Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Large dairy in Michigan tests positive for HPAI
Farm Progress Dairies in Michigan and Idaho confirm HPAI-positive cows with a virus strain similar to one in Texas and Kansas. For more than two years, backyard flocks and the commercial poultry industry have been combating highly pathogenic avian influenza. Now, the virus has infected dairy cows in five states, including Michigan. The Michigan Department […]
Apr 2, 2024
Latin America experiences worst dengue fever outbreak on record
DW Latin America is experiencing its worst outbreak on record of dengue fever – a virus that has infected over 1.4 million people in the region this year. Dengue is spread by mosquitos, hitting almost every country in central and South America. About one in four people who are infected will develop illness, and a […]
Apr 2, 2024
Mpox cases on the rise in Virginia, officials say
WTOP News Hoping to increase awareness and curb the spread of mpox, Virginia health officials are warning about a rise in cases since the start of 2024. So far this year, the state has reported 12 cases, the same number it reported in all of 2023, according to Brandy Darby, director of the Virginia Department […]
Mar 27, 2024
Clinical Infectious Diseases Abstract Background Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is highly prevalent but its acute and chronic implications have been minimally described. Methods In this controlled case-ascertained household transmission study, we recruited asymptomatic children <18 years with SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing performed at 12 tertiary care pediatric institutions in Canada and the United States. […]
Mar 27, 2024
What we learned about long COVID 4 years later
ABC News (Video) Millions of Americans are still experiencing long COVID more than four years since the global COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic.
Mar 26, 2024
There’s a New Fungus in Town and It Won’t Be the Last
MedPageToday The arrival of C. auris in Washington is a harbinger of health systems addled by climate change. For healthcare systems in the Pacific Northwest, the recent outbreaks of Candida auris (C. auris) serve as a wake-up call. The implications of the arrival of this resilient and drug-resistant fungal pathogen are profound, particularly for our most vulnerable patients who are […]
Mar 26, 2024
COVID-19 Antibody Discovery Could Explain Long COVID
UVA UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential explanation for some of the most perplexing mysteries of COVID-19 and long COVID. The surprising findings could lead to new treatments for the difficult acute effects of COVID-19, long COVID and possibly other viruses. Researchers led by UVA’s Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD, found that COVID-19 may […]
Mar 26, 2024
Florida reports 11th measles case of 2024, this time linked to international travel
Orlando Sentinal Florida reported another measles case on Friday, bringing the state’s total to 11 cases this year amid a worldwide uptick in a highly infectious disease once thought to be eliminated in the U.S. The case was identified in South Florida’s Martin County, in an individual age 55-59. It was linked to travel outside […]
Mar 26, 2024
Japan warns on surge in potentially deadly strep throat cases
Reuters Japanese health authorities have warned about a jump in potentially deadly strep throat infections, with cases running about three times higher than last year in Tokyo. Across the country, infections of streptococcus bacteria of the throat are being diagnosed at quadruple the pace of the past five years, according to a health ministry report […]
Mar 26, 2024
COVID-19 is waning but these viruses are still hanging around as we head into early spring
USA Today As the country begins to thaw out in preparation for spring, COVID-19 cases are finally waning although other viruses are on the rise. Data from Wastewater SCAN, a network run by Stanford and Emory University that monitors sewage for signs of disease, shows concentrations of the virus have ranged from low to medium […]
Mar 19, 2024