Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Equatorial Guinea confirms 13 Marburg cases after WHO comments
Reuters Equatorial Guinea has confirmed 13 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, its health officials said on Wednesday after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Central African country’s government to report new cases officially. Marburg virus disease is a viral haemorrhagic fever that can have a fatality […]
Mar 30, 2023
Cases of Marburg going unreported in Equatorial Guinea, WHO says
STAT News The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea continues to grow, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as the global health agency stated that it knows of confirmed cases that the country has not yet reported. To date Equatorial Guinea has acknowledged nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of whom have died. In addition, 20 other people […]
Mar 30, 2023
Bird flu concerns grow after death of 10 bush dogs at UK zoo raises fears of spread between mammals
I News 10 bush dogs at a zoo in England have caught and likely died from the H5N1 virus, suggesting some limited transmission between animals. Scientists are investigating the possibility that bird flu was transmitted among a pack of bush dogs at a zoo in England. Ten bush dogs at the unnamed zoo died in what is […]
Mar 30, 2023
A Carson County skunk is Texas’ first mammal positive for avian flu
Lubbock County Journal A highly contagious virus that began with widespread outbreaks among poultry in factory farms took little time to cross over to wild bird species and then trickle into mammals. More commonly known as the bird flu, the highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to leave its impact on livestock and wildlife around the […]
Mar 28, 2023
Covid-19 testing to no longer be recommended for vast majority of people
Irish Times Covid numbers in hospital more than double as fresh wave starts. Testing for Covid-19 will no longer be recommended for the vast majority of people from next Thursday, the HSE has announced. People with Covid-19 or other respiratory virus symptoms should stay at home until 48 hours after their symptoms have substantially or […]
Mar 28, 2023
California: Avian Influenza Detected In Deceased Mountain Lions
California Department of Fish and Wildlife The Eurasian strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) was detected in two mountain lions in Mono County in December 2022 and January 2023, according to wildlife health experts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). While additional disease testing is being conducted to rule out […]
Mar 28, 2023
The government sends specialist doctors to Kagera, quarantine reaches 205
Tanzania News (Machine Translated) The quarantined citizens who are being monitored for Marburg symptoms have increased from 193 to 205 while the Minister of Health, Ummy Mwalimu said that no patients have increased. The people quarantined in Bukoba district, Kagera Region after coming into contact with Marburg patients have increased from 193 to 205 while […]
Mar 28, 2023
Burundi: Mysterious disease with symptoms resembling those of the Ebola virus appears
Burundi News (Machine Translated) An as yet unidentified disease killed three people in three days in the commune of Gitobe in the province of Kirundo and in the commune of Butihinda in the province of Muyinga (north-eastern Burundi). Symptoms developed by patients suffering from this disease resemble those of Ebola hemorrhagic virus or Marburg virus disease. In […]
Mar 28, 2023
Equatorial Guinea, Africa – Marburg Virus Disease Emergency Appeal
ReliefWeb Download PDF Report SITUATION OVERVIEW The Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea received reports of a cluster of deaths due to an unknown illness in two north-eastern districts of the continental region of Equatorial Guinea (Nsok-Nsomo and Ebebiyin). A total of nine people died from January 7 to February 6 with symptoms similar to […]
Mar 28, 2023
Dr. Lawler’s Weekly Update
This week Dr. Lawler provides us with updates of COVID-19 data from the U.K., and discusses the concerns of the low level of COVID testing. “We [the U.S.] are now testing at a level that is similar to April 2020.” Watch the video here: https://bit.ly/3FZIiaO
Mar 28, 2023