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This is the part that would make me nervous. The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan has now passed 700. More than 36 people have been hospitalized. And health officials still don’t know exactly what started it. They’re investigating fresh produce. They’re tracing suppliers. They’re interviewing patients. But the source hasn’t been confirmed. That’s what …
American doctor with Ebola flown to Germany as his wife and children are monitored Leaders of the Christian missionary group Serge, which Dr. Peter Stafford works for, said he unknowingly operated on a patient with Ebola before the outbreak was detected. By the time an American surgeon who contracted Ebola in Congo was flown to …
The MV Hondius, a specialist polar cruise ship, is currently anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, after being denied entry by local health authorities. The vessel is the center of a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives and left several others seriously ill. While initial reports suggested thousands were …
Russia's quiet HIV epidemic continues to swell, now with 1 out of every 25 men aged 15-50 infected. Authorities now suspect the rate is much worse considering the lack of tests. pic.twitter.com/q70MX9H8NK — SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre (@StratcomCentre) December 1, 2025 The number of people with HIV infection continues to grow in Russia: over the …
The parasite didn’t sneak in. It flew. It burrowed. It ate. On August 4, 2025, the CDC confirmed the first human case of New World screwworm in the United States. A Maryland resident returning from El Salvador carried it in their flesh. “This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis from …
A cat exhibiting a characteristic cutaneous lesion on its nose caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Dr. Sandro Antonio Pereira (Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) A deadly fungal epidemic in Brazil is evolving …
NEW DELHI: Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who claims she was forced to work with monkeys carrying the Herpes B virus under unsafe conditions and was later fired after announcing her pregnancy. The complaint, filed on Friday in a California state court, adds to growing scrutiny of …
First case of bird flu detected in Minnesota dairy cows Bird flu has infected a Benton County dairy herd, marking the first confirmed detection of the virus in cows in Minnesota. Several dozen cows are sick. Farmers will destroy milk from the animals. The cows will quarantine… pic.twitter.com/UQkHfEl1ZO — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 7, …
Two hunters may have become the first Americans to die from a ‘zombie deer’ disease. Experts have been warning for years that the nearly 100 percent fatal chronic wasting disease (CWD) – which leaves deer confused, drooling, and unafraid of humans – could jump from animals to people. But a new study theorizes that it …
If it’s true that you are what you eat, then most beef-eating Americans consist of a smattering of poultry feathers, urine, feces, wood chips and chicken saliva, among other food items. As epidemiologists scramble to figure out how dairy cows throughout the Midwest became infected with a strain of highly pathogenic avian flu — a …
‘A Shigellosis disease outbreak has been confirmed at Victoria’s Esoteric Festival, with festival-goers warned that the highly contagious bowel infection can have dire symptoms. Shigellosis (Shigella) is a bowel infection that is often spread by coming into contact with infected faeces. It can be spread by getting the bacteria on your hands and touching your …
BREAKING: Britain’s First Human Case of Swine Flu Strain H1N2 Has Been Detected – UK Health Security Agency. Here we go again🐷 pic.twitter.com/1Uzvc5IZCX — Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) November 27, 2023 Per The Guardian: Health officials are scrambling to trace contacts of a person infected with a new form of swine flu, after the …
On June 1st, Stuyvesant High School released its admissions data. Seven black students got into Stuyvesant out of 762 offers. Those pro “equity” and anti-meritocracy screamed racism. It’s a lie. After examining the data, three things become clear. First, those screaming racism are racist towards Asians – and Native Americans who fared worse than blacks …