Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Thailand says mpox case recorded in traveller from Africa
Reuters Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person, a 66-year-old European […]
Aug 21, 2024
The Covid-19 Summer Wave Is So Big, the FDA Might Release New Vaccines Early
Wired With the US experiencing a relatively large summer wave of Covid-19, the Food and Drug Administration is considering signing off on this year’s strain-matched Covid-19 vaccines as soon as this week, according to a report by CNN that cited unnamed officials familiar with the matter. Last year, the FDA gave the green light for the 2023–24 […]
Aug 21, 2024
COVID-19 on the Upswing in the U.S.
MedPageToday COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the CDC suggest it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us,” said Amesh Adalja, MD, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease physician. “What’s different about these cases this summer versus prior summers is that they […]
Aug 20, 2024
What to know about this summer’s major surge in COVID infections
PBS Newshour Video As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25 states have or likely have rising numbers of COVID infections. William Brangham […]
Aug 20, 2024
Dengue Outbreak in Honduras: 105 Deaths and Counting in 2024
Tico Times In a concerning development, health authorities in Honduras launched a massive campaign against dengue this Friday, responding to a crisis that has claimed 105 lives and affected more than 99,000 people so far this year. The situation has prompted urgent action across the nation. Health ministry brigades mobilized throughout the capital’s neighborhoods, focusing […]
Aug 20, 2024
6 cats in Colorado are diagnosed with avian influenza
DVM 360 Amid rising human cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) in Colorado,1 infection cases in domestic cats have also been diagnosed in the state during 2024. This year, 6 feline cases of HPAI H5N1 have been reported, with 2 of the affected animals being indoor-only cats who had no direct exposure to the virus, […]
Aug 20, 2024
How Your Cat or Dog Could Warn of a Bird Flu Outbreak
NYT Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk. Trupanion, a Seattle-based pet insurance company, is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a disease tracking system for pets, the company announced this week. The […]
Aug 20, 2024
Influenza A (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1) in domestic cats
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association Six feline cases of Influenza A (HPAI H5N1) have been diagnosed in domestic cats in Colorado during 2024. One of these cases was directly associated with a known infected commercial dairy facility. Two of the six cases were indoor only cats with no direct exposures to the virus. Three of the […]
Aug 20, 2024
How the World Sleepwalked Into the Global Mpox Emergency
Bloomberg A mutated form of mpox has been circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo for months. Now the response to what has become a global health emergency faces a key obstacle: The country still doesn’t have a single vaccine. The absence of shots and challenges in understanding the spread of the disease in the […]
Aug 20, 2024
The untold story of how Nigeria’s mpox outbreak sparked a worldwide epidemic
Science Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped? n 1 May 2017, a 35-year-old man with lesions all over his body came to the university hospital in Port Harcourt, an oil industry hub and the capital of Rivers state in southern Nigeria. […]
Aug 20, 2024