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Zika Diaries: The birth of a Zika lab with Dr Vincent Racaniello

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Columbia University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Virology communicator, Vincent Racaniello, PhD, joined me in recording an interview about starting up a Zika laboratory and the weekly chronicles...

Measles in Nelson: 3rd confirmed case

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The Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service has confirmed a third case of measles, and this person has been admitted to Nelson Hospital. Medical Officer of Health Dr Andrew Lindsay says that the new...

Rabies alert issued in Sarasota County

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The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County (DOH-Sarasota) received laboratory confirmation on Monday, May 23, 2016 of rabies in a deer. Health officials say the fawn was found by a property owner...

Measles alert issued in Fort Wayne

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The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health received preliminary laboratory testing on Thursday, May 26, 2016 of a positive measles case and further testing is pending. This has prompted a measles...

Tularemia confirmed in 3 animals in Minnesota since April

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Since April 2016 the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) has confirmed three cases of Tularemia in Minnesota. Tularemia is a naturally occurring disease of wildlife, particularly...

Alaska reports tularemia in sick hares

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A sick hare with signs of Tularemia was killed by a North Pole resident on May 11th. The disease was present based on observations during a necropsy performed today by ADF&G wildlife veterinarian,...

Zika virus infects human placental macrophages

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One of Zika’s mysteries is how the virus passes from an infected mother, through the placenta, to a developing fetus. The route may not be direct either — transmission via multiple cell types...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Zinbryta, receives FDA approval

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zinbryta (daclizumab) for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Zinbryta is a long-acting injection that is self-...

Measles cases up in Singapore in 2016

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Through the first nearly five months of 2016, measles cases have nearly tripled the numbers seen in Singapore in 2015, health officials report. As of 21 May, a total of 50 measles cases were reported...

Anthrax detected in initial air testing in the Twin Cities metro area: ‘Does not appear to present a threat’

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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) worked with local, state and federal partners this week to investigate an abnormal test result from routine air monitoring conducted in the Twin Cities metropolitan...