Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Measles Is Preventable. How Did the World End Up Back Here?
MedPageToday I remember being very sick when I had measles as a child. I was confined to a darkened room for more than a week, and there was concern that it would affect my vision. Decades later, I work with patients who have had encephalitis as a result of measles, and families who are left […]
May 21, 2024
5 new dairy cow herds contract bird flu in Michigan
The Toledo Blade Five more dairy herds in Michigan have been diagnosed with bird flu, according to an announcement Friday by Tim Boring, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The herds are located in Allegan, Clinton, Gratiot, and Ingham counties with an additional herd in Isabella County. That brings the total […]
May 15, 2024
WEBINAR: Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection
National Academies Jun 5, 2024 11:00AM – 12:00PM ET Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, many individuals infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have continued to experience lingering symptoms for months or even years following infection. Some symptoms can affect […]
May 15, 2024
Mers outbreak in Saudi Arabia puts health experts on high alert
Telegraph Officials race to determine infection source after three people with no direct contact to camels contract the deadly coronavirus. Health agencies are racing to determine the origins of a Mers outbreak in Saudi Arabia, after three people with no direct contact to camels contracted the coronavirus. The pathogen, known as Middle East respiratory syndrome, […]
May 14, 2024
Avian flu hits more turkeys in Gratiot County, Michigan
Watt Poultry Gratiot County, Michigan, has had two commercial meat turkey flocks affected by H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in less than a week. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 26,400 turkeys on May 2. HPAI was confirmed […]
May 8, 2024
California city declares a public health emergency after tuberculosis sickens 14
NBC News The City Council of Long Beach, California, is poised to authorize a public health emergency in response to a local outbreak of tuberculosis. The city’s health officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, declared the emergency last week, after its health department detected 14 tuberculosis cases at a single-room occupancy hotel. The City Council vote on Tuesday […]
May 7, 2024
A case of Lassa fever detected in France, here is everything you need to know about this disease
Machine translated from French An extremely rare virus in the Northern Hemisphere because it is endemic to West Africa, there are no vaccines yet to counter Lassa fever. On May 2, 2024, because he was suffering from Lassa fever, a man was admitted to the Bégin military hospital in Saint-Mandé in Val-de-Marne (94). If his condition […]
May 7, 2024
Spain health warning issued amid report of serious disease that can be ‘fatal’
Daily Record A Foreign Office backed resource has sounded the alarm after a case Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever was found in a Spanish town. A serious illness has been detected in Spain that is fatal in nearly 30 per cent of cases, sparking a warning from health officials. Those considering visiting and currently in the country are being […]
May 7, 2024
What to Know About the ‘FLiRT’ Variants of COVID-19
Time The COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide. These variants are distant Omicron relatives that spun out from JN.1, the variant behind the surge in cases this past winter. They’ve been dubbed “FLiRT” variants based on the technical names for their […]
May 1, 2024