Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
First malaria treatment for newborn babies approved for use
Washington Post Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s Africa region. The first malaria drug for newborn babies and those weighing less than 11 pounds has been approved by Swiss medical authorities in a move that could fill […]
Jul 8, 2025
Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000
NBC News An outbreak in West Texas that spread to several other states drove the case counts up substantially. Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally […]
Jul 8, 2025
Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant
Wired he World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat is among its main symptoms. Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally as “Stratus”—it has been declared a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is […]
Jul 2, 2025
Long COVID Rates Higher in Women: Evidence Grows
Medscape When Brazilian scientist Letícia Soares contracted COVID-19 in April 2020, she was in the final stretch of her postdoctoral studies in disease ecology at a Canadian university. By August, she was bedbound. What began as piercing migraines quickly escalated into a cascade of long COVID symptoms — gastrointestinal distress, sleeplessness, joint and muscle pain, and crushing […]
Jul 2, 2025
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
The Guardian Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them. Blood-sucking ticks that trigger a bizarre allergy to meat in the people they bite are exploding in number and spreading across the US, to the extent that they could cover the entire eastern half of […]
Jul 2, 2025
Rare tick-borne virus kills 1, hospitalizes 2 in Wisconsin
Michigan Live Powassan virus is rare, but incidents of it are on an upswing, health officials said. That could be due to more people being infected, better testing, or a combination of the two. Black-legged (deer) ticks contract the disease from infected animals and then can pass it to humans when they latch on, the […]
Jul 2, 2025
Measles tracker: Follow cases, outbreaks and vaccination rates across the U.S
NBC News More than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this year. NBC News is updating case totals every week. Measles is among the most contagious diseases in the world, and case counts in the United States are ticking up. NBC News is tracking confirmed measles cases across the country with data […]
Jul 2, 2025
Wyoming confirms 1st case of measles in 15 years as infections near 30-year high in US
ABC News Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States. The state’s Department of Health said on Tuesday that it had confirmed a case in an unvaccinated child in Natrona County, which is located in the central part of the state and includes the […]
Jul 2, 2025
How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat
Scientific American The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year know right now. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good […]
Jul 2, 2025
Cambodia, South Korea record new avian flu cases in poultry
Watt Poultry A number of human infections with flu viruses of avian origin have also been confirmed in the region. Since mid-June, Cambodia’s veterinary authority has confirmed six further highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry flocks. Based on official notifications to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), these bring the nation’s total outbreaks over […]
Jul 2, 2025