Two people in Michigan test positive for rare mosquito-borne 'Jamestown Canyon virus' that has a 50% hospitalization rate
The cases are the first detected in the US this year and the 14th and 15th ever detected in Michigan. In severe cases, the disease can cause encephalitis and seizures. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cases of Tick-Borne Illnesses Are on the Rise. Some Experts Believe Climate Change is the Cause
(NEW YORK) — In 2022, doctors recorded the first confirmed case of tick-borne encephalitis virus acquired in the United Kingdom.
It began with a bike ride.
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A 50-year-old man was mountain biking in the North Yorkshire Moors, a national park in England known for its vast expanses of woodland and purple heather. At some point on his ride, at least one black-legged tick burrowed into his skin. Five days later, the mountain biker developed symptoms commonly associated with a viral infection — fatigue, muscle pain, fever.
At first, he seemed to be on the mend, bu...
Source: TIME: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ZOYA TEIRSTEIN / Grist/AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cases Increasing in France Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cases Increasing in France
Most cases were traced to known areas of risk within the country.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - July 24, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Powassan Detected by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Powassan Detected by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
Find out how metagenomic next-generation sequencing identified Powassan virus as the cause of encephalitis in a young patient.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman and Sequelae Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman and Sequelae
This report of a severe case of tick-borne encephalitis in an expectant mother highlights the importance of vaccination.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Maine Confirms Fatal Powassan Virus Case. What to Know About the Rare Disease
A Maine resident has died from the Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne illness, Maine’s Centers for Disease Control confirmed on Wednesday.
The individual, who was likely infected in the state, developed neurologic symptoms and died while in the hospital, according to Maine’s CDC.
This is the state’s first case of Powassan virus this year. In 2022, two individuals died from the illness, making this the third recorded Powassan death in Maine since 2015.
Read More: Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here’s What You Need to Know
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Like Lyme disease, whi...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simmone Shah Tags: Uncategorized General Assignment Public Health Source Type: news
Sen. Feinstein's Brain Swelling; Captive Doc Freed; Lesbians and Heart Health
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 89, developed encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome as complications of shingles, but is determined to remain in the Senate. (CBS News)
The next... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
What to know about encephalitis, Sen. Feinstein’s shingles complication
Shingles affects a third of Americans, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein's complications, encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome, are much rarer and more serious. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jeong Source Type: news
What Is Post-Shingles Encephalitis? Dianne Feinstein ’s Recent Illness
Senator Dianne Feinstein developed this rare and potentially debilitating complication after a shingles infection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: Encephalitis United States Politics and Government Immune System Brain Elderly Shingles (Disease) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: psychopathological features and clinical outcomes - Tellez-Martinez A, Restrepo-Martinez M, Espinola-Nadurille M, Martinez-Angeles V, Mart ínez-Carrillo F, Easton A, Pollak T, Ramirez-Bermudez J.
OBJECTIVE: A wide variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms are described during the acute phase of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis (ANMDARE), including psychosis, mania, depression, and catatonia, but there are few reports on suicidal thought a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Tick-borne encephalitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention, UKHSA (updated 25th April 2023)
Advice for health professionals on tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) including symptoms, diagnosis and epidemiology.
25 April 2023Updated to include latest epidemiological and case information. Added further detail on the clinical aspects of tick-borne encephalitis.
6 August 2019First published. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Warning that Brits may need another vaccine for new tick-borne virus
Brits may need another vaccine with a dangerous tick borne virus encephalitis, new to the UK potentially spreading as the country gets warmer, an expert has warned. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tick-born encephalitis likely to be present across England, health officials warn
Tick-borne encephalitis is likely to be present in several areas of England, health officials have warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time.
“It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Tick-borne encephalitis detection in England, UKHSA (published 5th April 2023)
A new risk assessment, published by a multi-agency cross-government committee, reports that tick borne encephalitis is now likely to be present in England. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
