Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Pakistan: 2 new poliovirus cases in Sindh take nationwide tally for this year to 29
Dawn Two new poliovirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, taking the nationwide tally to 29 for this year and the total number of cases in the province to nine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Monday. The development comes days after a poliovirus case was confirmed in Sindh’s Hyderabad district. […]
Sep 30, 2025
Explosive Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China
Intl Journal of Infectious Diseases The outbreak began in Foshan on July 8, 2025, with over 3,000 confirmed cases in the first two weeks and more than 10,000 by late August. Clinical presentations were typical of chikungunya fever, including acute fever, arthralgia, and rash, with no severe complications or deaths. Local and interregional spread included […]
Sep 30, 2025
Central NY man with EEE dies; first EEE-related death here since 2015
Syracuse News Sullivan, N.Y. – A Madison County man with the rare eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has died. The man is the first human death from the mosquito-borne virus in Central New York since a Salina man died in 2015. A 4-year-old girl from Oswego County died in 2011. Four others have died from the virus in the past […]
Sep 30, 2025
Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus
BBC If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are now the most common variants being passed around in the UK, according to officials. Experts say these do […]
Sep 30, 2025
Nasal sprays may help block coronavirus and other viruses
Washington Post One spray works by blocking bacteria and viruses from reaching the nasal lining, thereby preventing infection. Scientists are researching at least two sprays that target the coronavirus where it most commonly enters our bodies — the nose. Both sprays are on the market, but it is unclear how and when to use them […]
Sep 30, 2025
Washington State: DOH detects clade I mpox in Pierce County wastewater
Pierce County Health Department On Sept. 24, 2025, Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and the University of Washington detected clade I mpox virus (also called monkeypox virus) in Pierce County wastewater. After consultation with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is working with DOH to increase wastewater testing to […]
Sep 30, 2025
RFK Jr.’s CDC Panel Drops Covid Shot Recommendations
WSJ Key committee votes instead to encourage individual decision-making, capping an at-times disorganized two-day meeting. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisers voted Friday to nix positive recommendations for Covid shots for adults, and instead advised “individual decision-making” for all Americans. The panel’s unanimous vote means that U.S. adults no longer are recommended to […]
Sep 24, 2025
Lyme Immunity Shot Prepares for Next Stage of Trials
Vineyard Gazette Scientists in Massachusetts say they have produced a new shot that can prevent Lyme disease ready to go to later stage clinical trials. A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School announced last week that they have teamed up with a pharmaceutical company to shepherd an antibody to phase […]
Sep 24, 2025
First case of rare, tick-borne virus confirmed in Illinois
Chicago Sun Times Health experts are still investigating whether the Illinois resident got the Powassan virus in the state, but in the meantime, Illinoisans are advised to check for ticks after coming from outdoors and avoid wooded, bushy areas. An Illinois resident became “seriously ill” after being infected with Powassan, a tick-borne illness that has […]
Sep 24, 2025
Mpox Still a Continental Emergency, Africa CDC Advisory Group Recommends
Africa CDC The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG), which advises the Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on mpox, has urged that the Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) remain in place. Meeting on 2 September 2025 to review the outbreak and assess whether the emergency status should be lifted, the Group […]
Sep 24, 2025