MAY 30, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there’s been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The previous two human cases—the first in Texas, the second in Michigan, where this latest case also occurred—involved only a...
A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is seen in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday, May 17, 2019. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 that measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year. The number of cases also rose by...
by Ernie Mundell Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report. It’s a parasite that can trigger a dangerous brain encephalitis in both people and pets, and which now threatens a wide area of the U.S. Southeast. Researchers in Georgia say the microscopic rat lungworm, known scientifically as Angiostrongylus cantonensis,...
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge. The country’s health care system is straining under the influx...
by KOMO News Staff, Tue, September 26th 2023, 9:25 AM MST OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two people and two horses in Washington state have had confirmed cases of West Nile virus diagnosed in the past few days. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said Monday the separate human cases came from residents in Walla Walla...
Cases of Vibrio in the U.S. in 2022 CDC WARNS ABOUT DEADLY BACTERIA — After multiple reports of Americans infected by rare flesh-eating bacteria this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has alerted providers to look out for the infection and public health officials to warn the public about the risks. Five things...
BY ALIX MARTICHOUX – 08/29/23 1:45 PM ET (NEXSTAR) – The summer surge in COVID-19 spread could extend into fall. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hospitalizations rose yet again last week by another 19%. Deaths from the virus also saw a large jump: 21% in one week. The spread of the virus...
By Lauren J. Young on May 9, 2023 Hundreds lined up in below-freezing temperatures to get free COVID test kits at the Gaithersburg Library branch in Gaithersburg, Md., on January 10, 2022. This was part of a program to distribute test kits to Montgomery County residents at local libraries. Each person would receive two boxes, each containing two kits. Credit: Michael S....
by Phil Ciciora, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign legal scholar argues that the state of California’s proposal to manufacture and distribute insulin at cost could be a game-changer for curbing out-of-control price increases on insulin and a boon to public health....
Both San Francisco and New York state declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, as they struggle to gain access to more resources to help contain the spread of the virus. About 40 percent of the 4,907 monkeypox cases recorded in the United States have been diagnosed in California and New York. “This declaration...
