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NYC detects West Nile virus in Queens and Staten Island mosquitoes

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For the first time this season, the Health Department has detected West Nile virus in New York City mosquitoes. The infected mosquitoes were collected from the neighborhoods of Glen Oaks in Queens and...

Should the Worst Epidemic Yet of Avian Flu Revive Concerns About Urban Homestead Poultry Farming in the US?

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I understand the enthusiasm for backyard chicken farming.  It is guided by the spirit of providing eggs and meat for the family table, at lower costs, from humanely treated animals that are spared the...

Liberia reports Ebola case, nearly two months after declared Ebola-free

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Liberia’s Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that the 17-year-old man, from a town near the main airport, had died of the disease. Officials are investigating how he contracted...

Cuba becomes 1st country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis

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In late March, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a group of experts to determine if Cuba has eliminated congenital HIV and syphilis. Today, they announced Cuba became the first country in the world...

Pakistan Naegleria death tally at 11 after three cases reported in 24 hours

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The total number of deaths due to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri leapt to 11 after Karachi health authorities reported three additional cases during a 24-hour period. In 2014,...

South Carolina: Pet cat exposes 11 to rabies

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The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has referred 11 people to their private health care providers for post-exposure treatment after being potentially exposed to a rabid cat in Richland...

Free Range trail mix recalled due to Salmonella-tainted Macadamia Nuts

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Rocky Mountain Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Island Fruit and Nut Trail Mix packaged under the Free Range Snack Co. Brand and certain lots of bulk Macadamia Nuts due to possible...

West Nile virus

West Nile virus confirmed in El Paso resident

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The City of El Paso Department of Public Health has confirmed the first local case of West Nile virus (WNV) this year. The disease was detected in an elderly man who resides in the 79905 zip code. There...

France: Norovirus the cause of ‘Mud Day’ outbreak, 1000 sickened

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French health authorities have reported (computer translated) that the nasty gastrointestinal bug, norovirus, is behind the more than 1,000 illnesses among participants at  Mud Day in Levens (Alpes-Maritimes)...

Ear infections linked to rare gene variant: Baylor researchers

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Many parents have heard the night-time cry of “my ear hurts.” For some children, this might happen frequently beginning in infancy and even persist into adulthood. An international consortium led by...