Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s has now made more than 100 people ill
Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s has now made more than 100 people ill - One person has died and four have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication as a result of the outbreak
The Hill: We may think we’re done with COVID-19, but COVID-19 is not done with us
As we approach a new presidential administration and a new Congress, we cannot regard COVID-19 as one of several respiratory diseases that can be dealt with through a vaccination program and other …
Reuters: US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time
H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
NPR: Worst U.S. whooping cough outbreak in a decade has infected thousands
America is experiencing its worst whooping cough outbreak in a decade. Experts say there's a cyclical nature to outbreaks like this but that the timing was altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads
Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox involved in the recent outbreak. "The emergence of a case on the European continent could spur rapid international spread of mpox," said Lawrence Gostin, a public health expert and professor at Georgetown Law in Washington.