’s time to talk about an H5N1 pandemic. Up until last Friday afternoon, a total of 13 people in the United States had officially come down this year with avian influenza H5, also known as bird flu. A subtype of that virus, a potential pandemic pathogen called H5N1, has for months been […]
Sep 10, 2024
Fourth case of dangerous mosquito-borne virus confirmed in Massachusetts
The Hill A fourth case of the dangerous mosquito-borne illness was confirmed in Massachusetts on Monday, according to health officials. A man in his 50s contracted Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Monday. The man lives in Middlesex County which is at high risk for EEE. Nationally, cases of EEE […]
Sep 10, 2024
Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations
NYT Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths. The connections are commonsense but the conclusion is shocking. Bats eat insects. When a fatal disease hit bats, farmers used more pesticides to protect crops. And that, according to a new study, led to […]
Sep 10, 2024
India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country
Reuters India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been isolated in a hospital and is in a table condition, the ministry said. The ministry did not specify which strain […]
Sep 10, 2024
4th human case of EEE detected in Mass., health officials say
Boston.com “This year’s EEE season has been particularly active and is generating a lot of concern in communities across Massachusetts.” A fourth human case of Eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in Massachusetts this season, state health officials announced Monday. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement that the newest case is […]
Sep 10, 2024
5 burning questions about Missouri’s mysterious H5 bird flu case
STAT Could raw milk — or a cat — help explain how a person who had no contact with animals caught the virus? News that a person in Missouri contracted H5 bird flu despite having no known contact with infected animals or birds — in other words, no evident route of infection — raises pressing questions public health […]
Sep 10, 2024
Internal Tremors: Adding to the List of Long COVID Symptoms
Contagion Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms — and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this is happening. In a new, Yale-based Long COVID study, over one-third of participants report experiencing this strange symptom, which feels as if tremors are occurring inside their […]
Sep 10, 2024