Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cases of ‘walking pneumonia’ up in D.C. region, part of national trend
Washington Post Cases of walking pneumonia have been surging among young children in the D.C. region, according to pediatricians and public health officials. Nell Codner, a 48-year-old federal worker from near Annapolis, didn’t worry two weeks ago when her 10-year-old twin daughters developed a cough. “Who touched what and didn’t wash their hands?” she recalled […]
Nov 19, 2024
Study Finds 1 in 4 Americans May Have Long COVID
Newsmax A newly released study finds that one in four Americans may suffer from long COVID, a much higher rate than typically cited. Scientists at Mass General Brigham used a sophisticated AI tool for the peer-reviewed study. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that in 2022 roughly 6.9% of Americans had long […]
Nov 19, 2024
H5N1 bird flu infects 5 more humans in California, and 1 in Oregon
Medical Express As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon — the state’s first. A seventh presumptive California case is awaiting confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All of the […]
Nov 19, 2024
First U.S. Case of Spreading New Mpox Type Reported in California
NYT The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said. A person in California has tested positive for a form of mpox causing a widespread epidemic in Africa, the state’s Department of Public Health reported on Saturday. It is the first known case in the […]
Nov 19, 2024
DOH notifies public of potential exposure to avian flu at Mililani pet fair
Hawaii News An investigation by the Hawaii Department of Health and Hawaii Department of Agriculture confirmed a potential avian flu exposure to members of the public who attended the Mililani Pet Fair held on Nov. 2. Officials say they confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in a backyard flock of various birds in Central Oahu connected to the pet […]
Nov 19, 2024
S. Korea reports season’s second avian influenza case
MSN South Korea has confirmed the season’s second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) at a poultry farm, the North Chungcheong provincial government said Friday. The announcement came after the agricultural ministry identified a suspected case the previous day at the duck farm in Eumseong, 94 kilometers south of Seoul. The latest case follows […]
Nov 19, 2024
8 Factors That Put You at Risk of Severe Flu
New York Times Flu infections have started picking up. Here’s what to know. Sore throat. Stuffy nose. Fever, body aches and fatigue. As temperatures drop, cases of the flu have started to rise. For many people, the immune system can clear those symptoms in about a week. But for others, flu can lead to severe illness, […]
Nov 19, 2024
California health officials report possible bird flu case in Bay Area child
CBS News Officials with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said they have identified a possible bird flu case in a child in Alameda County. CDPH announced Tuesday that the child has mild respiratory symptoms and is recovering at home. The child had a positive bird flu test which showed a “low-level detection of […]
Nov 19, 2024
Could Avian Flu Cause Our Next Pandemic?
MedPageToday Colleagues, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Or, for a true reality check, just scan the Department of Agriculture’s frequently-updated map and tablesopens in a new tab or window naming the many animals that have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. since May 2022. Finding influenza A/H5N1 in […]
Nov 19, 2024
Bird Flu Hits Site With Half of World’s Wandering Albatrosses
Bloomberg An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI, is suspected to have reached Marion Island, one of two sub-Antarctic Islands, controlled by South Africa, the country’s environment department said in […]
Nov 13, 2024