A new report is drawing attention to an evolving virus that surprised scientists after being detected in dairy cows in the United States. What’s happening? In June, The Conversation highlighted how the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has spread rapidly around the globe after first being found in China in 1997. Rising global temperatures appear […]
A record-breaking number of mosquitoes in and around Las Vegas are carrying West Nile virus, sparking warnings from local health officials who say the public should take precautions to avoid getting bit. West Nile virus can cause fever, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea and is fatal in about 1 of 150 cases. There are no vaccines […]
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – In raw milk samples spiked with high amounts of bird flu virus, small amounts of infectious virus were still detectable after treatment with a standard pasteurization method, researchers said on Friday. The findings reflect experimental conditions in a laboratory and should not be used to draw any conclusions about the […]
An Aedes aegypti mosquito sucks blood from a person in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on March 26, 2024. Credit – Luis Robayo—AFP/Getty Images Some people may want to put their summer vacation plans to the Las Vegas area on hold, after health officials reported that Southern Nevada is experiencing the highest level of […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Southern Nevada Health District said Monday that it’s set a new record for mosquito activity this early in the year and it’s also receiving an increasing number of complaints from the public. The district’s Mosquito Surveillance Program reported as of June 6, 91 pools, comprising 3,081 mosquitoes from 16 zip […]
The GOP-controlled subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic appears to be swaying the Biden administration with its exhaustive examinations targeting groups and individuals with links to the unproven COVID-19 lab leak theory. In the past month, the subcommittee has heard testimony from EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak and Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the National […]
(Reuters) – Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Bird flu has caused serious or fatal infections globally among people in […]
This week public health officials in Harris County, Texas confirmed that a mosquito sample collected in Houston had tested positive for West Nile virus . While mosquitos — and mosquito-borne illnesses — are more prevalent in the summer, local officials noted that recent severe storms in the Houston area had led to increasing mosquito activity. […]
A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. The Infected Blood Inquiry has laid bare the scale of the failings within the health service which left tens of thousands of people in the UK infected with deadly viruses. Between the 1970s and early […]
Covid-19 levels are about the lowest they’ve ever been in the United States, but another new crop of virus variants once again threatens to disrupt the downward trend as the country heads into summer. KP.2 — one of the so-called FLiRT variants — has overtaken JN.1 to become the dominant coronavirus variant in the United […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday suspended funding to EcoHealth Alliance, a virus research organization tied to controversy about the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. The agency also proposed the group be blocked from receiving federal funds in the future, possibly for years. Before Covid-19 emerged, a US government […]
Colorado has highly pathogenic avian influenza – also known as HPAI or bird flu – on a dairy farm, the ninth state with confirmed cases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the virus on April 25, 2024, in a herd in northeast Colorado. This farm is one of 35 dairy farms […]