Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Avian Influenza Cattle Agriculture and Farming Mammals Dairy Products Birds Viruses Livestock Diseases Agriculture Department Texas Source Type: news
A Person in the U.S. Tested Positive for Bird Flu
In a rare case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on April 1 that a person in the U.S. has tested positive for avian influenza, also known as bird flu. Despite the positive test, however, the CDC says risk to the general public remains low.
Health officials have been tracking an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza since a new variant emerged and began killing birds on multiple continents in 2020. Sixty-seven countries reported outbreaks in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), followed by another 14 in 2023. Human cases, however, remain rare. Only 11 infectio...
Source: TIME: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
WHO commends Iraq ’s world-first in polio transition
1 April 2024 – As of January 2024, Iraq has achieved the polio transition process in full. It is the first country among the polio transition priority countries to achieve this remarkable feat.
Polio transition involves repurposing polio assets – knowledge, network and infrastructure – to strengthen the broader public health functions of a country within the overall context of strengthening the national health system. These wider functions include immunization, vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance, and emergency preparedness and response.
To safeguard polio essential functions through sustainable resource...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 1, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
The ED Sailed Smoothly in the Early COVID-19 Days The ED Sailed Smoothly in the Early COVID-19 Days
The findings of this study, which focused on the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, may be useful to administrators and policymakers in case of a future pandemic outbreak.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
Parental perception of children's mental health during the pandemic: insights from an Italian cross-sectional study - Lo Moro G, Scaioli G, Conrado F, Lusiani L, Pinto S, Rolfini E, Bert F, Siliquini R.
This study explores the impact of the pandemic on children's mental health. It examined the understanding of parents regarding their children's mental condition and their ability to identify issues, 2 years post the outbreak of the COVID-19 pan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Currency: Gold ’s Anticipated $2,500 Bullish Momentum May End Up Jeopardizing USD’s Prestige
The price of gold is showing a positive uptrend, compelling investors to pick sides. With faith in USD as a currency dwindling, gold and silver have lately emerged as solid support systems and robust stores of value. With Gold’s recent bullish outbreak, it is now coming out of its consolidation…#usd #usdollar #federalreserve #xauusd #gameoftrades #readfed #breach #goldit #be100 #bmocapitalmarkets (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thailand steps up border control of livestock after anthrax outbreak is reported in neighboring Laos
Thailand’s government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Thailand steps up border control of livestock after anthrax outbreak is reported in neighboring Laos
Thailand's government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country. Thai authorities have been working closely with those in Laos after receiving reports of the outbreak…#thailand #laos #thai #narongleangcharuen #nbt #narong #chaiwatcharong #champasak #anthrax #nanthasanvannavong (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Rare Bacterial Disease Is Rising in the U.S.
NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses than can lead to meningitis and possible death.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert to U.S. doctors on Thursday about an increase in cases of one type of invasive meningococcal disease, most of it due to a specific strain of bacteria.
Last year, 422 cases of it were reported in the U.S.—the most in a year since 2014. Already, 143 cases have been reported this year, meaning infections appear to be on track to surpass 2023, the CDC said. Most of the cases last year did not involve meningitis, t...
Source: TIME: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Puerto Rico declares dengue fever epidemic amid alarming surge of 'bone breaking' disease - in warning to spring breakers
Health officials in US territory Puerto Rico have declared 'bone-breaking' disease dengue fever an epidemic following a surge in cases. This comes amid ferocious outbreaks in South America. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Smallpox may be gone but U.S. should better prepare for its return, report says
Nearly 5 decades after the last documented case, smallpox remains the only human disease that has been officially eradicated. But a
new report
concludes that the United States can do much to strengthen its ability to respond if the dreaded disease resurfaces, whether naturally, through a lab “leak” of the responsible virus, or from an act of terrorism.
The authors of the smallpox report, however, do not offer a recommendation on the long-running debate over whether the only two labs that still hold samples of variola, the smallpox virus, should destroy them for safety reasons—that issue was outside th...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 26, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
South Sudan: Urgent Vaccination Campaign Needed to Halt Deadly Measles Outbreak
[MSF] A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among children under five and 460 cases have been recorded as of 24 March in three health facilities in Yambio and Nzara counties; 90 per cent of these children had never been vaccinated against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news
Somalia: UN Warns Upcoming Heavy Rains to Trigger Cholera Outbreak in Somalia
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The upcoming heavier-than-normal Gu (April to June) rains in Somalia are expected to trigger cholera outbreaks in areas where the disease has not been observed for years, the UN humanitarian agency warned Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Somalia Source Type: news
WHO mourns loss of team member killed in Syria
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
On behalf of the World Health Organization, it is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic loss of one of our dedicated team members, Engineer Emad Shehab, in Deir-ez-Zor City, Syria, who lost his life in the early hours of Tuesday morning when his building was struck during a series of airstrikes across the Governorate. We extend our deepest condolences to Eng. Shehab’s family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.
Eng. Shehab, 42, served as a WHO focal point for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Deir-ez-Zor ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 26, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu
By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA (Associated Press) Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades to cause outbreaks in…#mikestobbe #jonel #kansas #newmexico #minnesota #avian #usda #sidmiller #erinrobinson #michaelpayne (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
