Outcomes Only six of the 54 hospitalized patients had an underlying medical condition that may have put them at higher […]
Category: Infectious disease
Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths
Africa CDC highlighted other complications of this outbreak, which include the urban context of Bunia and Rwampara; intense movement of […]
You’re likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you’ve never heard of
There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of […]
Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy
A newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted […]
Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025
A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only […]
SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined
A measles outbreak in South Carolina that began in October is now wildly accelerating, doubling in just the past week […]
Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday
The disease usually develops seven to 14 days after an exposure, but it can take up to 21 days (which […]
Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
In 2022, CDC researchers found an unexpected pattern. Since 1997, there had been seven cases of infections from Bacillus group […]
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
The quarantine period for measles is 21 days from the exposure, which is the maximum incubation period before the tell-tale […]
Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid
Creeping For anyone enjoying—or at least trying to enjoy—Thanksgiving in America, you can be thankful that these worms are not […]