NewsDesk @bactiman63 New Mexico state health officials report the total hantavirus cases in the state have risen to five after three people with Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) were discovered within...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report on the horse botulism cases in Louisiana and several other states, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF), in cooperation with the U.S....

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the suspected botulism outbreak in horses in Louisiana, federal officials know of at least 98 horses in Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas who showed neurologic...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The New Mexico Department of Health has reported a human infection with a novel influenza A virus in mid-October. The patient was infected with an influenza A(H3N2) variant...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) renewed a 2021 Public Health Order (PHO) to protect newborns from syphilis on September 30, 2022. The PHO mandates that all medical providers...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) reports the state’s first probable case of monkeypox in New Mexico. The patient returned from out-of-state travel and was likely exposed...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last year, the Albuquerque (ABQ) BioPark Zoo lost four apes to Shigella infection. On Monday, zoo officials reported the loss of Thunder, a chimpanzee who passed away on Saturday,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report from last week, officials with the ABQ BioPark zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico say Jazmine, the eight-year-old Asian elephant, has died from...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just days after 3-year-old Asian elephant, Thorn, died from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, zoo officials...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Tragedy has hit the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico again. Zoo officials say Thorn, a three-year-old male elephant at the zoo, died in the early morning hours...