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...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Last Wednesday, New Mexico state health officials announced during a COVID-19 update the deaths of two people linked to taking the anti-parasitic drug, ivermectin for...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has identified five cases of West Nile Virus infections in residents of Bernalillo, Doña Ana, and Taos County. This year,...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report on the Shigella infections affecting apes at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, zoo officials announced yesterday that the 30-year-old female...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico report the death of a second ape in just a week due to complications of Shigella infection. Last week, the zoo lost...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico health officials reported the first human bubonic plague case of the year in Torrance County. PLAGUE primer and updated treatment recommendations with...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico state health officials reported the first human case of bubonic plague in the state this year Friday. The patient – a resident of Torrance County...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism, one involving a 26-year-old Rio Arriba County woman; the other...