A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the third person in the United States — and the second in Michigan — this year to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on May 30. It’s the first of 2024’s three […]
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A 2nd Michigan dairy farm worker has bird flu, CDC confirms. Here’s what to know.
A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the third person in the United States — and the second in Michigan — this year to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on May 30. It’s the first of 2024’s three […]
Family infected with brain worms after eating undercooked bear meat, CDC says
Six people became infected with a parasite known as “brain worms” after eating undercooked black bear meat, or food cross-contaminated with the meat, at a family reunion in 2022 – the Center for Disease Control (CDC) said in a new report. In May 2022 a group of nine family members met in South Dakota and […]
Bird flu detected in Michigan dairy farm worker, CDC reports. Here’s what to know.
A Michigan dairy farm worker has become the second human in the United States to contract bird flu, also known as avian influenza, amid the latest outbreak among cattle. The person has already recovered and only had mild symptoms, state health officials said in a statement. Health officials still consider the risk to the general […]
Deadly mpox outbreak abroad is a ‘global threat,’ CDC warns. Here’s what to know.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans about a deadlier form of mpox that’s spreading rapidly through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying it “poses a global threat.” Monkeypox cases in the U.S. have declined since their peak in August 2022, but health officials are urging caution. So far, no […]
CDC puts early end to free COVID vaccines for uninsured
A federal program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults is shutting down this summer, before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its Bridge Access Program will end in August because of a lack of funding. The program has provided over […]
CDC makes public influenza A wastewater data to assist bird flu probe
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday released data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard that could assist in tracking the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that has infected cattle herds. Last week, an agency official told Reuters about U.S plans to make public data […]
CDC addresses new COVID wave
The coronavirus wants you to remember that it hasn’t gone away — and right now the virus is ensuring that Americans don’t relegate it entirely to the past. Recent weeks have shown the signs of a slow-building COVID-19 mini-wave driven by new Omicron subvariants. Many public health agencies no longer report daily (or even weekly) […]
CDC warns of multi-state e.coli outbreak tied to walnuts
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Tuesday about a multi-state e.coli outbreak connected to walnuts. Twelve people from two states have gotten sick with this particular strain of the bacteria. Seven people got so sick that they had to be hospitalized. Two people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low, the CDC says
Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 5,615 COVID hospitalizations in the most recent week data that is available. In comparison, there were over 150,000 weekly admissions at the peak of the Omicron variant circulating […]
New tools from NOAA and CDC show people their risk from heat, as another hot summer looms
Federal officials on Monday unveiled a set of tools aimed at helping protect people in the United States from the dangers of extreme heat. The resources, developed jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, include new color-coded heat forecasts and a public dashboard showing local heat risks […]
CDC warns of extreme heat dangers amid ‘record-breaking high temperatures’
Many regions across the United States experienced “record-breaking high temperatures” in 2023 due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room visits due to heat-related illness peaked in several regions in the U.S. and remained elevated for a prolonged duration compared to visits between 2018 and 2022, the […]