The animals linked to this case have been quarantined and will be culled in accordance with legal protocols to minimize risks. On Friday, Scottish authorities confirmed a case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease,” on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, located in the southwest of Scotland. RELATED: California […]

The symptoms of this disease resemble include fever, severe headaches, joint stiffness, nausea, and vomiting. The World Health Organization (WHO) has assessed the health risk posed by the Oropouche virus in the Americas as “high.” The virus causes a disease similar to dengue and chikungunya, and more than 11,000 cases have been confirmed in the […]

The person diagnosed with this monkeypox strain recently traveled from East Africa. On Saturday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the United States confirmed its first case of clade I mpox, a more aggressive strain. RELATED: Africa: Mpox Cases Surge +500 pct, Affecting 19 Countries The person diagnosed in the […]

Black people experience about 3.2 times greater excess mortality risk compared to white populations exposed to the same storms. On Wednesday, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University published a report showing that hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause significantly more deaths than previously thought, with impacts lasting up […]

The ‘Triple E’ virus has made its presence felt in a growing number of communities in Massachusetts and other states. In recent weeks, U.S. authorities have sounded the alarm over the resurgence of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus, prompting public health warnings and preventative measures to curb its spread. RELATED: […]

On Aug. 14, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. On Monday, the Dutch public health authority (RIVM) said that healthcare providers are on high alert for potential infections from a new variant of the mpox virus. RELATED: Latin America Still Does Not Report Cases of New Variant of […]

Last week, the Health Ministry recorded 4,812 new cases of respiratory infections. On Wednesday, the government of President Luis Arce decided to extend the winter school holidays for a second time due to an imminent drop in temperatures in the coming days. RELATED: Bolivia Discovers Great Natural Gas Well in the West of the Country […]

Bird flu outbreaks have affected poultry in 48 states and 152 dairy herds in 12 states as of July 12. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed four new human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in the state of Colorado, bringing the total cases to nine since 2022. RELATED: WHO […]

The latest case in Colorado is associated with a multi-state outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities siad that an unidentified employee of a dairy in Colorado became the fifth person in the United States with a confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu infection. RELATED: WHO Calls for Intensified […]

‘We don’t have to subject our children to the ongoing horror of firearm violence,’ Murthy said. On Tuesday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a “public health crisis” in the United States, recommending an array of preventive measures that he compared to past campaigns against smoking and traffic safety. RELATED: Julian Assange Expected to […]