Avian flu detected on more Minnesota turkey farms.
Cigarette butts are a source of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment.
New coronavirus subspecies In a Brazilian bat has SARS-COV2-like mutation. Constant vigilance!
Kids exposed to Covid in utero have higher risk of autism and other brain problems. Actually any viral infection during pregnancy raises risks.
The Listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta Continues to expand. Listeria dies if heated to 165⁰, but a prepared meal is seldom heated that hot or for very long in the microwave.
And now there's a new outbreak of Salmonella In supplements containing moringa leaf powder.
Work is moving forward on An oral vaccine against Salmonella paratyphi.
- Today the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported roughly 50 new detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in more than a dozen states. Utah had 14 reports of sickened birds, mostly in Weber and Davis counties, including Canada geese, a great horned owl, and a mallard. Alaska's North Slope County recorded four infections in common ravens, and Grant County, Washington, reported seven detections in waterfowl.
- CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, announced yesterday a $7.3 million partnership with the Serum Institute of India and the University of Oxford to create the world's largest Nipah virus vaccine reserve — up to 100,000 doses of the University of Oxford's ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine. The money will initially help fund a phase 2 trial in a Nipah-affected country. "By advancing clinical testing and manufacturing thousands of vaccine doses against one of the world's deadliest viral pathogens, in a region where the virus persistently occurs, we're creating a state of readiness against Nipah outbreaks," said Amadou Sall, PhD, CEPI's executive director of manufacturing and supply chain, in a CEPI press release. Nipah virus has a high case-fatality rate, killing 75% of those infected.
More measles. sigh.
- Senegal has now recorded 302 confirmed cases, including 26 deaths, in its growing Rift Valley fever outbreak. In total, 227 patients have recovered, the Ministry of Health said in its most recent update. The outbreak has now spread to eight regions in the country, most recently Thies. Last week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the outbreak’s case-fatality rate as 7.9%. Rift Valley fever usually affects livestock but can spread to people via contact with the body fluids of infected animals or through mosquito bites.
Louisiana health officials Waited months to alert the public about their pertussis outbreak. Dereliction of duty, IMHO.
Los Angeles County reported The first West Nile virus death of the year. While most human West Nile cases are simply flu-like illness, they can be serious. Avoid mosquito bites as much as humanly possible. (There are lots of other mosquito borne viruses that are no fun either!)
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